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<copyright>Copyright 2009, CMPMedica US</copyright>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The End-of-Day Report: Financial Control for Your Medical Practice</title>
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<description>If you are looking for a simple way to control your medical practice finances, here it is: the end-of-day report.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Permanent SGR &#x27;Doc Fix,&#x27; Medicaid Reimbursement Increase Proposed</title>
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<description>Two proposals released last week could lead to higher physician reimbursement.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How to Close Your Medical Practice the Right Way</title>
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<description>Whether you&#x27;ve decided to retire, relocate, or retreat from practice, you can reduce the pain for your patients and staff by following these five guidelines.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Text Messaging and Patients: Benefits and Considerations</title>
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<description>As convenient as text messaging may be, there are certain issues for healthcare providers to consider when using any communication method with patients. Here are seven to consider.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Voice Recognition: An Increasingly Useful EHR Accessory</title>
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<description>As the interest in and adoption of EHRs grows, so does the market for new and improved speech-recognition products for time-pressed physicians.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Poll of the Week &#x2013; Do You Interact with Patients on Facebook?</title>
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<description>Social media can be a great tool, but are you taking precautions to ensure you do not get into trouble as a result of using it?</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Start-up Guide for Physicians Who Own Their Medical Practice (Part I)</title>
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<description>Here are some key issues for either physicians on their way to starting up their own medical practice, or current owners seeking ways to refine their current office.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Physician Performance Goals Are Great, But Balance Is More Realistic</title>
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<description>Performance measurements for physicians are well-intentioned and get me to rethink how I practice. But in the end I won&#x27;t make the goals, so I&#x27;ll have to go with balance over perfection.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Reform, Physician Shortage Elevating Role of Physician Assistants</title>
<link>http://www.physicianspractice.com/blog/content/article/1462168/2071252?CID=rss</link>
<description>As the physician shortage intensifies, so will the roles and responsibilities of physician assistants (PAs).</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boosting Medical Practice Productivity: A Case Study</title>
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<description>Here is a case study for a multiple-physician practice that increased its productivity without any additional equipment or software &#x2014; just a good hard look at its processes.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Departing Medical Practice Staff: Be Prepared to Move on</title>
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<description>Here are some of the most efficient and effective ways of handling departing support staff members and how to bring someone new into your practice.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Comments Highlight Concerns Over Stage 2 of CMS&#x2019; Meaningful Use Program</title>
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<description>Judging by the extensive comments that have come in since CMS posted the Stage 2 proposal, stakeholders have plenty to say when it comes to how the rule will affect physician practices.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EHR Use from the Physician Assistant Perspective</title>
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<description>The promise of the EHR is to do the administrative work of recordkeeping in a medical practice better, and easier, than paper records. So far, our EHR is meeting that promise.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ICD-10 Documentation &#x2014; Preparing Staff for Changes</title>
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<description>Which staff members should be on the ICD-10 documentation team, how to determine what documentation is needed, and what the key changes to anticipate are.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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