Trish Cornell, BSc, combines clinical and leadership skills to improve patient management
Ensuring the Success of Our Rheumatology Practice Community
To meet the ever-changing scope of practice for rheumatology health professionals, the ARHP has created a new Practice Committee to provide the tools you need to advance your practice.
What Can Clinical Decision Support Do for You?
The current health system places increasing pressure on physicians and their practices to find new and innovative ways to maximize reimbursement through the implementation of programs and workflows that ensure the delivery of higher quality care—all while the ever-increasing needs of the patient population are placing a greater demand on physician time.
Bridge the Gap Between Goal and Attainment
Use motivational interviewing to facilitate behavior change for your clients
Tips for Conducting a Market Analysis
Given the weakened economy, today’s rheumatology practice must be proactive, understand the market in which it operates, and plan for the future. Conducting a competitive market analysis is a critical first step toward the financial success of any medical practice.
Don’t Get Lost in Translation: Helping rheumatology Patients with Limited English Skills
Helping rheumatology patients with limited English skills
Advocating for Your Interests in the Health Insurance Marketplace
As healthcare reform ramps up and fists grip tighter around the almighty healthcare dollar, the ACR is moving ahead full force in advocating for your interests in the delivery of healthcare. Through what could be described as “offensive” and “defensive” strategies, the ACR is positioning itself as a visible and active player in the managed care marketplace.
Let the ACR Help You Improve Your Practice
Today’s rheumatology practices face increasing internal and external pressures. Staffing effectiveness and efficiency, overhead increases, coding and billing issues, litigious employees, conflicts with colleagues, new competition, changing patient attitudes, new revenue constraints, and managed care contracting and compliance are just some of the pressures that constantly push practices to their limits.
Working With Your National Provider Number
Beginning May 23, 2008, all practicing physicians who treat Medicare patients must start billing with a working national provider identifier (NPI). Physician and non-physician providers can make any corrections or changes pertaining to their NPIs by contacting the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES)…
Embracing Techmanity
Will increasing technology in the exam room have a dehumanizing effect on the patient physician relationship? Maybe not.