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Podcast: Stop the Medical Office Bickering
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In this 20-minute podcast, Judy Capko, author of the runaway best seller, Secrets of the Best-Run Practices covers specific reasons why conflicts can emerge in a practice and how office bickering can impact productivity. She provides tips on how to approach the subject with staff and practical ideas on resolving the bickering. She also describes very proactive strategies physicians and office executives can use to reduce the potential conflicts.
Book available at www.mpmnetwork.com
Judy Capko - www.capko.com
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Podcast: Politics and Healthcare 2008
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In this 20-minute podcast, Owen Dahl, MBA, FACHE, CHBC, author of Think Business! Medical Practice Qualtity, Efficiency, Profits discusses the current issues facing our representatives in Washington including -- his best guess on the 10.5% Medicare issue, the difference between national health insurance and single payer insurance, who are the key players to watch in Washington, the changes in DC that will have an impact on private practices, and how physicians and adminstrators can keep in touch with their representatives and how they can get involved on a local level.
http://www.thinkbusiness.md
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How to Hire and Keep Good Employees for Your Medical Practice
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In this 20-minute podcast, Dr. Walter West from www.practicemanagementacademy.com, discussed practical details of hiring and recruiting good employees for your medical practice. He covers the following: Surprisingly, why money is NOT the most important thing an employee looks for in a job, how to effectively use your office manager or administrator in the recruitment process, how to run staff meetings that work for you, how to go about finding and keeping good people, how to motivate employees to do more than just show up, the importance of employee reviews (and terrifically smart strategies to make the process more palatable)
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Managed Care Contracting, Top Considerations
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Susan Childs, FACMPE, of Evolution Healthcare Consulting, in this 20-minute podcast, discusses the most important aspects to consider when negotiating a managed care contract, how to convey the value and culture of your practice to insurance companies, the threat to terminate a contract (should it ever be done?), the most important contract language to address and strategies to use to keep up with the timeline of your contracts. Evolution Healthcare Consulting www.evohcc.com
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Podcast: Healthcare Tsunami: The Wave of Consumerism that Will Change U.S. Business
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Hear Wayne Glowac and Dean Halverson, authors of the book, Healthcare Tsunami: The Wave of Consumerism that Will Change U.S. Business, discuss what the Healthcare Tsunami is all about, the trends that these leaders are seeing in the provider market, why these changes in the market are so sudden and dramatic, whether the tsunami is a temporary or long term issue, and what medical providers (off all sizes and specialties) need to do to manage this change in the mindset of patients. www.healthcaretsunami.com
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