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Retaining Notes
Our busy practice is overwhelmed with faxes from physicians providing us copies of copious records of procedures, labs, and office visits that have little or no impact on our care of these mutual patients. What legal or ethical guidelines can you suggest for making (or not making) these faxes part of our records? Must we keep every unsolicited piece of paper that comes our way?
Question: Our busy practice is overwhelmed with faxes from physicians providing us copies of copious records of procedures, labs, and office visits that have little or no impact on our care of these mutual patients. What legal or ethical guidelines can you suggest for making (or not making) these faxes part of our records? Must we keep every unsolicited piece of paper that comes our way?
Answer: Generally speaking, any record that the physician uses to treat or make decisions in treatment should be filed in the chart and kept. The rest can be appropriately destroyed. However, check with the risk management department of your malpractice insurer for its guidance, as the policy may depend on specialty and/or special circumstances.
Asset Protection and Financial Planning
December 6th 2021Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.
Reducing burnout with medical scribes
November 29th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Fernando Mendoza, MD, FAAP, FACEP, the founder and CEO of Scrivas, LLC, about the rising rates of reported burnout among physicians and how medical scribes might be able to alleviate some pressures from physicians.
