Making time to advance your career and enjoy family life is no easy task. One busy rheumatologist, educator and mom shares her strategies for success…
Tools & Training from the ACR Practice Management Team
The ACR Practice Management Department actively works to provide valuable, accessible resources addressing practice issues on a local and national level to rheumatologists and their staff. Our trained professionals are devoted to providing the most up-to-date tools and resources to help improve practice efficiency while meeting the myriad compliance obligations of the ever-changing healthcare landscape….
Electronic Health Record Documentation Guidelines
The operations management team in healthcare practices is expected to have an effective coding compliance program in place that is continually evaluated and reevaluated. To accurately assess the program’s effectiveness, several outcome indicators must be measured, including error rates in the provider’s documentation and the electronic health record (EHR). Due to increased scrutiny by the…
Predatory Publishing: Know the Difference Between a Financial Scheme and Scholarly Dissemination
It happens every day. A new email pops up in a researcher’s in-box from a journal with a seemingly familiar name and an invitation to publish a research paper, present at a meeting or, perhaps, serve on an editorial board. Like many of her colleagues, Marian Hannan, DSc, MPH, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical…
Rheumatologist Channels Military Aspirations into Role with U.S. Navy Reserve
In 2010, Thomas Bartow, MD, FACP, finally ran out of excuses. Ever since high school, he had wanted to join the military. But too many things got in the way—like attending medical school at State University of New York at Stony Brook. After graduation in 1980, he performed his residency in internal medicine at Rush-Presbyterian-St….
Tips for Physicians to Stay Focused at Work
All day, technology dings and beeps, phones buzz, staff members need just a moment of your time, and personal issues linger in the back of your mind. With all of the interruptions and potential distractions that occur throughout a day, how do rheumatologists stay focused on patient encounters and work responsibilities? “Arriving at work early…
Tips to Improve Collection Rates for Patient Copays, Deductibles
The healthcare industry is currently in an era of higher copays and deductibles, and effective patient collections are critical to the financial health of practices. The front desk staff of a practice is the first area to help with patient satisfaction and the key to a healthy revenue cycle. This front desk staff must collect…
Just You & the Patient: Tips to Stay Focused at Work
Ringing phones, patient emergencies, staff interruptions—rheumatologists work amidst distraction all day. Here are some practical and personal tips on how to stay focused on your patients…
How Non-Physician Providers Can Help Your Practice
New data shows that both private and public rheumatology practices benefit financially by hiring non-physician providers (NPPs). But when should practices hire NPPs?
Rheumatology Coding Corner Answer: Evaluation for Possible Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Take the challenge. CPT codes: 99245/99205 ICD-10: M79.1, R21, R53.83, L65.9, K13.79, R00.0 This visit can be billed out as a 99245 only if the insurance carrier allows the billing of consultation codes. If the carrier does not allow consult codes, then this visit must be billed as a new patient visit. Because many outpatient…
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