Physicians Practice - June 2008 - (Page 6) WWW.PHYSICIANSPRACTICE.COM • VOLUME 18 • NUMBER 6 JUNE 2008 CONTENTS COLUMNS 8 THE BIGGER PICTURE Advantage Who? The government’s experiment with private Medicare Advantage plans has been an expensive failure. Except, that is, for the companies raking in the dough. 49 ASK THE EXPERTS Our experts answer your top practice management questions. 71 THE ADMINISTRATOR’S DESK Dealing with PTO Time Here’s how to give your staff some scheduling flexibility, while keeping the office sufficiently staffed. 55 IDEALAB Walk-Ins This Way Internist Rob Lamberts on his walk-in clinic experiment. 75 CODING Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Effective communication with your office’s coders. 16 PHYSICIANS PRACTICE PEARLS Manage to Make Time Is your practice operating like Camp Run-a-Muck, where everyone is busy but little gets done? Maybe it’s time for some time management skills. 65 THE TECH DOCTOR Do Physicians and Cell Phones Mix? Dispensing corporate cell phones may be a given in your practice, but don’t fall into a money trap. VISIT AMERICA’S LEADING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT WEB SITE ONLINE CONTENTS ARTICLES YOU WANT DATA? WE’VE GOT DATA This issue of Physicians Practice is packed full of performance data on hundreds of payers around the country, starting on page 24. But if that’s not enough for you, we’ve got even more at PhysiciansPractice.com. Visit the online version of our cover story on PayerView for more numbers. TOOLS Q&A WE’VE GONE DIGITAL Prefer to flip through Physicians Practice’s pages without risking paper cuts? Check out our digital edition: Now you can read the magazine on screen just as you do the paper version, but with lots of extra goodies, like keyword searching, easy article-forwarding, bookmarking selected pages, and more! Click on our “Articles” section at the top of our home page, select the issue of your choice, and click on “View Our Digital Edition.” BUYERS GUIDE SURVEYS How Much Should You Charge? Find out with our 2008 Fee Schedule Survey and get your chance to win $500! Physicians Practice is getting its exclusive 2008 Fee Schedule Survey ready for you — but we need your help. Tell us how much your practice charges for common services — and register for a chance to win a $500 Visa gift card! Go to PhysiciansPractice.com, then click “Fee Schedule Survey” under the Surveys icon. SHOP TIL YOU DROP In the market for a new EMR? Looking to upgrade your practice management system? Need a new whatchamacallit? Find everything for your office in our Buyer’s Guide online. Click the “Buyer’s Guide” tab under the banner at PhysiciansPractice.com. It’s easy, fast, and free. INTERVIEW LIKE A PRO If you’re opening a new practice, you may be a novice at the hiring process. Nervous about the interviews? Don’t be. After reading our latest installment of “Start It Up,” our series on launching a practice from scratch, check out the online version for Web-only tips on conducting the perfect interview. THE COMPLETE CONTENTS OF EACH ISSUE — AND MORE — CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND BY VISITING PHYSICIANSPRACTICE.COM. http://WWW.PHYSICIANSPRACTICE.COM http://PHYSICIANSPRACTICE.COM http://PhysiciansPractice.com http://PhysiciansPractice.com http://PhysiciansPractice.com http://PHYSICIANSPRACTICE.COM
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