Issues related to administering managed care in the teaching environment of an academic medical practice may be drastically different than the same types of issues in a typical medical practice. This paper is an overview of those specific discrepancies and how they must be dealt with.
Recent government regulations on fraud and abuse have transformed the tradition of professional courtesy discounts into a legal minefield threatening to explode on the uninformed medical provider. This paper offers an understanding of the issues involved and provider options.
Emergency medical care has long been a matter of serious concern and difficulty, both for patients living in rural areas and the physicians and medical personnel who have served these areas. This paper provides an update of the drastic improvements in rural health care made possible by today's technology.
Changing old thought patterns, habits and preconceived notions is not always easy in today's ever-changing world of health care practice and administration. This paper offers advice on solutions pertaining to implementation of prepaid care programs.
As more and more medical practice organizations consider the addition of a Nurse Practitioner on staff, many fears, concerns, and questions arise within the organization, from both staff and patients. This paper addresses those issues and provides suggestions on how to manage the transition.
The government's efforts to devise a uniform coding system for evaluation and management of Medicare has been fraught with problems and received mixed reactions from physicians. This paper explores the history of the coding system and the importance of compliance by physicians and administrators.
Merging medical practices may be a wise business decision, but the reality of implementing changes and the emotional fallout with the individuals affected by the changes can be harrowing. This paper offers advice on easing the transitions.
Process models can be useful tools for managers seeking to correct problems within their organization. This paper explores how two such process models can be utilized in a medical practice.
An obvious emphasis by managed care organizations is to limit emergency department care to only the most emergent patients. The result? A "lean & mean" department. However, another approach would be to encourage emergency department care--it offers more comprehensive services to both the managed care organization and the patient. And this professional paper explains how it's possible.
Faced with a declining maternity census and shrinking market share, representatives of the hospital and physicians developed a proposal to subcontract their Ob/Gyn services to a large multispecialty group. This case study reviews the steps taken to subcontract the group and the lessons learned along the way.
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