Purchasers of healthcare are beginning to take a more active role in ensuring they receive value for their health care dollars, and these savvy shoppers want to develop programs to increase the quality and efficiency of the care they purchase. This movement has given rise to the concept of value-driven healthcare, commonly called value-based purchasing. Over the next three months, “From the College” will take a look at this type of purchasing and provide rheumatologists and rheumatology health professionals with practical advice on how to stand out to these value-based purchasers.
Coding Corner Question
August’s Coding Challenge
Coding Corner Answer
August’s Coding Answer
REMS Required
How will this FDA drug safety program affect rheumatology offices?
Tailor the Message for Arthritis Self-Care
Delving into patients’ perceptions of self-management activities
Successfully Leave Your Practice
Educational leave, sabbatical, parental leave, extended illness, and practice closure due to relocation, retirement, or better professional opportunities can all lead to the decision to leave a practice.
Practical Advice for the Rheumatologist on Medicare PQRI
It is not too late to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PRQI). Participation is voluntary, but providers who participate now will better prepare themselves for probable future reporting requirements while qualifying for an incentive payment from CMS.
Coding Corner Question
July’s Coding Challenge
Coding Corner Answer
July’s Coding Challenge
Become a Marketing-Driven Practice
A simple fact about marketing: You could be the best in your field and offer top-notch services, but if no one knows who you are, what you do, or when, why, and how to see you, your business may struggle.
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