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Interview the Psychiatrist-Blogger Shrinkette
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Kent Bottles, MD, interviews the psychiatrist/blogger who goes by the name Shrinkette. They discuss the ever-expanding community of medical blogging and how the give and take of blogs has changed the way they view the doctor/patient relationship.
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Is Your Billing Service Doing You a Dis-Service?
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This podcast, from and article by Gregory H. Nizich, C.H.B.C., describes a manual tracking system that lets the billing service do all the work and requires a minimal amount of time to maintain. The goal of the system is to keep the billing service on its toes by routinely requesting the status of random claims. Eventually you will become a very polite, but squeaky wheel, and will get the attention you deserve.
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Podcast: How to Get Paid for Hospital Services with Betsy Nicoletti
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In this 20 minute podcast, Betsy reviews details surrounding physicians getting paid for hospital services. Can physicians get paid if they have to see a sick patient more than once a day? What does group membership have to do with getting paid for hospital services? What is the difference between observation admission series of codes and the observation with discharge codes? What are the rules for critical care? What about the proper way to bill follow up visits after an initial inpatient consultation?
Betsy Nicoletti, betsy.nicoletti@gmail.com and her book at www.shopmpm.com
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Career Development Opportunities for Physicians with Ivo Drury, MD/MBA
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Kent Bottles, MD, interviews Ivo Drury, MD/MBA, of Career Consulting for Physicians. They discuss career development opportunities for physicians, some of the current dilemmas facing medical practitioners, the value of additional degrees, and whether there was a generational divide in attitudes within the medical profession.
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