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Previously I wrote about outsourcing your IT services support as well as how to hire an IT director. But one question that I am commonly asked is, “How do I decide whether to keep IT services in-house or whether they should be out-sourced?” Electronic medical records systems have become an integral part of the practice […]
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MPT Podcast 37 – Saving Money on Medical Practice Office Expenses, from 101 Ideas to Increase Revenue & Decrease Costs – Part 4, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com. Ms. Whaley shares more of her many suggestions for increasing profit for your medical practice. This Issue (8:29): Are the Yellow Pages an expensive dinosaur? Could […]
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MPT Podcast 37 – Getting a Handle on Your Staff Expenses, from 101 Ideas to Increase Revenue & Decrease Costs – Part 3, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com. Ms. Whaley shares more of her many suggestions for increasing profit for your medical practice. This Issue (6:55): How can you reduce overtime abuse? Should you […]
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Yes, your practice is a business. And your patients are like customers. Some colleagues don’t like to use terms like ‘customers’ when they are talking about patients, but that is exactly how you need to treat them if you want to have a growing, thriving business. This is particularly true if you are just starting […]
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Guest Post, William McClain, MBA If you are a practicing physician today, your world is being buffeted and reshaped by a dizzying confluence of disparate external forces. The federal push for EMR adoption, HIPAA security rules, practice needs for greater operating efficiency and productivity, “retail consumerism”, increasing market competition and the steady advance of medical […]
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MPT Podcast 35 – 101 Ideas to Increase Revenue & Decrease Costs Part 2, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com. Ms. Whaley shares more of her many suggestions for increasing profit for your medical practice. This Issue (7:30): Some useful tips on obtaining Meaningful Use incentives Why you shouldn’t purchase an EMR just for the […]
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If you comb through the blogosphere on the topic of electronic medical records, you may find a surprising amount of negative commentary. And if you mention the financial incentives for meaningful use implementation, things get downright testy: anti-government sentiment, conspiracy theories, and a call to resist the temptation to go paperless. They site studies that […]
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MPT Podcast 34 – Process or Technology – What Provides the Most Bang for the Buck?, with guest Mike Meikle of Hawkthorne Group Consulting This Issue (6:55): Can technology trump poor processes? How critical is the human factor? Should you adapt to your EMR or should it adapt to you? Why your security plan might […]
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Although most of us in medicine know the struggles of running a private practice, it is still disconcerting – albeit not surprising – to hear that some doctors are having to file for bankruptcy. In an article on CNNMoney.com, some physicians talk about having to get business loans or use personal funds to keep their […]