Managing Your Practice

Managing Your Practice

The Sunshine Act, 5 years hence

The law’s questionable impact and apparent lack of enforcement do not mean you can ignore it. The data are still being collected and displayed.

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Don’t forget about OSHA

Failure to comply with OSHA regulations can result in stiff penalties running into many thousands of dollars.

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Employment practices liability insurance

All EPLI policies cover litigation against your practice and its owners by employees, but some cover only full-time workers.

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Credit cards FAQ

How do you safeguard the credit information you keep on file? The same way we do medical information; it's all covered by the same HIPAA rules.

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Stop extending credit

No business owner in his or her right mind allows customers to take away goods or services without paying for them; but doctors do it every day....

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New Medicare cards

The switch began on April 1, and is expected to take about a year as the CMS processes about half a dozen states at a time.

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Website improvements

With a few relatively simple but important modifications, you can convert casual website viewers to patients.

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Beware the con

The jury duty scheme, I learned, is an increasingly popular one.

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Sharpening the saw

I write this reminder every couple of years because it’s so easy to lose sight of the overall landscape among the pressures of our daily routines...

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How to set up your own RSS feed

Doing so can help increase readership on your website, publicize a podcast, or keep patients abreast of your practice’s latest treatments and...

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