Giving Back To The Community
Lighthouse Pediatrics set up a Swap Shop for its patients and local community, whereby folks can leave or take clothes and supplies as they need them. We spoke with Dr. Dudley to learn more.
Employee Policies: Do Your Employees Know What to do in an Emergency?
Tiffany Lauria walks us through disaster planning and employee policies, and provides some resources to get you started on your plan.
How To Effectively Prepare Your Practice for Disasters
Are you ready for the next big storm? Preparation is the key to surviving and recovering from disasters that may hit your practice. Heidi tells us how.
Disaster-Proofing Your Electronic Medical Records
Think you’ve got it covered? Maybe not. David Magbee examines the processes behind EMR back ups and explores options for making your EMR disaster-proof.
Killing The Affordable Care Act
The congressional failure to replace, or repeal, ACA has done little to halt White House ACA-elimination attempts. Rather, it shifted the Trump Administration’s repeal strategy to one of utilizing underhanded tactics, by undermining the federal ACA exchanges and individuals’ support through de-funding specific provisions.
R.I.P. NCQA PCMH 2014
What’s In, What’s Out, and what to expect from the new standards.
If your practice is racing toward the finish line to become recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) under the 2014 program of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) by September 30th, we wish you a speedy and successful finish!
CYBERSECURITY: Implementing Basic Safeguards At Your Practice
The recommendations discussed here can be implemented by most practices without a large investment of time or money, and should be executed immediately if your practice has not already done so.
Managing Increased Patient Financial Responsibilities With Head And Heart
When money is not an issue, when the patient has good insurance coverage, low, affordable copayments and deductibles, and is able to readily make payment, the relationship is without conflict for the physician. The patient-physician relationship is not stressed by economics.
Simple Methods For Valuing Your Medical Practice
How to determine your practice’s value for buy-in, buy-out and sale to other practitioners.
The trick to a fair shareholder valuation formula is to keep it simple. Think of conveying the calculation to, say, a new physician that is thinking about joining your practice and buying in. If the process takes more than a minute to explain, it is likely that it is more complicated than it needs to be.
Employee Turnover: The True Cost of Hiring a Replacement
It can feel like a revolving door at your practice, with a never-ending parade of new employees each needing to learn the ropes. Staff turnover disrupts routines, impedes patient care, and wears down office morale and the team’s ‘spirit’. When all is considered, including the cost of the hiring and replacing staff, your practice is losing much more than an employee.