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Practice Notes is a space for commentary and news on practice management and healthcare policy. Opinions expressed by guest bloggers are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Physicians Practice, its staff or editors, or that of its parent company, UBM Medica.  

 

 


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Electronic Risk Assessment at Check-in Time Offers Financial, Patient Benefits
Marisa Torrieri , May 21, 2012

An increasing number of medical practices are finding that electronic check-ins go beyond entering basic data and verifying insurance.

Making Public Health Policy and Economics a Priority
Bryan R. Fine, MD, MPH , May 21, 2012

Public health as an important part of an allopathic, clinical program may be intuitive to some, but implementing it is still a challenge.

When Doctor's Get Sick, Patients Should Understand
Melissa Young, MD , May 21, 2012

With my associate out, we've had to do some patient shuffling and not every patient has been accepting about our situation.

EHR-stored Health Data: Access Issues Cloud Innovation
Daniel Essin, MA, MD , May 21, 2012

From e-books to your EHR-based data, how long do computer-stored files actually "exist"?

Three Ways to Improve the Claims Process at Your Medical Practice
P.J. Cloud-Moulds , May 19, 2012

Here's how to identify potential opportunities where your claims process could go awry and how to keep it on track.

AboutOurBloggers

Ericka L. Adler is a partner at the firm of Kamensky Rubinstein Hochman & Delott, LLP. Her primary practice focus is in the areas of regulatory and transactional healthcare law. Adler advises physicians and other providers regarding day-to-day practice management, physician contract matters, compliance and other business issues. E-mail her here.
P.J. Cloud-Moulds runs Turnaround Medical AR Recovery, a consulting firm focused on helping physicians realize the potential of their private practice. She has nearly nine years experience identifying and implementing tested technique to turn around a company's bottom line. E-mail her here.
George Conomikes is CEO of Conomikes Associates, nationally-recognized practice management consultants. He has spearheaded assignments to improve the performance and profitability of over 1,200 medical practices, including searches for practice managers and administrators. E-mail him here.
Ike Devji helps protect a national client base of over 3,000 clients with nearly $6 billion in personal assets, including thousands of physicians of all types. The attorney speaks and writes on wealth preservation and asset protection nationally. E-mail him here.
James Doulgeris manages the healthcare consultancy division at HCP Associates, a national research, strategy, and marketing firm based in Tampa Bay, Fla. HCP Health Care works with providers to grow, position, and prepare them to prosper under today’s and upcoming regulatory and reimbursement changes. E-mail him here.
Daniel Essin, MA, MD, FAAP, FCCP, has been a programmer since 1967 and earned his MD in 1974. He has worked at the Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center. His main research interests include electronic medical records and inferential methods of achieving security and confidentiality in healthcare systems.
Russell Faust, PhD, MD, is the chief medical officer for Anicca Media, a digital media agency helping physicians and hospitals connect with their online patient communities, and pharmaceutical and medical device firms connect with physicians. He is also an advisor for several tech- and biotech-startups and a Pediatric ENT surgical specialist. E-mail him here.
Bryan R. Fine, MD, MPH, is a practicing pediatric hospitalist in Norfolk, Va. He has spoken to national and regional audiences on public health and policy issues and currently serves as an assistant professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and teaches health policy for the EVMS School of Public Health. E-mail him here.
Jennifer Frank, MD, FAAFP, is a family physician in private practice in northeastern Wisconsin, and in perpetual search of the elusive work-life balance that she's heard so much about. She is a mother of four, whose husband, also a physician, is a stay-at-home dad.
Stephen H. Hanson, MPA, PA-C, DFAAPA, is a 30-year PA currently practicing in Bakersfield, Calif., in plastic and reconstructive surgery with the Grossman Burn Centers. Hanson has served in many specialties during the span of his career including public health, OB/GYN, occupational injury, urgent care and emergency medicine. E-mail him here.
C. Noel Henley, MD is an orthopedic surgeon and founder of ReachPatients.com. Physicians nationwide subscribe to his free e-mail newsletter where he delivers actionable marketing and practice promotion guidance for success-minded doctors who value their services and their patients. E-mail him here.
Sue A. Irwin, MCS-P, is the president of NCEB – Practice Management Solutions which has been helping medical practices ‘sail through’ transitions since 1992. She has been in the health insurance reimbursement and practice management world since the “golden days” of 100 percent insurance reimbursement. E-mail her here.
Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, heads up a graduate healthcare IT program at the University of Denver. He is also founder/CEO of QSE Technologies, which provides IT systems integration for healthcare entities, focusing on infrastructure as well as HIPAA Security. E-mail him here.
Craig Koniver, MD runs a busy integrative medical practice, Primary Plus Organic Medicine, LLC, in Charleston, S.C. as well as consults with physicians around the country about how to increase revenue, boost patient trust and improve job satisfaction. E-mail him here.
J. Scott Litton, Jr., MD, FAAFP, graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2000 and completed his Family Medicine residency at Spartanburg Regional Health System in Spartanburg, S.C. in 2003. He is board certified and currently practices at Litton Family Medicine in his hometown of Pennington Gap, Va.
Keith L. Martin is managing editor at Physicians Practice, where he writes and edits for the journal and covers news for the blog. He has covered the insurance industry and criminal justice, and worked as a newspaper reporter. He’s also a devoted Red Sox fan. E-mail him here.
Audrey "Christie" McLaughlin, RN, runs NTX Medical Sales & Service, a sales and consulting firm that specializes in the business of medicine. She has over 12 years experience in helping physicians and hospitals provide the best medical care while growing their revenue and keeping down costs. E-mail her here.
David M. Mokotoff, MD has been a private practicing cardiologist in St. Petersburg, Fla. for 29 years. He is the founder of Bay Area Heart Center, and enjoys writing humor, political commentary, industrialization of medicine, and thoughts about the endangered doctor-patient relationship.
Hector C. Ramos is a hepatobiliary surgeon, practicing in Los Angeles. He is trained in transplant and hepatobiliary surgery and board certified in surgery and surgical critical care. His interests include bioethics, particularly the physician-patient relationship. E-mail him here.
Gregory Steinberg, MD, is a cardiologist and internist, an associate clinical professor of Medicine at Columbia University, and a senior attending emeritus at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (SLRHC) in New York City. He currently serves as CEO and president of ActiveHealth Management. E-mail him here.
Carol Stryker helps busy physicians and their practices increase profits, improve patient satisfaction, and mitigate risk by focusing on how work gets done. More than 20 years of responsibility for aggressive operational improvements has produced a strong preference for effective solutions, implemented quickly. E-mail her here.
George Taylor is the president of Beyond Feedback. His firm helps medical practices gain insight on their patients’ experiences by going beyond traditional survey approaches to provide recommendations and action plans that improve patient retention and referrals. E-mail him here.
Marisa Torrieri is an associate editor at Physicians Practice, where she writes and edits for the journal and covers news and technology for the blog. She spent several years covering Medicare regulations and clinical issues and has written and edited for a number of technology media outlets. Marisa spends most of her free time playing guitar or running. E-mail her here.
Aubrey Westgate is an associate editor at Physicians Practice, where she writes and edits for the journal and covers news for the blog. Aubrey has worked in television news, public relations, and newspaper reporting and freelancing. In her spare time she enjoys reading and spending time with her family. E-mail her here.
Randall Wong, MD, is a retinal specialist practicing in Fairfax, Va. He has a passion for the Internet and social media, and writes regularly on how to use these tools to improve website performance, build your practice and improve healthcare. E-mail him here.
Melissa Young

Melissa G. Young, MD, FACE, FACP, is an endocrinologist in private practice, an assistant clinical professor at Robert Wood Johnson, and a working suburban mother of two in Freehold, N.J.

Michael Zhuang is the founder and principal of MZ Capital Management, a Washington, D.C.-based investment advisor firm, offering financial planning, investment advisory, and wealth management services. E-mail him here.

 

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