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Getting Paid: Curing Part-Time Headaches (posted on 5/1/08)
More physicians are demanding part-time and flex-time arrangements, but these can wreak havoc on your call and patient schedules, and your compensation system. Here’s how to keep everyone happy.
Physicians Practice Pearls: Don’t Let Overtime Take Over (posted on 5/1/08)
Overtime pay is expensive. Here’s how to keep it under control.
Start It Up: Space & Equipment — The Right Stuff (posted on 5/1/08)
Our series on everything you need to know to open a practice continues with expert advice on equipment and office space. You’ll get one chance only to design the right space for your needs, and you’ll be stuck for years with the equipment you select. Better know what you’re doing.
Technology: Is E-Prescribing Worthwhile? (posted on 5/1/08)
You’ve been handwriting prescriptions for years and are reluctant to change. We understand. But e-prescribing technology is inexpensive, easy to use, and can make your life easier and keep your patients safer. Is it time to dump your Paper Mate?
The Administrator’s Desk: Avoiding the Report Quagmire (posted on 5/1/08)
How often and which practice reports should you deliver to your group’s physicians? The wrong answer could cost you big.
Management: When It’s Time to Change (posted on 4/1/08)
Change is hard. People don’t like it. If you’ve ever tried to convince a reluctant staff too content with “the old way” to try something new, you understand the size of the challenge. Allow our primer to help you clear the path to transformation.
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Q & A
Administering Overseas Drugs to Medicare Patients (posted 5/1/08)
We are getting solicitations from companies who are selling products like Hyalgan and Boniva for less than 50 percent of the retail price in the United States.
In-office Colonoscopy Advice (posted 5/1/08)
Can you point us in the right direction for finding out how our gastroenterologist can perform colonoscopies in the office?
Juggling Managers (posted 5/1/08)
We have a busy gynecology practice with a staff of 10.
NPs Seeing New Problems (posted 5/1/08)
Our practice recently hired a nurse practitioner.
Part-time Policies (posted 5/1/08)
I have a question regarding part-time employment in a four physician partnership.
Clinical Staff and Weekend Call (posted 4/1/08)
We are considering using our nurse practitioners (NPs) to take weekend call.
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Workflow Considerations
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