Posted on January 31, 2012 by Editors
A Recent E-mail that I Received By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA, CMP™ www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com [Editor-in-Chief] As a former certified financial planner for almost 15 years, I was surprised to recently receive the following unedited e-mail correspondence. Dear Marcinko, If you are clever, have a way with people, or are a born salesperson, then becoming financial [...]
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Posted on January 31, 2012 by Editors
A Normal or Strategic Business Imperative for Doctors? If you, or your medical practice, can’t qualify for a traditional business loan, or if you don’t have time to wait for those funds, there are other alternative financing options that might be the answer — especially when those funds will equal a big return. AR and [...]
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Posted on January 30, 2012 by Editors
Market Will Grow in US to 1.3 Billion Dollars By Markus Pohl The smartphone application market for mobile healthcare will reach US$ 1.3 billion in 2012– up from US$ 718 million in 2011. Despite this substantial growth, the mHealth market is still in an embryonic state – especially in comparison to the US$ 6 [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2012 by Editors
The NPI Number: What is is – How it works? By Carol S. Miller RN, MBA The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a HIPAA Administrative Simplification Standard that provides a unique identification for covered health care providers, all health plans and health care clearinghouses. The NPI must be used in administrative and financial transactions adopted under [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2012 by Editors
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT Management Strategies, Operational Techniques, Tools, Templates and Case Studies PRE-RELEASE REVIEW ORDER HERE http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439879900
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Posted on January 28, 2012 by Editors
An RIP Visual Presentation You might think that once you expire, your financial worries are over. But alas, even in the afterlife you will still be paying your debts. Funerals rank among the most expensive purchases many people will ever make, and the burden of payment often falls on family. Learn how expensive it really [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2012 by Editors
Forget about eHRs and m-Health Source: gplus.com Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Please review our top-left column, and top-right sidebar materials, links, URLs and related websites, too. Then, subscribe to the ME-P. It is fast, free and secure. Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos Speaker: If you need a moderator or [...]
Filed under: Information Technology | Tagged: cloud based apps, crowd sourcing, geolocations apps, group buying, internet TV, mobile apps, mobile commerce, SaaS, tablets, Top Online Technology Trends of 2011 | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 27, 2012 by Editors
ME-P Readers Respond Sponsored by: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com According to colleague and financial advisor, Mike Kitces CFP®: As the difficult economic environment continues, bankruptcy filings in the United States continue to occur at an elevated rate. And it appears that financial planners are having their share of bankruptcies as well … requiring the CFP Board via their [...]
Filed under: Breaking News, CMP Program, Ethics, Financial Planning, Voting Polls | Tagged: certified financial planner, certified medical planner, CFP Board, CMP, financial planner bankruptcies, Mike Kitces, Would you Retain a Bankrupt CFP® for Advice? | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 26, 2012 by Editors
For Male Medical Professionals Only Source: Frugaldad Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Please review our top-left column, and top-right sidebar materials, links, URLs and related websites, too. Then, subscribe to the ME-P. It is fast, free and secure. Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos Speaker: If you need a moderator or [...]
Filed under: "Doctors Only", Career Development | Tagged: average debt level, average doctor, average fitness, average height, average income, average physician, average weight, Doctor - Are You Better than Average?, frugal dad | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 26, 2012 by Editors
Plunging – Yet, Why Hasn’t Medical Care Followed Suit? We are grateful to live in this century. For example, movies of the 1980′s have been more than intriguing over the course of the past few months, but times were obviously hard back then. Cell phones weren’t nearly as mobile as they are now, cassette [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2012 by Editors
With 2012 Benchmarking Study Invitation By Marco Georeno Health Care Analyst Dear Dr. Marcinko and ME-P Readers At the risk of appearing overwhelmed with New Year’s enthusiasm, we think the attached edition of Plan Management Navigator is especially interesting: 1. We report on the cost decisions made by low cost Blue Cross Blue Shield plans. [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2012 by Editors
From Republican Presidential Candidates With less than a year away, the republican election machine is fired up and ready to go. Hot topics include the economy, housing, jobs, Medicare, Social Security, and all sorts of healthcare initiatives and regulations of interest to medical professionals. Source: totalbankruptcy.com Assessment How has your opinion on the above changed [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2012 by Editors
How Health Plans Can Create Scalable and Competitive Products that Enable Affordable and High-Quality Care By Sam Muppalla – Vice President, McKesson Health Solutions Network Performance Management [Part 6 in a 6 part series] Over the past few weeks, I’ve covered a lot of ground in this ME-P series of six essays. We looked at the [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2012 by Editors
About Career Management in Nursing This is a guide for picking a career in nursing. It covers the wide range of different options available to those interested in pursuing health care–someone considering the field for the first time might not know that there are so many different types of nursing degrees and nurse positions! The text [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2012 by Editors
Eschewing Limited Investment Choices By Rick Kahler CFP® MS ChFC CCIM Most people, and medical professionals, with Individual Retirement Accounts [IRAs] open them with a bank or brokerage firm (the custodian) that limits what investments can go into the account. These custodians typically limit your investments to stocks, bonds and mutual funds with firms where [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2012 by Editors
And All Young Medical Professionals Young doctors, nurses and healthcare administrators always want to be hip with the latest tech gadgets. Unfortunately, they are also the age group with the least money and the most college, graduate or medical school debt. So, the goal of this infographic is to help find a happy medium that allows [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2012 by Editors
Fun on a Slow Day [will that be paper or electrons?] By Darrell K. Pruitt DDS As anyone following the ME-P knows by now, Dental Economics’ officials have been suspiciously unhelpful in locating experts capable of responding to concerns about the cost and safety of EHRs in dentistry – quite the opposite. The CR Foundation [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2012 by Editors
A Major Teaching Hospital By Julie Vetter – Associate Consultant Dear Dr. Marcinko and ME-P Physician Executives One of the top 15 major teaching hospitals in the country is seeking a Chief Medical Officer [CMO] to serve as the clinical strategist to drive improvement in hospital and system-wide services, and quality measures. The CMO will [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2012 by Editors
Systems Anatomy Under our Skin This underskin is an infographic that traces the routes of eight different systems within the body (Digestive, Respiratory, Arterial, etc.), and highlights the major connection points. Source: just-sam.com Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Please review our top-left column, and top-right sidebar materials, links, [...]
Filed under: Experts Invited | Tagged: CNS, digestive system, lymphatic system, nervous system, osseous system, skin, urinary tract, venous system | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 21, 2012 by Editors
Interpreting … the Interpreter Ask-an-Advisor QUERY: I understand that as doctors we need to accommodate the disabled and follow the ADA of 1990. In the case of hearing-impaired patients, it is our cost to have an interpreter present. But, for example, is the doctor able to dictate what interpreter will be used or does the [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2012 by Editors
More on Healthcare Network Design and Automation Part 5 in a 6 part series By Sam Muppalla – Vice President, McKesson Health Solutions Network Performance Management Previously, on this ME-P, I wrote about the barriers to alignment across product, network, care and reimbursement innovations. And, yes, I teased you with the three-word preview of what [...]
Filed under: Experts Invited, Information Technology, Practice Management | Tagged: ACO, FFS, Integrated Approach to Healthcare Networks, McKesson Health Solutions, Medical Home Network, medical reimbursement, P4P, PCHM, pho, PMPM capitation, PPO, Sam Muppalla | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 20, 2012 by Editors
A Handbook for Doctors and their Financial Advisors ADVERTISEMENT Book Review and Summary Financial Planning for Physicians and Advisors describes a personal financial planning program to help doctors avoid the perils of harsh economic sacrifice. It outlines how to select a knowledgeable financial advisor and develop a comprehensive personal financial plan, and includes important sections [...]
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Posted on January 19, 2012 by Editors
Am I Prescient, Lucky or Just an Observant Trend Reporter? By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] A few years ago I was involved in a Physician’s Money Digest report that showed the average physician reader (ie, 47 years old and $184,000 in annual income) would need about $5.5 million to retire. This was [...]
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Posted on January 19, 2012 by Editors
An Infographic This ME-P comes to us from Appature, a Seattle based company that provides a cloud based healthcare marketing tool. Upon submission of this infographic, the folks at Appature had the following to say: Appature Inc, a Seattle-based software company that makes marketing tools for the healthcare industry, just launched its first infographic [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2012 by Editors
About their Hidden Costs - I’m Talking PHI Breaches By D. Kellus Pruitt DDS If the rumor is true about Bluebell Ice Cream’s “e-claim-only” dental benefit plan that is to go into effect in March, how many in the east-central Texas town of Brenham (pop. 16,000) will be properly warned about the danger to themselves, their [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2012 by Editors
Still Not Improving Here is an infographic to highlight the main statistics about pancreatic cancer that are unknown – you know, less than 3% of people who are diagnosed will live to see five years post-diagnosis? Assessment The tree maps showing the difference between death rates and funding for the different forms of cancer is [...]
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Posted on January 17, 2012 by Editors
The Tax Gap Increases to $450 Billion By Children’s Home Society of Florida Foundation By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA, CMP™ Each year the IRS conducts a survey to determine the amount of unpaid taxes. The “tax gap” is defined as the amount of taxes that are owed by taxpayers but not paid on time. [...]
Filed under: CMP Program, Taxation | Tagged: Children's Home Society of Florida Foundation, Dave Camp, Dr. Marcinko, House Ways and Means Committee, IRS, net tax gap, On Un-Paid Taxes, Sen. Baucus, Tax Gap, tax payment compliance, www.certifedmedicalplanner.com | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 17, 2012 by Editors
Reviewing your Credit Report for the New Year [A CPT® code analogy] Source: creditdonkey.com Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Please excuse our pun and review the top-left column, and top-right sidebar materials, links, URLs and related websites, too. Then, subscribe to the ME-P. It is fast, free and [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2012 by Editors
Some Need-to-Know [Not Boring] Information for Doctors, Nurses and CXOs By Dr. David Edward Marcinko FACFAS, MBA, CPHQ, CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] As regular ME-P readers know, I held a property and casualty insurance license for more than 15 years; this included homeowners and automobile insurance. BTW: P&C also includes malpractice insurance [doctors and medical professionals] and [...]
Filed under: Insurance Matters, Risk Management | Tagged: auto insurance, automobile insurance, Automobile Insurance Update for Medical Professionals, car insurance, david marcinko, Jaguar, jaguar XJ8-L, medical risk management | 7 Comments »
Posted on January 16, 2012 by Editors
A New ME-P Feature By Ann Miller RN MHA [Executive-Director] The Set-Up A motorcycle patrolman was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix. The doctors operated and advised him that all was well; however, the patrolman kept feeling something pulling at the hairs in his crotch. Worried that there might be a second [...]
Filed under: Jokes and Puns | Tagged: accounting jokes, consultant jokes, doctor jokes, Financial and Management Jokes, lawyer jokes, medical jokes, nurse jokes | 7 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2012 by Editors
Risks versus Rewards [A Changing Calculus] Some laymen enjoy helping others, but don’t seriously consider medical school. Hard work does pay off, but only if you’re good at biology in this case. One problem has always been the crazy amount of names to learn. The thought of SAT exams, medical school and MCAT tests already [...]
Filed under: Career Development, Ethics | Tagged: Anatomy of a Doctor, MCAT, medical careers, medical carers, medical school, medical students, physician salary, SAT | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2012 by Editors
Men and Women at Work Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Please review our top-left column, and top-right sidebar materials, links, URLs and related websites, too. Then, subscribe to the ME-P. It is fast, free and secure. Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an [...]
Filed under: Financial Planning, Retirement and Benefits | Tagged: How Much Money to Retire, Investing, retirement planning, The Number | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 14, 2012 by Editors
Management Strategies, Operational Techniques, Tools, Templates and Case Studies ADVERTISEMENT Book Review and Summary Drawing on the expertise of decision-making professionals, leaders, and managers in hospitals and healthcare organizations, this book addresses their ubiquitous struggles with decreasing revenues, increasing costs, and high consumer expectations in a competitive market. Offering practical experience and applied operating vision, [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2012 by Editors
Understanding the need to align care models, payment, products and networks Number 4 in a series of 6 By Sam Mupalla - Vice President, McKesson Health Solutions, Network Performance Management (NPM) I wanted to follow up on last month’s ME-P discussion about Performance-based Networks and Medical Cost Savings. I wrote about the need to align [...]
Filed under: Health Economics, iMBA, Inc., Information Technology, Practice Management | Tagged: ACA, ACOs, Affordable Care, affordable care models, McKesson Health Solutions, Performance Based Networks and Medical Cost Savings, Sam Mupalla, Unlocking Affordable Care by Aligning Products | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 13, 2012 by Editors
About Fractional Company Ownership This inforgraphic explains what stock ownership is. To make investment choices that ultimately pay off, you need to start by knowing the fundamentals. It’s a step many medical investor wannabes skip, since … well, studying the basic terms and trends are not exactly entertaining. See elsewhere on this ME.P. Conclusion And [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2012 by Editors
Achieving Better Prep, Execution, and Discharge in the OR By Denice Soyring Higman By Adam Higman By Dragana Gough http://www.soyringconsulting.com Pre-Operative Phase The OR should run like a well-oiled machine with patients moving through each stage seamlessly as the slightest factor can have lasting negative effects. As with most things, the process of improvement [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2012 by Editors
Interesting Facts on the USD Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Please review our top-left column, and top-right sidebar materials, links, URLs and related websites, too. Then, subscribe to the ME-P. It is fast, free and secure. Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2012 by Editors
Common Signs and Symbols This infographic takes an in-depth look at the most common signs and symbols used on gravestones around the world. Death is life’s ending. Because everyone who is born eventually dies, it is the center of many traditions and organizations. Customs relating to death are a feature of every culture around the [...]
Filed under: Ethics | Tagged: cemetary, death, Death & Gravestone Symbolism, dying, graveyards, tombstones | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 11, 2012 by Editors
Congratulating an ME-P Dynano By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA By Ann Miller RN MHA By Edward, Teresa and Mackenzie [ME-P staff] During this busy week, we’d like to acknowledge the birthday of one of our own; Hope Rachel Hetico. Despite currently being in Chicago on executive consulting assignment for a local Physician Hospital Organization, [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2012 by Editors
And … the William H. Kelly Insurance Agency in Atlanta, Too! By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA [former insurance agent] An Open Letter TO: The Honorable Ralph T. Hudgens. Georgia State Insurance Commissioner. Two Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. West Tower, Suite #704. Atlanta, Georgia 30334 RE: Appeal to Open Allstate Insurance Claim #0145606xxx Dear [...]
Filed under: Insurance Matters, Op-Editorials | Tagged: Allstate, Allstate complaints, Georgia State insurance commissioner, Isis Ortega, John Bell, Mr. Alonza Bennett, Ralph T. Hudgens, Ron Waters, Tom Wilson, William Kelley Insurance Agency | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 10, 2012 by Editors
More Popular than Ever Herbal medicines have seen an increase in popularity since many people have become more health conscious. Others are mistrustful of the health industry, so they are taking their health into their own hands. If you’re smart about your herbal medicines and how you use them, some believe you can be a [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2012 by Editors
A Brief IRS Tax Code Update By Children’s Home Society of Florida Foundation In an information letter, the IRS outlined seven specific changes in the 2011 law that will be useful to doctors and all taxpayers filing their tax returns this year. And, some of these 2011 tax law changes may reduce your taxes: 1. [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2012 by Editors
A Historic Timeline Review of Advances Today we address how technology has changed the medical industry. Definition This infographic starts off by stating “medical technology is the application of devices, procedures, and knowledge for diagnosing and treating disease for the purpose of maintaining, promoting, and restoring wellness while improving the quality of life.” On the [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2012 by Editors
ADVERTISEMENT Management Strategies, Operational Techniques, Tools, Templates and Case Studies Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this textbook are appreciated. Please review our top-left column, and top-right sidebar materials, links, URLs and related websites, too. Then, subscribe to the ME-P. It is fast, free and secure. Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos Speaker: If you need a [...]
Filed under: Book Reviews, iMBA, Inc., Practice Management, Recommended Books | Tagged: Dr. David Marcinko, Hope R. Hetico, Hospitals & Healthcare Organizations | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 8, 2012 by Editors
Job Opportunity – Please Contact Us Now By Terry Thormodsgaard CEO and President The Thor Group Director@ThorConsultingGroup.com Dear Dr. David E Marcinko and ME-P Readers, As a professional who has worked in the Healthcare industry with Director level experience with resource, quality improvement and utilization management in the case management area, you have developed the [...]
Filed under: Alerts Sign-Up, Career Development, Jobs & Employment:, Quality Initiatives | Tagged: Quality and Utilization for Case Management, Searching for Director of Resource | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 7, 2012 by Editors
The Imperative to Act and Diverse Views of the Road Forward The U.S.now spends $2.5 trillion annually on health care, accounting for well over 17 percent of GDP and growing rapidly with challenging fiscal consequences. Despite the imperative to control spending, we face much uncertainty about how to move to a more sustainable path. [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy, Health Economics, Health Insurance, Healthcare Finance, Videos | Tagged: ACA, Affordable Care Act., Controlling Health Care Spending, healthcare GDP, medicare, NIHCM Foundation, NIHCM Foundation Webinar, ObamaCare, physician payment reform, PPACA | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 7, 2012 by Editors
Our Readers are Interested in What You’ve Got to Say By Ann Miller RN MHA [Executive-Director] What are Premium Links? Premium [text] Links are a great advertising option because they look just like our regular “site content”, and so are generally more attractive to visitors. How they Work? For 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2012 by Editors
Professional Opportunity By Janice Perino Associate Consultant Cejka Executive Search Dr. Marcinko, Centene Corporation is seeking a Chief Medical Director (CMD) for Louisiana Healthcare Connections (LHC), a joint venture between Centene Corporation and Louisiana Partnership for Choice and Access comprised of 19 non-profit Louisiana FQHCs. The regional headquarters for Louisiana Healthcare Connections is located [...]
Filed under: "Doctors Only", Alerts Sign-Up, Career Development, Jobs & Employment: | Tagged: Cejka Executive Search, Centene Corporation, Janice Perino, JCAHO, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization, Louisiana Healthcare Connections, National Committee on Quality Assurance, NCQA, Seeking Chief Medical Director | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 6, 2012 by Editors
Dollars for Doctors [How Industry Money Reaches Physicians] Part of a year-end series on major investigations By Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein ProPublica, January 3rd, 2012, 2:55 p.m. Some of the nation’s top medical schools cracked down on professors who give paid promotional talks for drugmakers last year, and the firms themselves cut back on [...]
Filed under: Drugs and Pharma, Ethics | Tagged: AstraZeneca, Cephalon, Charles Ornstein, doctor speakers, Dr. Richard Krugman, Drug Companies Reduce Payments to Doctors as Scrutiny Mounts, ProPublica, Tracy Weber | 3 Comments »
