Posted on May 31, 2010 by Editors
A MEMORIAL DAY OPINION – EDITORIAL [Innovation - Not Nationalization - Can Again Lead] By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; FACFAS, MBA, CPHQ, CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA, CPHQ, CMP™ [Managing Editor] Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive-Director] On this 2010 Memorial Day weekend, please allow us to directly reflect for a moment on [...]
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Posted on May 31, 2010 by Editors
A New ME-P Survey By Ann Miller RN, MHA [Executive Director] Web, or more specifically health 2.0, tools have made medical practice more interactive and collaborative for all stakeholders; doctors, patients, payers, hospitals, employers and third party insurance companies. But, what actually is Health 2.0? Do you embrace or fear it? A Definition Link: http://medicalexecutivepost.com/2010/02/19/health-2-0-empowers-patients/ [...]
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Posted on May 30, 2010 by Editors
Overview of Electronic Health Records Usability By Staff Reporters The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ] recently funded a series of research activities focused on assessing and improving the state of usability in electronic Health Record (eHR) systems. Here are two of the most recent reports. The Reports 1. eHR Usability [Interface Design Considerations] [...]
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Posted on May 30, 2010 by Editors
Some Positive Video News on Memorial Weekend 2010 By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP ™ Was Artificial Life Created Recently? According to Craig Venter “synthetic life” has been created. Venter is the American biologist and entrepreneur most famous for his role in being one of the first to sequence the human genome. He has now [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2010 by Editors
Promote Yourself, Your Firm or Site, Financial Products and/or Healthcare Support Services … with Us By Ann Miller RN, MHA [Executive-Director] If you want the opportunity to reach a personalized weekly audience of the financial services sector, and health care industry insiders, innovators and watchers, the Medical Executive-Post and its educational forums may be right for you? http://medicalexecutivepost.com/2007/11/11/advertise/ Widely [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2010 by Editors
A Book Review By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS I’m reading “Cyber War” by Richard A. Clark. He served the Pentagon, the State Department, and the National Security Council under Presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush. It’s sobering to learn that North Korea has already successfully pulled cyber-war tricks against a vulnerable US. But; to learn [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2010 by Editors
Tell Us What You Think! By Staff Reporters Your Subjective Impressions The Medical Executive-Post would like to hear your insight on the most pressing issues facing financial advisors, accountants, stock-brokers, insurance agents and financial services industry leaders. Your insights and comments will aid us in our continued commitment to develop content and features that [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2010 by Editors
The Center of New Media in Healthcare? By Staff Reporters ReachMD is an innovative communications company that provides thought-provoking medical news and information to healthcare practitioners. Established to help increasingly time-constrained medical providers stay abreast of new research, treatment protocols and continuing education requirements, ReachMD delivers innovative and informative radio programming via XM Satellite Radio [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2010 by Editors
For Educators and Regional Extension Centers (REC) ADVERTISEMENT By Catherine G. Huddle VP, Market Development www.Sevocity.com Ph: (210) 412-5653 True Internet / Cloud EHR System Ideal for Educating Providers, Clinical Staff, and REC Support Staff San Antonio, TX –Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. (CMI), today announced Sevocity U, its Internet-based Ambulatory Electronic Health [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2010 by Editors
National Survey Results ADVERTISEMENT By Michele von Dambrowski Dear ME-P Readers and Colleagues, Thank you for your participation in the National Survey on Marketing of Physicians by Hospitals. With your valuable input, we have been able to greatly enhance the understanding of how hospitals and health systems are promoting both employed and community physicians. The [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2010 by Editors
A Social Domestic Healthcare Initiative? By Somnath Basu PhD, MBA [www.clunet.edu/cif] [Director California Institute of Finance] Necessities, conveniences and luxuries are an articulation of the hierarchy within wants and needs. The scale and scope of this hierarchy seems quite seamless at the surface. Food, micro waved dinners to gourmet meals. Transportation needs become personal transportation needs and [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2010 by Editors
Blurring the Line between Medical Professionalism … and Mercantilism By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] Concerns and complaints about pushy dentists are apparently becoming more numerous among consumers, as elective cosmetic treatments and marginally effective tests and modalities are increasingly available from the same providers that patients formerly turned to for unbiased dental [...]
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Posted on May 24, 2010 by Editors
Tell Us What You Think! By Staff Reporters Your Subjective Impressions The Medical Executive-Post would like to hear your insights on the most pressing issues facing doctors, physician and nurse-executives, CXOs and healthcare administrators. Your insight and comments will aid us in our continued commitment to develop content and features that best fit your [...]
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Posted on May 24, 2010 by Editors
Includes Tax Extenders By Robert Giese bob.giese@chsfl.org After months of negotiation, Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Sander Levin (D-MI) have announced an agreement. Passed House and Senate The House and Senate both previously passed bills that would extend over 40 tax provisions, including the IRA Charitable [...]
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Posted on May 23, 2010 by Editors
Office Operations and Processes also Important By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™ [Editor-in-Chief] www.HealthcareFinancials.com To successfully complete a medical practice financial analysis and fair-market valuation [FMV] engagement, the following is a description of the documents that are typically required. According to Robert James Cimasi MHA, AVA, CMP™ of Health Capital Consultants LLC, most of [...]
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Posted on May 22, 2010 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT An Invitation to ME-P Readers on the Implications of Implementation By Karen D. Matthias RN, MBA The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was enacted into law on October 8, 2008. This act will end health insurance benefits inequity between mental health/substance use disorders and medical/surgical benefits for [...]
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Posted on May 22, 2010 by Editors
What is our Blog – How does it Work? By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive-Director] The Medical Executive-Post is an independent information sharing portal for the integrated healthcare industrial complex, medical practice management and financial planning and advisory communities. We have a search engine to help find essays and follow the breaking news that interests [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2010 by Editors
The Build vs. Buy vs. Outsource Conundrum By DeeVee Devarakonda MBA There are several options to build, buy or outsource a medical practice Customer Resource Management infrastructure. And, there are advantages and disadvantages to all three options. I will review all three for our ME-P readers. Build: Rapid technology advances are transforming the business landscape. [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2010 by Editors
On Preventable Hospital Infections - wth Videos By Barbara Dunn Hello Dr. David E. Marcinko and all ME-P Readers and Subscribers You may have seen that the government recently released its annual report on the quality of health care Americans receive. While there have been some improvements, the news was not positive: hospitals still have [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2010 by Editors
National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation By Nancy Chockley, PhD President & CEO NIHCM Foundation The U.S. Federal debt is exploding to levels not seen since World War II, and some say this threatens our living standards, compromises our independence in domestic and foreign policy, and leaves future generations with a staggering financial burden. [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2010 by Editors
Increased Exemption Possible? By Robert Giese bob.giese@chsfl.org Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) has been in intensive negotiations with Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) over the estate tax. Sen. Kyl and Sen. Lincoln have proposed increasing the $3.5 million exemption that was applicable in 2009 to $5 million per person. In [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2010 by Editors
Have You Ever Worked in the Financial Services Industry? By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive-Director] Do you have experience in the financial services sector? Have you ever worked for a broker-dealer, or on Wall Street, or for a wire-house, financial advisory or planning firm, or even an insurance company, retail, commercial or investment bank? If so [...]
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Posted on May 18, 2010 by Editors
The Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act By Staff Reporters At the Medical Executive-Post, we take freedom of the press very seriously. H.R. 3714 The Bill, now known as H.R. 3714 – The Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act – was originally introduced to Congress by Senator Chris Dodd on October 1, 2009. [...]
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Posted on May 18, 2010 by Editors
The Cost of Medical Quality By Daniel L. Gee; MD MBA The cost of medical quality actually goes up when the variation and error rate of a process goes up. For example, the costs of pharmaceutical errors alone, in terms of lives and money, are huge. Consider the legal implications of incorrect procedures to an [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2010 by Editors
Medical Records not a Reflection of Reality – Are Reality Itself By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™ By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA, CMP™ [ME-P Publisher and Managing Editor] Now more than ever, inadequately documented medical charts can mean civil and criminal liability to the sloppy and/or unwary practitioner. Medical records were previously used [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2010 by Editors
Proposed New ‘Office of the Homeowner Advocate’ By Paul Kiel, ProPublica – May 7, 2010 11:37 am EDT An amendment to the financial reform bill filed recently by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, would create a special office to assist homeowners who are facing problems with the administration’s mortgage modification program. [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2010 by Editors
Advancing the role and prevalence of patient and family engagement in the healthcare 2.0 era By Staff Reporters The Institute for Interactive Patient Care (IIPC) is a healthcare organization dedicated to empowering patients and improving health outcomes through direct patient engagement. Their mission is to foster widespread adoption of patient and family/caregiver engagement strategies, which [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2010 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT An Exercise in Crowd-Sourcing By Chris Thorman Senior Marketing Manager www.SoftwareAdvice.com I just finished an essay about market share in the EMR industry and I wanted to give ME-P readers a heads up about it. Here is the link: http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/medical/ehr-software-market-share-analysis-1051410/ Essay Content In the article, I break down: The size of the outpatient EMR [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2010 by Editors
Even More to Come in the Years Ahead By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive-Director] This ME-P is an information sharing portal for the integrated healthcare industrial complex, medical practice management and financial planning and advisory communities. We have a search engine to help find essays and follow the breaking news that interests you for this [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2010 by Editors
Protean, Pervasive, Prolonged and Painful By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] Definition of the Term Much like the physical laws of nature, action begets consequences, which are usually known, unknown or disregarded by human foibles. According to Robert Norton, the law of unintended consequences, often cited but rarely defined, is that actions of [...]
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Posted on May 13, 2010 by Editors
Born form the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act By Robert Giese bob.giese@chsfl.org During the financial crisis, of October of 2008, Congress passed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. Part of that Act created the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) with a $700 billion fund for loans to banks. As part of TARP, the banks borrowed $248 billion. [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2010 by Editors
Florence Nightingale’s Birthday By Staff Reporters International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12th, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. The Florence Nightingale International Foundation According to their website, the FNIF is the International Council of Nurses (ICN) premier foundation. It supports and complements the work and objectives of the ICN. Its [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2010 by Editors
A Documentary Film By Ryan Flesher, MD Reaching for a patient chart in the ER one night, a young physician is suddenly overwhelmed by a strange mixture of panic, anger and fear. But, such emotions are unacceptable for a doctor. A Self-Loathing Doctor -OR- Modern Realist? Tearing down a hallway, he slips into a room and [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2010 by Editors
Have You Ever Worked in the Medical Profession? By Ann Miller; RN, MHA [Executive-Director] If you ever worked for a private medical practice, health insurance company, third party administrator or payer, hospital, public health clinic, VA or anywhere else in the healthcare space, we’d like to hear from you. Tell the Medical Executive-Post about your [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2010 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT About Participatory HealthCare By Staff Reporters HealthCampRDU is a highly-collaborative, day-long conference with a focus on issues and opportunities related to the changing face of healthcare. Health industry experts and thought leaders, practitioners, health systems, consumers, developers, disease charities, insurers, technologists, journalists, entrepreneurs, bloggers, government and academic institutions will converge to openly exchange views [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2010 by Editors
About the Guaranteed Retirement Accounts Proposal By Robert Giese bob.giese@chsfl.org Recent hearings in the House and Senate have focused on the need for 401(k) and IRA accounts to provide better retirement income. Vice President Joe Biden referred to these discussions in the White House Task Force on the Middle Class. He suggested creating “Guaranteed Retirement [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2010 by Editors
The Emerging New Era By Staff Reporters According to Mike Turpin of The Health Care Blog, healthcare reform is setting the stage for a new era of American healthcare – Managed Care 2.0. Dawn of a New Era In launching this new period anchored by expanded access and insurance market reforms, we are expecting to [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2010 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT About the Medical Fusion Conference By Staff Reporters Physician career change is the focus of the Medical Fusion conference. Non-clinical jobs, medical journalism, medical informatics, physician entrepreneurs, medical device development, and venture capital are all topics that will be covered at this exciting new event. For all Specialties and Physicians Whether you are a [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2010 by Editors
Consider Advertising on the Medical Executive Post If you want the opportunity to reach a personalized weekly audience of health care industry insiders, innovators and watchers, the Medical Executive-Post and its educational forums may be right for you? Read More: http://medicalexecutivepost.com/2007/11/11/advertise/ Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Feel free to review our top-left [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2010 by Editors
Causing Mistaken Foreclosures By Paul Kiel, ProPublica – May 4, 2010 9:20 pm EDT Millions of people face losing their homes in the continuing foreclosure crisis, but homeowners often have more than the struggling economy and slumping house prices to worry about: Disorganization within the big banks that service mortgages has made a bad problem [...]
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Posted on May 6, 2010 by Editors
Hospitals [BDs] “versus” Family Practitioners [FAs] By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™ [Editor-in-Chief] The Big Mistake Those who believe that hospitals need medical specialists like radiologists, pathologists and oncologists, more than primary care doctors, are mistaken. And, those doctors who believe that the majority of “financial advisors” work for their clients are also mistaken. [...]
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Posted on May 5, 2010 by Editors
Your Healthcare Career Evaluation By Eugene Schmuckler PhD, MBA www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com Studs Turkel, in his outstanding book Working, makes the comment that work is the mechanism by which many of us get our daily bread and our daily purpose. If this is to be the case then the workplace needs to offer us something more than [...]
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Posted on May 4, 2010 by Editors
Putting it All into Perspective By Sean G. Todd, Esq., M. Tax, CFP, CPA The US stock market has taken investors on a bumpy ride in recent years. This volatility has tested investor discipline and prompted some doctors to question their commitment to equities. While no one knows the future, looking at the past may help [...]
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Posted on May 4, 2010 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT Appreciating Parallels for the Emerging US Healthcare System? By Mahsa Ghari Aim of the Conference In the late 1990s, the Dutch government started to experiment with ‘regulated competition’ in social health insurance. A milestone was the new Health Insurance Act in 2006 introducing a compulsory health insurance scheme for the entire population, carried out [...]
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Posted on May 3, 2010 by Editors
Real Celebration or Promotional Stunt By Staff Reporters Did you know that last week, in celebration of DNA day, the personal genomics company 23andme offered a sizable discount for its complete edition kit? The Kit The information provided to consumers is extensive. With the kit, the company promised access to the following kinds of data [...]
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Posted on May 3, 2010 by Editors
But – More Bark Than Bite By Paul Kiel, ProPublica – April 30, 2010 11:30 am EDT For nearly a year now, we at ProPublica have been reporting on the problems [1] homeowners have encountered when seeking a mortgage modification [2] under the administration’s program [3]. Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner for the first time [...]
Filed under: Breaking News, Ethics, Financial Planning, Investing, Risk Management | Tagged: Bamking bailout, Financial Reform, Herb Allison, Paul Kiel, ProPublica, TARP, Tim Geithner, Treasury Department | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 2, 2010 by Editors
Regrets and Recriminations – or Joy and Bliss? By Eugene Schmuckler PhD, MBA www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com Jimmy’s mother called out to him at seven in the morning, “Jimmy, get up. It’s time for school.” There was no answer. She called again, this time more loudly, “Jimmy, get up! It’s time for school!” Once more there was [...]
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Posted on May 1, 2010 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT On Medicare and Medicaid Plan Processing Costs By Erin Sawchuk Dear ME-P Readers Please find attached the late April 2010 Edition of Plan Management Navigator. Medicare and Medicaid Plans In this month’s edition, we identify and test some of the potential interrelationships between claims processing costs and other functions for Medicare and Medicaid Plans. [...]
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Posted on May 1, 2010 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT Events-Planner: MAY 2010 Staff Writers “Keeping track of important health economics and financial industry meetings, conferences and summits” Welcome to this issue of the Medical Executive-Post and our Events-Planner. It contains the latest information on conferences, news, and relevant resources in healthcare finance, economics, research and development, business management, pharmaceutical pricing, and physician/entity reimbursement! [...]
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