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APHA – National Preparedness Month
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION [APHA]
Prepare for Disasters with Get Ready’s 2016 Calendar
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APHA’s Get Ready campaign helps Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies.
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[Executive-Director]
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About the Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc
Who we are – What we do!
[By Ann Miller RN MHA]
www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com
The Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc provides a team of experienced, senior level consultants led by iMBA Chief Executive Officer Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ MBBS [Hon] and President Hope Rachel Hetico RN MHA CMP™ to provide going contact with our clients throughout all phases of each project, with most of the communications between iMBA and the key client participants flowing through this Senior Team.
iMBA Inc., and its skilled staff of certified professionals have many years of significant experience, enjoy a national reputation in the healthcare consulting field, and are supported by an unsurpassed research and support staff of CPAs, MBAs, MPHs, PhDs, CMPs™, CFPs® and JDs to maintain a thorough and extensive knowledge of the healthcare environment.
The iMBA team approach emphasizes providing superior service in a timely, cost-effective manner to our clients by working together to focus on identifying and presenting solutions for our clients’ unique, individual needs.
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Risk Management and Insurance Foreword for Doctors by Lloyd Krieger MD MBA 
Financial Planning for Physicians Foreword by Jason Dyken MD MBA
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Our Team
The iMBA Inc project team’s exclusive focus on the healthcare industry provides a unique advantage for our clients. Over the years, our industry specialization has allowed iMBA to maintain instantaneous access to a comprehensive collection of healthcare industry-focused data comprised of both historically-significant resources as well as the most recent information available.
iMBA Inc’s specific, in-depth knowledge and understanding of the “value drivers” in various healthcare markets, in addition to the transaction marketplace for healthcare entities, will provide you with a level of confidence unsurpassed in the public health, health economics, management, administration, and financial planning and consulting fields.
iMBA Inc’s information resources and network of healthcare industry textbook resources enhanced by our professional consultants and research staff, ensure that the iMBA project team will maintain the highest level of knowledge regarding the current and future trends of the specific specialty market related to the project, as well as the healthcare industry overall, which serves as the “foundation” for each of our client engagements.
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Great Book Gifts for Medical School and Health Care Graduates
[By Staff reporters]
An Educational Resource Supporting Doctors, Universities and Consulting Advisors
We are an emerging online and onground community that connects medical professionals with financial advisors and management consultants. We participate in a variety of insightful educational seminars, teaching conferences and national workshops. We produce journals, textbooks and handbooks, white-papers, CDs and award-winning dictionaries. And, our didactic heritage includes innovative R&D, litigation support, opinions for engaged private clients and media sourcing in the sectors we passionately serve.
Through the balanced collaboration of this rich-media sharing and ranking forum, we have become a leading network at the intersection of healthcare administration, practice management, medical economics, business strategy and financial planning for doctors and their consulting advisors. Even if not seeking our products or services, we hope this knowledge silo is useful to you.
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Emotional Intelligence [EQ] in Medicine
The Five Basic Non-Cognitive Competencies
[By Render S. Davis MHA CHE]
[By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA]
Many of us have encountered a person who may intellectually be at upper levels, but whose ability to interact with others appears to that of one who is highly immature.
This is the individual who is prone to becoming angry easily, verbally attacks co-workers, is perceived as lacking in compassion and empathy, and cannot understand why it is difficult to get others to cooperate with them and their agendas
[THINK: Sheldon Cooper PhD D.Sc MA BA of the The Big Bank Theory TV show].
Enter Daniel Goleman
The concept of Emotional Intelligence [EQ] was brought into the public domain when Daniel Goleman authored a book entitled, Emotional Intelligence.”
According to Goleman, emotional intelligence consists of four basic non-cognitive competencies: self awareness, social awareness, self management and social skills. These are skills which influence the manner in which people handle themselves and their relationships with others. Goleman’s position was that these competencies play a bigger role than cognitive intelligence in determining success in life and in the workplace.
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Five Domains
He and others contend that emotional intelligence involves abilities that may be categorized into five domains:
- Self awareness: Observing and recognizing a feeling as it happens.
- Managing emotions: Handling feelings so that they are appropriate; realizing what is behind a feeling; finding ways to handle fears and anxieties, anger and sadness.
- Motivating oneself; Channeling emotions in the service of a goal; emotional self control; delaying gratification and stifling impulses.
- Empathy: Sensitivity to others’ feelings and concerns and taking their perspective appreciating the differences in how people feel about things.
- Handling relationships: Managing emotions in others; social competence and social skills.
Source: Emotional Intelligence: what is and why it matters” – Cary Cherniss, PhD, presented at the annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, April 2000.
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Mike Poskey, in “The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace.” continued his definition by stating that emotional intelligence is considered to involve emotional empathy; attention to, and discrimination of one’s emotions; accurate recognition of one’s own and others’ moods; mood management or control over emotions; response with appropriate emotions and behaviors in various life situations (especially to stress and difficult situations); and balancing of honest expression of emotions against courtesy, consideration, and respect.
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A Set of Competencies
In 1995, Goleman then expanded on the works of Howard Gardner, Peter Salovey and John Mayer. He further defined Emotional Intelligence as a set of competencies demonstrating the ability one has to recognize his or her behaviors, moods and impulses and to manage them best, according to the situation.
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Assessment
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About the Co-Author
Render Davis was a Certified Healthcare Executive, now retired from Crawford Long Hospital at Emory University, in Atlanta, GA He served as Assistant Administrator for General Services, Policy Development, and Regulatory Affairs from 1977-95. He is a founding board member of the Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia and served on the consortium’s Executive Committee, Advisory Board, Futility Task Force, Strategic Planning Committee, and chaired the Annual Conference Planning Committee, for many years.
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- FINANCE: Financial Planning for Physicians and Advisors
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- Dictionary of Health Economics and Finance
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- Dictionary of Health Insurance and Managed Care
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Top Ten Most Innovative Healthcare Companies of 2015
World Class Innovation
[By Staff Reporters]
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THE LIST
- APRICOT FOREST: For seeking a cure to what ails Chinese health care
- PERFINT HEALTHCARE: For attacking cancer with robotics
- OMADA HEALTH: For improving health through coaching
- ELMINDA: For changing the way we see our brains
- CARDIOMEMS: For reducing heart failure hospitalizations
- ORGANOVO: For getting one step closer to human drug trials—without harming actual humans
- THERANOS: For introducing a better blood test
- GOOGLE: For developing the next generation of health monitors
- ZENEFITS: For helping small businesses provide health insurance
- COHEALO: For bringing the sharing economy to the surgery room
Source: Fast Company, February 9, 2015
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About the INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BUSINESS ADVISORS, Inc.
About
INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BUSINESS ADVISORS, Inc.
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The Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc provides a team of experienced, senior level consultants led by iMBA Chief Executive Officer Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ MBBS [Hon] and President Hope Rachel Hetico RN MHA CMP™ to provide going contact with our clients throughout all phases of each project, with most of the communications between iMBA and the key client participants flowing through this Senior Team.
iMBA Inc., and its skilled staff of certified professionals have many years of significant experience, enjoy a national reputation in the healthcare consulting field, and are supported by an unsurpassed research and support staff of CPAs, MBAs, MPHs, PhDs, CMPs™, CFPs® and JDs to maintain a thorough and extensive knowledge of the healthcare environment.
The iMBA team approach emphasizes providing superior service in a timely, cost-effective manner to our clients by working together to focus on identifying and presenting solutions for our clients’ unique, individual needs.
The iMBA Inc project team’s exclusive focus on the healthcare industry provides a unique advantage for our clients. Over the years, our industry specialization has allowed iMBA to maintain instantaneous access to a comprehensive collection of healthcare industry-focused data comprised of both historically-significant resources as well as the most recent information available. iMBA Inc’s specific, in-depth knowledge and understanding of the “value drivers” in various healthcare markets, in addition to the transaction marketplace for healthcare entities, will provide you with a level of confidence unsurpassed in the public health, health economics, management, administration, and financial planning and consulting fields.
iMBA Inc’s information resources and network of healthcare industry textbook resources enhanced by our professional consultants and research staff, ensure that the iMBA project team will maintain the highest level of knowledge regarding the current and future trends of the specific specialty market related to the project, as well as the healthcare industry overall, which serves as the “foundation” for each of our client engagements.
Ann Miller RN MHA
www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com
Financial Advisor Education Letterhead CMP™
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Our ME-P Recommended Books Review
Purchase today and Profit in 2014
By Ann Miller RN MHA
[Executive-Director]
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Seeking Securities Analysts, Stock-Brokers and Investment Bankers for New “Financial Planning Textbook for Doctors”
Planning our newest major textbook
By Ann Miller RN MHA [ph-770-448-0769]
[Executive-Director]
Dear Stock Brokers, IBs and Securities Analysts,
Greetings from the Institute of Medical Business Advisors, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Historical Review
As you may know, we released: Financial Planning Handbook for Physicians and Advisors, some time ago. It has enjoyed much success and acclaim in the medical and financial service sectors.
Recently, we have been asked to produce the next edition of this book for our target market of physicians, nurses, medical professionals, healthcare administrators – and those in the financial services sector who target this large and fertile, but rapidly changing niche market.
Why Now?
Urgency for the update has been prompted by ARRA, HI-TECH, the flash-crash of 2008 and the day-crash of 2011; by social, macro-economic and demographic changes; by political fiat and especially the PP-ACA.
Our medical colleagues are frustrated, afraid and fearful for their financial futures. They WANT informed advice.
Thus, true integrated financial planning information that targets this market – very expertly and specifically – is greatly needed.
The Invitation
And so, we ask if you are interested in contributing an updated vision of an existing book chapter.
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INVESTMENT BANKING-SECURITIES-MARKETS-MARGIN
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HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND STOCK OPTIONS
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INVESTMENT POLICY STATEMENT CONSTRUCTION
Not to worry – The original MS-WORD® chapter files are archived and available for use. We will forward it to you, upon assignment acceptance.
And, we are again fortunate that our Editor-in-Chief will be Dr. David Edward Marcinko FACFAS MBA CMP™ along with Professor Hope Rachel Hetico RN MHA CMP™ serving as Managing Editor.
They opined at a recent interview for the ME-P.
” … We have entered into an emerging era in the financial planning ecosystem. It is a new era where one size does not fit all; and off-the-shelf financial products and mass sales customization is no long adequate for physicians and medical professionals; or their related generic financial planners or wire-house advisors.
It is a period of rapid change, shifting reimbursement paradigms and salary reductions that focus the healthcare industrial complex on pay-for-performance [P4], compensation for value and quality care; rather than procedures performed and quantity of care.
All must learn to do more with less professionally; and plan their personal financial lives more efficiently than ever before. Mistakes will be more difficult to overcome and the wiggle room that high income earning physicians, nurses and medical professionals used to enjoy is being narrowed by demographic, economic, social, technological and political fiat.
This emerging financial planning analog follows the health industry’s fiscal metamorphosis …”
Style Instructions
The look and feel, format and style, and font and size of the book will remain the same. We use endnotes, not foot notes; and include mini-case reports or illustrative case models. It will be a major text; not a handbook.
Timeline for submission is about 3 months. Additional time is available, if needed, for a comprehensive update. But, we are trying to avoid running too far along into 2014 in order to avoid income tax season and the related time constraints on all concerned.
A Pleasure – Not Burden
This should be a pleasurable project for you; and not anxiety provoking.
So, if you are a medically focused and experienced financial advisor with an: MBA, CFP®, PhD, MD, DDS, MSA/MS, CPA, RN, CMP®, DO, JD and/or CFA degree or designation, etc; please let me know if you are interested in updating and revising our chapters. OR, authoring a new to the world chapter.
Your Payback
In return for your conscientious industry, you will receive a complimentary edition of the entire textbook; be listed on this ME-P as thought-leader with related book advertising content attributed to you; and given e-exposure to our almost 600,000 readers and ME-P subscribers …. Such the deal!
And, you will be added to our roster of experts for potential referrals, interviews, pod-casts and other marketing efforts
Assessment
Regardless of your decision, we remain apostles promoting your core vision of physician focused financial planning whenever possible.
Or, you may suggest another possible author- writer-expert contributor; if you wish.
Just let me know; ASAP [MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com]
Thank you.
ANN
ANN MILLER RN MHA
[Executive-Director]
INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BUSINESS ADVISORS, INC.
Suite #5901 Wilbanks Drive
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Modern Office Management Skills for Savvy Physicians
“Learning” about The Business of Medical Practice in Modernity
By Ann Miller RN MHA
www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com
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Some Modern Issues Impacting Hospital Revenue Cycles
By Carol S. Miller RN CPM MHA
By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™
“Collectively the healthcare industry spends over $350 Billion to submit and process claims while still working with cumbersome workflows, inefficient processes, and a changing landscape marked by increasing out-of-pocket cost for patients as well as increasing operating costs.”
The Norm Continues Downhill
For many years hospitals and healthcare organizations have struggled to maintain and improve their operating margins. They continue to face a widening gap between their operating costs and the revenues required to cover not only current costs, but also to finance strategic growth initiatives and investments.
Faced with increased operational costs and associated declines in rates of reimbursement, many healthcare hospital executives and leaders are concerned that they will not achieve margin targets. To stabilize the internal financial issue, some hospital have focused on lowering expenses in order to save costs – an area they control and an area that will show an immediate impact; however, that is not the best solution.
Beware Cost Reductions
Hospital executives are concerned with the effect that these reductions may have on patient quality and service. Finding ways to maximize workflow to lower operating costs is vital. Every dollar not collected negatively impacts short- and long term capital projects, lowers patient satisfaction scores and possibly affects quality of patient care.
Status Today
Hospitals, healthcare organizations and all medical providers are under great pressure to collect revenue in order to remain solvent. And so, here are some of the issues impacting the modern hospital revenue cycle as Obama-Care, or the PP-ACA of 2010, is launched next month?
Issues Impacting the Revenue Cycle
Several of the major leading issues facing the revenue cycle are:
- Impact of Consumer-driven Health – This process has emerged as a new approach to the traditional managed care system, shifting payment flows and introducing new “non-traditional” parties into the claims processing workflow. As market adoption enters the mainstream, consumer-driven health stands to alter the healthcare landscape more dramatically than anything we have seen since the advent of managed care. This process places more financial responsibility on the consumer to encourage value-drive healthcare spending decisions.
- Competing high-priority projects –Hospitals are feeling pressured to maximize collections primarily because they know changes are coming down the pike due to healthcare reform and they know they will need to juggle these major initiatives along with the day-to-day revenue cycle operations.
- Lack of skilled resources in several areas – Hospital have struggled to find the right personnel with sufficient knowledge of project management, clinical documentation improvement, coding and other revenue cycle functions, resulting in inefficient operations.
- Narrowing margins – Declines in reimbursement are forcing hospitals to look at their organization to determine if they can increase efficiencies and automate to save money. Hospitals are faced with the potential of increased cost to upgrade and adapt clinical software while not meeting budget projections. There are a number of factors contributing to the financial pressure including inefficient administrative processes such as redundant data collection, manual processes, and repetitive rework of claims submissions. Also included are organizations using outdated processes and legacy technologies.
- Significant market changes – Regardless of what happens with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, hospitals will have to deal with fluctuating amounts of insured and uninsured patients and variable payments.
- Limited access to capital – With the trend towards more complex and expensive systems, industry may not have the internal resources and funding to build and manage these systems that keep pace with the trends.
- Need to optimize revenue – There are five core areas hospitals have to examine carefully and they are:
- ICD-10 – This is an entirely new coding and health information technology issue but is also a revenue issues
- System integration – Hospitals need to look at integrating software and hardware systems that can combine patient account billing, collections and electronic health records.
- Clinical documentation – Meaningful use will require detailed documentation in order for payment to be made and this is another revenue issue.
- Billing and claims management – Reducing denials and reject claims, training staff, improving point-of-service collections and decreasing delays in patient billing can improve the revenue cycle productivity,
- Contract analysis – Hospitals need to focus more on negotiating rates with insurers in order to increase revenue.
Conclusion
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- FINANCE: Financial Planning for Physicians and Advisors
- INSURANCE: Risk Management and Insurance Strategies for Physicians and Advisors
- Dictionary of Health Economics and Finance
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- Dictionary of Health Insurance and Managed Care
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Upcoming Webinars and Health Administration Essays around the Net
By Staff Reporters
Some Topics of Interest for ME-P Readers
- On-Demand: Managing Complex Billing Environment in Advance of Health Care Reform
- 2013 Health Plan Compliance Benchmark Study, September 12, 2013
- mHealth: Multi-Channel Applications – Driving Engagement & Reducing Costs, September 17, 2013 Patient-Centered Medical Home:
- Transforming Care into Outcomes, September 18, 2013 Health CO-OPs and 2014: The Kentucky Health CO-OP Perspective, September 19, 2013
- Patient Satisfaction: Cracking The Code, September 25, 2013 Provider Contracting for Exchanges: Research Findings from ReviveHealth,
- October 3, 2013 Healthcare Social Media Activity – 2013, October 10, 2013 Depression in the Workplace: Why it Matters and What You Can
- Do About it, October 16, 2013 Accountable Care Web Summit, December 12, 2013
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- AMA readies campaign for Medicare SGR repeal
- Medicare sticks to clock-watching on hospital observation policy
- CMS mulls how to unseal Medicare doctor pay data
- Defense, VA hit by health IT cost overruns
- Insurers seek limited insurance exchange plan networks
- Court bars collecting fees beyond Medicaid pay
- Medicare SGR reform bill passes key House committee
- Medicaid’s muddled preventive care picture
- Some primary care doctors still lack 2013 Medicaid pay boost
- What free screenings does the ACA require?
- Groundwork laid for lawsuits over deaths from tainted steroids
- Investigators probe self-referrals for prostate cancer radiation
- Doctors, hospitals unite to improve meaningful use stage 2
- IOM: Target inefficient Medicare doctors, not regions
- AMA pushes for more accurate Medicare Physician Compare
- Judge puts hold on strictest abortion law to date
- Bill would prevent ACA from ending doctors’ insurance contracts
- Medicare pioneer ACOs save money but lose physicians
- Advance pay ACOs: A down payment on Medicare’s future
Assessment
Enjoy these informative private sector and government publications.
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Why Hospitals Should Use Financial Management Checklists
Financial Management Strategies for Hospital and Healthcare Organizations [Tools, Techniques, Checklists and Case Studies]
By Neil H. Baum MD
It is fitting that ME-P Editor Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ and his fellow experts, have laid out a plan of action in Financial Management Strategies for Hospital and Healthcare Organizations: Tools, Techniques, Checklists and Case Studies that physicians, nurse-executives, administrators and institutional Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, MBAs, lawyers and healthcare accountants can follow to help move healthcare financial fitness forward during these unchartered waters.
In medicine – It all began with Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, who reviewed the airline industry and their use of checklists prior to take off of an airplane.
The history of aviation checklists began in 1934 when Boeing was in the final process of testing a U.S. Army fighter plane with a potential contract of nearly 200 planes riding on the final test of the plane. The test aircraft made a normal taxi and takeoff. It began a smooth climb, but then suddenly stalled. The aircraft turned on one wing and fell, bursting into flames upon impact killing two of the test pilots. The investigation found pilot error as the cause. One of the pilots who was unfamiliar with the aircraft had neglected to release the elevator lock prior to take off. The contract with Boeing was in jeopardy.
Thus, the pilots sat down and put their heads together. What was needed was some way of making sure that everything to prevent crashes was being done; that nothing was overlooked. What resulted was a pilot’s checklist developed before takeoff, during flight, before landing, and after landing. These checklists for the pilot and co-pilot made sure that nothing was forgotten and safety of the planes was insured.
Medical Care and Hospitals
So, what does airline safety have to with medical care and hospitals?
There are so many activities that take place in medicine such as the operating room, that are far too complicated to be left to memory of doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, and others involved in the surgical care of patients. Dr. Gawande identified the key components of a surgical procedure which include the name of the patient, the procedure to be performed, the estimated length of the procedure, whether the right or left side is the surgical target, how much blood loss is anticipated, whether antibiotics have been given prior to making the incision, and the anesthetic risk of the patient. This use of a checklist which takes approximately 30 seconds has not only prevented wrong side surgery but also instills a discipline of higher performance.
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From the Clinic to the Boardroom
And so, should [can] we port the clinical checklist example of Atul Gawande for use with non-clinical topics like hospital financial management and administration?
Assessment
Yes – We have a challenge and the Financial Management Strategies for Hospital and Healthcare Organizations: Tools, Techniques, Checklists and Case Studies is a step in the direction to make all of the stakeholders in the healthcare arena become sensitive to reducing and controlling costs and at the same time preserve quality of care.
This can be done. I suggest you start by reading, using and referring to this excellent book.
And so, what is my final advice? Read the Book!
Some of you who will read this book are CXOs COOs, Chief Medical Officers and maybe even COS. (Chiefs of Staff). But, all of you should become CLOs (Chief Life Officers)! Read this book and the initials CLO will appear after your name!
Note:
Neil H. Baum MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Urology at the Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA. He is also a thought-leader for this ME-P.
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The Impact Of The U.S. Recession On Hospitals
Drivers of Decline
Commercially insured scheduled admissions are the largest contributor to inpatient margins for the average US hospital. During the US recession (2009-2011), volumes in this segment declined. There were two primary drivers of this decline.
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Dual Causes
First, commercial insurance coverage decreased, stemming from unemployment and underemployment. This is expected to reverse and rebound as the economy recovers and as healthcare reform is implemented.
Second, even among those who retained coverage, utilization of inpatient services decreased as patients delayed or forewent elective and preventative care. This was influenced by a range of economic factors, including reduced household incomes, higher co-pays, and a reduced ability to leave work for medical care, as well as factor unrelated to the recession, such as a shift to outpatient management of disease.
More: Are Cost Estimates Leading To The Wrong Decisions in US Hospitals?
Assessment
It is unclear whether this second driver will diminish fully as the economy recovers. A slow recovery – or one that fails to see volumes to return to pre-recession levels – suggests that hospitals may need to refocus their strategies on service lines and segments that have historically been less attractive.
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Case Model Illustration of a Six Sigma Healthcare Pioneer
The Mount Carmel Health System
By Mark Matthews MD
A “Scrubbed” True Illustration
One of the earliest healthcare adopters of Six Sigma was the Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio.
The organization was barely breaking even in the summer of 2000 when competition from surrounding providers made things worse. Employee layoffs added fuel to an already all-time low employee morale.
The CEO
Chief Executive Officer Joe Calvaruso was determined to stem the bleeding, break the cycle of poor financial performance and return the hospital system to profitability. He sought the potential benefits of Six Sigma and began a full deployment of its methodology. The plan was a bold move, as the organization ensured that no one would be terminated as a result of a Six Sigma project having eliminated his or her previous duties. These employees would be offered an alternative position in a different department. Moreover, top personnel were asked to leave their current positions to be trained and work full time as Six Sigma expert practitioners who would oversee project deployment while their positions were backfilled.
Assessment
The Six Sigma deployment was the right decision. More than 50 projects were initiated with significant success. An example of an early Mount Carmel success story is the dramatic improvement in their Medicare + Choice product reimbursements, previously written off as uncollectible accounts. These accounts were often denied by HCFA due to coding of those patients as “working aged.”
Since the treatment process status often changed in these patients, HCFA often rejected claims or lessened reimbursement amounts, effectively making coding a difficult and elusive problem. The employment of the Six Sigma process fixed the problem, resulting in a real gain of $857,000 to the organization. The spillover of this methodology to other coding parameters also has dramatically boosted revenue collection.
A Glimpse of Lean Medical Management Tools and Techniques
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Succeed with the “Business of Medical Practice” Textbook
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By Ann Miller RN, MHA
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December 23rd, 2011 – The Institute of Medical Business Advisors [iMBA] Inc, in Atlanta, GA www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com and Springer Publishing Company of New York, just released the third edition of “The Business of Medical Practice” [Transformational Health 2.0 Skills for Doctors] edited by iMBA founder Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA, CMP™ and President Hope Rachel Hetico RN, MHA, CPHQ, CMP™
Internal Contents
The 37 chapter, 750 page hard-cover textbook provides a comprehensive resource for those physicians, medical professionals, practice managers, nurse executives, health care administrators and graduate students seeking working knowledge on running a private facility or medical clinic.
Three Major Sections
The BoMP is comprised of three enterprise-wide sections: [1] Qualitative Office Operations, [2] Quantitative Aspects of Medical Practice and [3] Health Policies, Ethics and Leadership. Topics like ARRA, HITECH, ACA and the social networking aspects and ramifications of health 2.0 connectivity for all stakeholders are included for modernity.
Tools and Templates
Tools used throughout the book help readers reference and retain complex information. These tools include:
- Sidebars. Key terms, key concepts, key sources, associations, and factoids all serve to enhance and reinforce the core takeaways from each chapter.
- Tables. Tables are used to display and reference benchmark data, draw comparisons, and illustrate industry data trends.
- Figures. Graphical depictions of concepts help you comprehend the material.
- Charts. Charts allow easily referenced standard industry taxonomies alongside comparisons of related topics.
Assessment
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Vital iMBA Inc Links for Savvy Doctors and their Financial Advisors
An Educational Resource Supporting Doctors and their Consulting Advisors
We are an emerging online and onground community that connects medical professionals with financial advisors and management consultants. We participate in a variety of insightful educational seminars, teaching conferences and national workshops. We produce journals, textbooks and handbooks, white-papers, CDs and award-winning dictionaries. And, our didactic heritage includes innovative R&D, litigation support, opinions for engaged private clients and media sourcing in the sectors we passionately serve.
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Link: Letterhead CMP
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Increasing Operating Room Efficiency and Flow-Thru Logistics
Achieving Better Prep, Execution, and Discharge in the OR
By Denice Soyring Higman
By Adam Higman
By Dragana Gough
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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 must start at the beginning with Pre-admission Preparation. Ensuring that patient files have an up-to-date History and Physical (H&P) and Laboratory and Radiology reports, as well as financial clearance will aid in the improvement process.
Some Vital Queries
One of the keys to improving preoperative performance is involving physicians. Assess where things stand by asking these questions:
- Is Anesthesia involved in team decision making?
- Are Medical Staff taking an active role in throughput?
- Is your Anesthesia staff reviewing patient charts for the next day?
- Anesthesia staff should assess a scheduled patient when the health history suggests potential problems
Holding Area or Not?
It depends. Most hospitals do not use holding areas for all patients, even though the areas may exist. Typical uses for holding areas include inpatient surgery patients and anesthesia services for line insertions, etc. For smoother transitions in the OR, you should consider elimination of multiple stops for outpatients.
Operative Phase
Operative throughput should start with an assessment of your instrument and supplies. This begins with a review of your case cart readiness, including the number of trays and instruments, used and unused. The goal of this review is to eliminate any additional unneeded instrument counting/processing. To avoid case delays, ensure that all materials and supplies pulled for the case are correct and your preference cards are updated. As with any procedure, make sure that the equipment is functioning correctly and that all personnel are fully trained for the job. Perform proper maintenance checks ahead of time and review storage and organization procedures to ensure that the equipment is readily available for the next case start time. Unreliable items that frequently break/malfunction can have a huge effect on turnover.
Team Approach to Operating Room Turnover
It is imperative that the OR staff be ready to start on time and every person in surgery should have a part of the turnover process. Surgeons can set the stage for expectations, especially if they are present during turnover/set-up. Do not let them perform a disappearing act. Work with surgeon’s office staff on scheduling issues if there continues to be a problem. For Anesthesia, Scrub, and Circulator staff, create buy-in for quick turnover time, utilize specialty teams, if possible, publicize turnover results (monthly), and celebrate improvements. Anesthesia can help transport patients from Holding/Day Surgery to OR and housekeeping needs to be readily available to assist with cleanup. Nursing staff can assist with cleanup of rooms and patient transport. The bottom line, everyone needs to pitch in whether it is in their “job description” or not.
Post-Operative Phase
To continue the momentum, make strides in post-op procedures starting with discharging from the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). Acute care facilities should consider discharging select, low acuity patients directly from PACU.
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TESTIMONIAL
In his book Financial Planning Handbook for Physicians and Advisors, Dr. David E. Marcinko, MBA CMP® CFP® provides us with a simple and yet very complete view on the basics of financial planning that every physician should know in order to maximize our chances for success in the financial aspect of our medical careers and personal lives.
The book is well structured, organized and easy to read. Divided in ten chapters, it covers important aspects of personal financial planning such as insurance, home mortgages, retirement plans, auto buying, taxes and more. In an era where doctors must have a solid understanding of the basics of financial management, this book is a must-have on every physician’s private book collection.
Although not a substitute for a formal business education, this book will help physicians navigate effectively through the hurdles of day-to-day financial decisions with the help of an accountant, financial and legal advisors. This book would make an excellent reference for teaching medical students and residents the basics of monetary management.
I highly recommend this book and commend Dr. Marcinko and the Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc. on a job well done.
Manuel J. Colón, MD
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Health Industry Collaboration and e-Patients
More on Inter and Intra Healthcare Stakeholder Relationships
According to Jennifer Tomasik MS [jtomasik@cfar.com], writing in the soon to be released ME-P textbook from iMBA Inc www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com: “Healthcare Organizations” [Management Strategies, Tools, Techniques and Case Studies], now in-process from (c) Productivity Press for 2012:
We are in a time of great change in healthcare. No one is certain how the future landscape will unfold, but it is clear that changes in regulation, reimbursement, technology, the economy, and science will significantly impact the work of those clinicians and administrators who dedicate their careers to improving patient care.
More Collaboration Needed
Experience has shown that better collaboration between patients and among the many different parts of the healthcare delivery system holds great potential to improve the quality of care and the relationships of those delivering it. It has also shown that the opportunities to improve collaboration are widespread.
Our focus, therefore, should be to introduce and share a selected set of tools that can be used to improve collaboration along several dimensions:
- Clarifying roles and authority through decision charting,
- Understanding the “give” and the “get” needed to establish effective alliances through the current state, and
- Working jointly to establish and test a set of refined expectations through a physician-administrator compact.
Assessment
In the end, improved collaboration can help medical institutions with everything from inter professional productivity, to patient satisfaction to the most critical service of all: caring for patients and saving lives.
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Clarifying Some NPI Number Mis-Understandings
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 HIPAA and with one identifying number will simplify security and allow greater protection or encryption of the provider number. The NPI can be used to identify the health care provider on prescriptions, COB between health care plans, inpatient medical record systems, program integrity files, and other areas.
Dependent on his/her medical practice, the provider can obtain an individual or group NPI; however, there are situations where an individual NPI number is required such as with the submission of pharmacy and lab claims. The NPI remains with the provider regardless of job or location change. NPI will eventually be the standard identifier for all e-prescribing under Medicare Part D.
A Ten Digit Number
The NPI is a ten digit, intelligence-free numeric identifier with a check digit in the last position to help detect keying errors. If there is a security breach, the number in itself cannot identify the protected health organization. The use of one identifier with a check digit simplifies encryption of this number when transmitted electronically and thereby enhances security.
On HIPPA
HIPAA also requires that employers have standard national numbers that identify them on standard transactions. The Employer Identification Number (EIN), issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was selected as the identifier for employers. This number is used as a Federal tax identification number for the means of identifying any business entity and for the purpose of reporting employment taxes. The EIN number should be protected as a social security number is.
ITL and NIST
Both the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are involved in the development of technical, physical, administrative, and management standards and guidelines for cost-effective security and privacy of sensitive unclassified information in federal computer systems. These standards and guidelines can be applied to the management of medical IT.
Assessment
Additional reference material for NPI can be found at: www.cms.gov/nationalprovidentstand.
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WELCOME ALL HEALTH 2.0 COLLEAGUES
[An Open Invitation]
All hospitals and healthcare organizations, both emerging and mature, face a daunting financial scenario in today’s volatile healthcare reimbursement environment. Decreasing revenues, increasing costs, and high consumer expectations present a complex challenge for CEOs, CFOs, physicians and nurse executives, administrators, financial advisors and department managers who must not only lead in today’s climate, but also position their organizations for tomorrow’s financial tumult and potential political changes of the Obama Administration.
Produced by a team of leading doctors, physician executives, nurses, medical professionals, economists, administrators, lawyers, and accountants, skilled business leaders and IT consultants, among many others; Healthcare Organizations [Journal of Financial Management Strategies] on CD-ROM, or SaaS, looks at ways to manage assets, costs, human resources and healthcare claims. Everything – from inventory management to hybrid and activity based cost analysis in order to accelerate the cash conversion cycle – is scrutinized. And, modern health economic themes like competitive strategy, workplace violence and financial benchmarks, for both public and private entities, are included.
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In addition, information technology issues like electronic medical records (eMRs), RFID controls, RSS feeds and blogs, Health 2.0 initiatives and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems are examined in detail. Virtually no operational, strategic business, health economics, or financial management topic is omitted.
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Guide to Biostatistics
Clinical Tools
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Understanding the Collaborative Shift in Bedside Manner
Doctor-Patient Relations in the Modern Era
[By Mario Moussa PhD]
[By Jennifer Tomasik MS]
[By Dr. David E. Marcinko MBA]
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When it comes to the doctor-patient relationship, Health 2.0 needs guidelines. Several leading health providers have begun to call for them. We think guidelines would, among other things, help define the right mix of virtual and live communication.
Our relationship strategies take a step in this direction. Such a framework can be used to start a productive dialogue among health providers about social media. A hospital committee or some other governing body could easily use Web 2.0 tools—a blog or a wiki—to start the discussion. Before long, there would be ample case material to flesh out general principles.
Health 2.0 Needs Guidelines
Guidelines would also address a big barrier to using Health 2.0: getting paid. Currently reimbursement policies do not cover electronic communication, so physicians have little financial incentive to use it. In a 2003 study, only 9% of physicians were willing to use e-mail to communicate with patients. This has something to do with old habits. But it has a lot to do with payment schedules, too. Guidelines should feature the research that shows the positive health outcomes of strong physician-patient relationships and how social media tools help build relationships. In today’s “pay for performance” market, these outcomes help build credibility for wired communication.
Training Support
We also think Health 2.0 guidelines need to be supported by training. Studies show that training in interviewing and interpersonal skills produces substantial differences in the quality of care. Training in Health 2.0 communication would likely have a similar impact.
Assessment
Paradoxically, as patients can access and control more data, they have a greater need for trusted physicians who communicate well using various mediums. As Ted Epperly, President of the American Academy of Family Physicians, has said, patients need “wise counsel” in sifting through the prodigious amounts of information available via Health 2.0. And physicians as well as patients need to learn how to navigate this environment. No longer the sole authoritative source of medical information, physicians need to adapt, becoming an experienced partner and guide for inquiring patients. Training can help doctors get comfortable in this new role.
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Anderson, James G., Eysenbach, Gunther, and Rainey, Michelle R. “The Impact of CyberHealthcare on the Physician–Patient Relationship.” Journal of Medical Systems. 27 (2003): 67 – 84.
Kaplan, Sherrie H., Greenfield, Sheldon, Gandek, Barbara, et al. “Characteristics of physicians with participatory decision-making styles.” Annals of Internal Medicine. 124.5 (1996): 497–504
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Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations [2 New Print Books]
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Produced by economists, administrators – accountants, business leaders, MDs and IT consultants, among others; Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations [Financial Management Strategies] looks at ways to manage assets, costs, human resources and healthcare claims. Everything – from inventory management to hybrid and activity based cost analysis in order to accelerate the cash conversion cycle – is scrutinized. And, modern health economic themes like competitive strategy, workplace violence and financial benchmarks, for both public and private entities, are included.
Contemporaneous Health 2.0 Topics
We also examine contemporaneous topics such as the lessons learned from the corporate healthcare market competition and the PPMC imbroglio of the early 2000’s, and the domestic financial meltdown of 2009. This includes current methods for achieving hospital objectives, negotiating and analyzing cost-volume-profit contracts, and understanding the financial impact of regulatory requirements under HIPAA, STARK I-III, OSHA, the US Patriot Acts, the Deficit Reduction Act [DRA], the often contentious Sarbanes-Oxley Act, ARRA and HITECH Acts, and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions [FACT] Act. In addition, information technology issues like electronic medical records (eMRs), RFID controls, RSS feeds and blogs, Health 2.0 initiatives and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems are examined in detail. Virtually no operational, strategic business, health economics, or financial management topic is omitted.
Assessment
Hospitals and Health Care Organizations [Financial Management Strategies] is dedicated to meeting the administrative needs of our nation’s healthcare organizations in order to help them maintain a competitive edge in the markets they serve; and to take advantage of emerging business opportunities. We therefore invite you to be the first health economics cynosure in your hospital, facility, or healthcare system to join us for the journey.
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An Emerging Values-Based Healthcare Payment Model
Understanding Non-Traditional Physician Reimbursement Paradigms
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According to Brian Knabe MD, Mark Fendrick, MD and Michael E. Chernew, PhD, instead of the one size fits all approach of traditional health insurance reimbursement, a “clinically-sensitive” cost-sharing system that supports co-payments related to evidence-based value for targeted patients seems plausible.
The New Model
In this model, out-of-pocket costs are based on price and a cost/quality tradeoff in clinical circumstances: low co-payments for interventions of highest value, and higher co-payments for interventions with little proven health benefit. Smarter benefit packages are designed to combine disease management with cost sharing to address spending growth.
Assessment
Today, whether independent or employed, physicians can pursue creative compensation models not like the one briefly described above and unknown just a decade ago.
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Useful Managed Care Provider, Staffing, Activity and Financial Trends
Part Two
By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA
[Publisher-in-Chief]
If you read this ME-P regularly or have read my earlier blogs, you know that I am writing a book on practice management for the private medical practitioner.
The Business of Medical Practice [Transformational Health 2.0 Skills for Doctors]; third edition: www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com
Link: Front Matter BoMP – 3
A recent story in the Chicago Tribune on the difficult business life of private practitioners today reminds me that I need to keep my nose to the grindstone.
For example, according to the sanofi-aventis Pharmaceutical Company Managed Care Digest Series, for 2008-10, the following patterns and comparative trend information has been empirically determined and may provide a basic starting point for medical practitioners to share business management, facilities, personnel, and records information for enhanced success www.managedcaredigest.com
Mid-Level Provider and Staffing Trends
- Mid-level provider use increased among multi-specialty groups, especially in those with more than half of their revenue from capitated contracts. Use also rose with the size of the practice and was highest with OB/GYN groups.
- Medical support staff for all multi-specialty groups fell and was lowest in medical groups with less than 10 full-time equivalent (FTE) physicians. However, groups with a large amount of capitated revenue actually added support staff. Smaller groups limited support staff.
- Compensation costs of support staff increased and the percentages of total operating costs associated with laboratories, professional liability insurance, IT services, and imaging also increased. Support staff costs increase with capitation levels and more than half of all operating costs are tied to support staff endeavors.
Managed Care Activity and Contracting Trends
- More medical group practices are likely to own interests in preferred provider organizations (PPOs) than in HMOs and the percentages of groups with managed care revenue continues to rise. Multi-specialty and large groups also derive more revenue from MCOs than single specialty or smaller groups.
- Managed care has little effect on physician payment methods that are still predominantly based on productivity. Physicians were paid differently for at-risk managed care contracts in only a small percentage of cases.
- Most medical groups (75%) participating in managed care medicine have PPO contracts. Group practices contract with network HMOs more often than solo practices. Single-specialty groups more often have PPO contracts.
- Capitated lives often raise capitation revenues in large group practices. Group practices are more highly capitated than smaller groups or solo practices. Almost 30% of highly capitated medical groups have more than 15 contracts and 22% have globally capitated contracts.
- Higher capitation is linked with increased risk contracting. Larger groups have more risk contracting than smaller groups.
Financial Profile Trends
- Medicare fee-for-service reimbursement is decreasing. Highly capitated groups incur high consulting fees.
- The share of total gross charges for OB/GYN groups associated with managed care at-risk contracts is rising while non-managed care, or not-at-risk charges are declining.
- Capitated contracts have little effect on the amount of on-site office non-surgical work. Off-site surgeries are most common for surgery groups, not medical groups.
- Half of all charges are for on-site non-surgical procedures.
- Highly capitated medical groups have higher operating costs and lower net profits.
- Groups without capitation have higher laboratory expenses than those who do.
- Physician costs are highest in orthopedic surgery group practices. Generally, median costs at most specialty levels are rising and profits shrinking.
Assessment
Obviously, the above information is only a gauge since regional differences, and certain medical sub-specialty practices and carve-outs, do exist.
Part One: Useful Managed Care Patterns and Procedural Utilization Trends
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Events Planner: November 2010
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Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors
A Vital Handbook for Doctors
[By ME-P Staff Reporters and their Consulting Advisors]
For practicing physicians, selecting a knowledgeable insurance advisor and developing a comprehensive personal and corporate risk management plan can be a daunting task. As a consequence of today’s litigious environment in the healthcare industry, physicians must now carefully assess their personal and practice risks as they seek to be indemnified should an event or cause of action occur. This process requires integrated knowledge of the healthcare industrial complex, as well as the rapidly changing insurance industry.
The Reality
Fortunately, Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors confronts the reality that insurance planning in healthcare is decidedly more complex than most other businesses or professions and, in an easy-to-understand manner, explains to physicians and insurance professionals the background, theory, and practicalities of medical risk management and insurance planning.
Certified Medical Planner® Dr. David Edward Marcinko and his team of contributing authors go into great depth on the growing range of insurance planning options in order to assist physicians, and their advisors, to choose the “right” course that balances risk, cost, time, outcome as well as his or her own personal risk tolerance life style.
Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors is ideal for medical professionals and the insurance advisors who seek to serve them, as well as for financial planners, insurance agents and healthcare business advisors wishing to re-educate and help doctors by adding lasting value to their client relationships.
Assessment
Includes tools, templates, case studies, glossary of terms, and examples required to make insurance issues “come alive” in a real world setting
From the Foreword:
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On Evidence-Based Clinical Medical Guidelines
About the Institute for Clinical Systems Integration [ICSI]
By Brent A. Metfessel MD, CMP™
The Institute for Clinical Systems Integration (ICSI) is a strong proponent of the value of evidence-based clinical guidelines, and cites the following objections that make their implementation and acceptance more difficult.
The Issues
These issues generally apply to technology assessments as well:
- Guidelines are a legal hazard: There is a fear that following a guideline that turns out to be wrong increases the risk of litigation. Good guidelines, however, are evidence-based and not opinion-based drivers of care. Furthermore, once a review of the literature takes place and is synthesized into a preliminary guideline, multi-specialty physician focus groups review the guidelines prior to finalization. The strength of evidence supporting each conclusion is usually stated, highlighting areas of remaining scientific uncertainty. “Evidence hierarchies” are often used as aids to grading recommendations, with meta-analysis, systematic reviews, and randomized controlled trials being at or near the top of the hierarchy in strength, with narrative reviews, case reports, and medical opinion pieces being considered the weakest forms of evidence. This provides additional checks and balances to guideline development.
- Guidelines are cookbook medicine: Guidelines are just that – guidelines. Each patient should be provided treatment according to his/her individual needs. Evidence-based clinical guidelines are based on extensive reviews of the literature and are applicable to the vast majority of cases for a particular clinical condition but not necessarily all cases. In the case of practice pattern evaluation or profiling, comparisons of such patterns to medical guidelines can help identify overall systematic variations from the norm rather than variations due to particular patients with special needs.
- Guidelines do not work: When used as the sole basis for practice improvement, this statement contains some truth. However, when incorporated into a systematic continuous quality improvement approach, they have been shown to improve practice patterns and reduce variation.
- Physicians will not use guidelines: Once physicians know that the guidelines are based on a sound review of the medical literature, practitioner buy-in greatly increases. In addition, clinicians need to realize that clinical guidelines are only one part of the total treatment picture since a team approach to patient care is becoming the norm.
- Guidelines need validation through actual outcomes data: This is correct when based on a continuous quality improvement approach, but is incorrect if outcomes are based on individual events. Local implementation of guidelines can be compared to outcomes data one or two years after implementation. Depending on the actual level of practice pattern improvement, minor alterations can be made to the guidelines to reflect local needs.
Guideline Adaptation
National guidelines in some cases may need adaptation to local patient needs and concerns. For example, a practice in a major metropolitan area where specialty care is readily available differs in major ways from a rural practice which is based more on primary care. Practices where many patients are poor or on public assistance also differs from practices in affluent areas. When used as basic guides to appropriate practice, however, clinical guidelines can significantly decrease practice variation.
Evidence Based Medicine
With the recent emphasis on evidence-based medicine and on decreasing the time lag between evidence publication and its effect on actual patient care, a number of agencies have added clinical guideline and technology assessment development to their task lists. Such agencies include specialty societies such as the American College of Cardiology (ACC), private companies and non-profit organizations, governmental bodies such as the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), and MCOs that review the scientific evidence for the purpose of determining coverage policy.
Assessment
MCOs may post medical coverage policies on the Web for physicians to access, and these generally contain narrative justifications (often with evidence grading) in terms of why a particular procedure or diagnostic test may or may not be covered based on level of efficacy shown in scientific studies. It is important to note that for many high-tech or new procedures, different MCOs may have somewhat different coverage policies based on variation in terms of interpreting the evidence, especially in areas where the science is less certain.
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Essay on Healthcare Leadership
Versus Healthcare Management
[By Eugene Schmuckler PhD, MBA and Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA]
Many times, individuals or physicians will use the terms management and leadership synonymously. In actuality the terms have significantly different meanings.
For example, Warren Bennis describes the difference between managers and leaders as “Managers do thing right, Leaders the right thing.”
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The Managers
Managers are those individuals who have as their primary function managing a team of people and their activities. In effect, managers are those who have been given their authority by the nature of their role and ensure that the work gets done by focusing on day to day tasks and their activities.
On other hand, a leader’s approach is generally innate in its approach. Good leadership skills are difficult to learn because they are far more behavioral in nature than those skills needed for management. Leaders are also very focused on change recognizing that continual improvement can be achieved in their people and their activities can be a great step towards continued success.
Leadership Development
Perhaps some of the best training grounds for the development of leaders are the military. The Marine Corps slogan is “A Few Good Men” and the military academies at Annapolis (Navy), New London, Connecticut (Coast Guard), Colorado Springs (Air Force), and West Point (Army) all have as their main mission, the development of leaders. This is done by a number of different techniques. At graduation, the new officers, regardless of the branch of service, have been taught, and more importantly, have internalized the following: communicate the missions, sensitivity matters, real respect is earned, trust and challenge your soldiers. It is due to these lessons that many graduates of the military academies go on to positions of leadership in the private sector as well as in government. Communicating the mission refers to conveying to those who work with us what are practice is hoping to accomplish and the role of each employee in achieving that goal. Given an understanding and awareness of the mission, when confronted with a barrier, employees are able to face hard problems when there is no well-defined approach by which to deal with them.
Sensitivity does matter – A leader treats each employee with respect and dignity, regardless of race, gender, cultural background or particular role they actually perform in the practice. Consider how many legal suits are filed against any type of organization, whether it is a medical practice or a large manufacturing facility due to perceived disparate treatment towards the employee based on race, religion, gender sexual preference or other non-work related issues.
Real respect is earned – Having initials after one’s name and the wearing of a lab coat does not automatically entitle an individual to respect. Formal authority has been found to be one of the least effective forms of influence. Only by earning the respect of your staff as well as your patients can you be sure that your intent will be carried out when you are not present. Setting the example in performance and conduct, rather than ‘do as I say, not as I do,” level of activity enables one to exert influence far greater than titles.
Trust and challenge your employees – How many times have practices sought to hire the best and brightest only to second guess the employee. Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, describes his management philosophy as having “… an employee base in which everybody is doing exactly what they want every day.” Obviously there are certain policies and procedures, but at the same time, the leader enables decision making to the lowest possible level. This also enables employees to question why certain policies and procedures are still being followed when more effective and efficient methods are available. (How the Army Prepared Me to Work at Google, Doug Raymond, Harvard Business)
Internal Faults
The phrase “Physician, heal thyself” (Luke 4:23, King James Version) means that we have to attend to our own faults, in preference to pointing out the faults of others. The phrase alludes to the readiness of physicians to heal sickness in others while sometimes not being able or will to heal themselves. By the same token, it now is necessary for us to learn how to manage ourselves. It suggests that physicians, while often being able to help the sick, cannot always do so, and when sick themselves are no better placed than anyone else (Gary Martin, phrases.org.uk/meanings/281850.html, 2010).
Self Development
“We will have to learn how to develop ourselves. We will have to place ourselves outside the boundaries where we can make the greatest contribution. And we will have to stay mentally alert and engaged during a 50-year working life, which means knowing how and when to change the work we do” (Managing Oneself, Harvard Business Review – Jan. 2005 – pp 100-109, by Peter Drucker). Although one’s IQ and certain personality characteristics are more or less innate and appear to remain stable over time there are individual capabilities that enable leadership and can be developed. Enhancement of these capabilities can lead to the individual being able to carry out the leadership tasks of setting direction, gaining commitment, and creating alignment. These capabilities include self-management capabilities, social capabilities and work facilitation capabilities.
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Assessment
Without question, while it is possible to cram for at test and graduate at the top of one’s class, that does not assure leadership ability. We all know at least one person who scores at the highest levels on cognitive measures but would be incapable of pouring liquid out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.
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Dealing With Uncertainty in Practice Measurement
Understanding Variations in Medical Care Quality
By Brent A. Metfessel MD, CMP™
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Due to high-profile concerns in terms of the variation in quality of care as well as its affordability, practice pattern measurement is here to stay. And, until further advances in this area are created, physicians with unexpectedly poor performance ratios, especially in the area of cost-efficiency, should review their data to determine if there are opportunities to improve as well as potential outlier cases contributing to an aberrant value, as well as looking at the health plan methodology for statistical analysis and outlier exclusions.
Communication is Key
It is important for the physician or other provider being measured to communicate any issues to health plan personnel where possible. Physicians need to remember that practice pattern analysis is a continually evolving field.
Assessment
Given the state of the art, physicians, specialty societies, and other advocacy groups have a responsibility to work with health plans or other practice measurement agencies to make sure quality improvement is at the forefront, that they are active in giving feedback on health plan practice measurement methods, and that as much as possible a collaborative approach is used in working with health plans and other measurement organizations.
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Understanding Disease Management
How Technology Affects Patient Care
By Brent A. Metfessel MD, CMP™ [Hon]
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One area where technology assessments, clinical guidelines, and EMR data can make a true difference in patient care is in disease management.
DMAA Definition
The Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) defines disease management as “a system of coordinated health care interventions and communications for populations with conditions in which patient self-care efforts are significant”. Disease management supports the physician-patient relationship and places particular significance on the prevention of exacerbations and complications of chronic diseases using evidence-based clinical guidelines and integrating those recommendations into initiatives to empower patients to be active partners with their physicians in managing their conditions.
Usual Conditions
Typically, targets for disease management efforts include chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, and heart failure, where patients can be active in self-care and where appropriate lifestyle changes can have a significant favorable impact on illness progression.
Outcomes Measurement
The DMAA also emphasizes the importance of process and outcomes measurement and evaluation, along with using the data to influence management of the medical condition.
Assessment
Although claims and administrative data can be used to measure and evaluate selected processes and outcomes, EMRs will be needed to capture the full spectrum of data for analyzing illness response to disease management programs and to support necessary changes in care plans to improve both intermediate outcomes (such as lab values), and long-range goals (such as the prevention of illness exacerbations, managing co-morbidities, and halting the progression of complications).
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Financial Planning for Physicians and Advisors
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By Ann Miller RN, MHA
Managed care and government-led initiatives to control health care costs have decreased physician compensation. Physicians must now carefully plan their practices and seek financial security in a manner that is markedly different from other professionals. To do so, physicians and their advisors must be well informed about the growing range of financial planning options to choose the course that balances risk, cost, time horizon, outcome and their own personal economic style. This innovative guide confronts the reality that personal financial planning for physicians is decidedly more complex than it is in other professions.
Financial Planning for Physicians and Advisors
This handbook 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 on: insurance and risk management, asset diversification and modern portfolio construction, income tax and retirement planning, and succession and estate planning. When fully implemented with a professional’s assistance, this book will help physicians and their financial advisors develop an effective long-term financial plan.
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How eMR Vendors May Mislead You
Challenging Assertions
By Shahid N. Shah MS
As the physician executive of your medical practice, it’s your job to challenge any eMR vendors’ assertions about why you need an eMR, especially during the selection and production demonstration phase.
Information Availability [Anytime – Anywhere]
The most important reason for the digitization of medical records is to make patient information available when the physician needs that information to either care for the patient or supply information to another caregiver.
Electronic medical records are not about the technology but about whether or not information is more readily available at the point of need.
Reasons to Purchase?
In no particular order, the major reasons given for the business case of eMRs by vendors include:
• Increase in staff productivity
• Increase of practice revenue and profit
• Reduce costs outright or control cost increases
• Improve clinical decision making
• Enhance documentation
• Improve patient care
• Reduce medical errors
Assessment
So, doctors beware! Challenge vendor “authority.”
Editor’s Note
Shahid N. Shah is an ME-P thought leader who is writing Chapter 13: “Interoperable e-MRs for the Small-Medium Sized Medical Practice” [On Being the CIO of your Own Office] for the third edition of the best selling book: Business of Medical Practice [Transformational Health 2.0 Skills for Doctors] to be released this fall by Springer Publishers, NY. He is also the CEO of Netspective Communications, LLC.
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What is M-Health for Physicians?
On “Smart Phones” and Mobiles Devices
By Shahid N. Shah MS
M-Health or “mobile health” is an industry term for collectively defining those tools and technologies that can be used on “smart phones” like iPhone, Blackberry, Android, or on traditional mobile phones from various vendors.
Unlike traditional computers, almost every patient that walks into your medical office, as well as all your own staff, have mobile devices already. If you can find mobile applications that can help your practice you can immediately put to use without large capital expenses, network configuration, and other technical tasks.
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The M-Health Initiative
According to the mHealth Initiative, there are 12 major “application clusters” in mobile health: patient communication, access to web-based resources, point of care documentation, disease management, education programs, professional communication, administrative applications, financial applications, emergency care, public health, clinical trials, and body area networks.
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The Applications
Almost all of these applications are focused around the patient but most of them will be directly useful to you and your staff as well. Here’s how:
- Improving physician-patient communications. You can get your staff to send out text messages, e-mails, photos, and other information about your practice to the patient before their visit. You can remind them about appointments, tell them what to expect, ask them for their insurance and check-in information, or let them send you their personal health record link. During the visit you can send them patient education information directly to their phones instead of handing out paper. After the visit you can send medication reminders, additional educational resources, and update to their personal health record, or ask them to join a Health 2.0 social network. PumpOne, GenerationOne, Intouch Clinical, Life:Wire, and Jitterbug phones all have great patient user experiences and you should tell your patients about them.
- Faster access to information for you and your patients. There are countless web-based resources that are now at your fingertips on a phone. Patients can lookup providers, labs, testing services, etc. that you can refer them to; you can help them join clinical trials, and manage their health records online. None of these require a computer either in your office or in their home, it can all be done on the phone. Check out companies like Healthagen and iSeek.
- Real-time documentation of office or hospital visits. Most of the things you want to do in your EMR are possible on a smart phone today. You can get your patient profiles, document an encounter with basic order management and lab results review capabilities, and immediate storage into either your own EMR or your hospital’s information system.
- Help those patients with the most time-consuming treatments. You already know that disease management is an important part of managing the health of chronic patients; diabetes and hypertension are two perfect examples. Help enroll your patients into Diabetes Connect, MediNet, HealthCentral, and similar applications that can help track compliance with your medical treatment guidance. If they use these applications they can simply give you printouts or login credentials so that you can track their progress without doing any data entry yourself. There are patient tools for most common diseases.
Editor’s Note
Shahid N. Shah is an ME-P thought leader who is writing Chapter 13: “Interoperable e-MRs for the Small-Medium Sized Medical Practice” [On Being the CIO of your Own Office] for the third edition of the best selling book: Business of Medical Practice [Transformational Health 2.0 Skills for Doctors] to be released this fall by Springer Publishing, NY. He is also the CEO of Netspective Communications, LLC.
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Regardless of specialty, most doctors quickly realize there are few case model guidelines available to steer them through the day-to-day management maze. One solution is to discuss best-of-breed practices with leading practitioners in order to discern what successful doctors are doing [mentoring concept].
The Problem
Of course, this is a costly and time consuming process with no criteria for success. Today, mentors are even loath to assist as competitive advantage can be lost.
A Solution
A better solution may be to use our Case Models in Healthcare [A Practice Improvement Compendium] to appreciate real-world practice situations and develop personalized approaches for an appropriate course of action. These techniques are so powerful that many business schools center their teaching on them. Case studies have been used for one hundred years because of their practical descriptions of actual situations.
Typically, information is presented about a practice’s patients, markets, competition, financial structure, service volumes, management, employees and other factors affecting success. The length of a case study may range from a few pages to 30, or more. And, our Case Models in Healthcare [A Practice Improvement Compendium] is suitable for medical practices, clinics, hospitals and other emerging healthcare entities.
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Health 2.0 Empowers Patients – Worries Doctors
Patient 2.0 Collaborative Care Worries Doctors
By Staff Reporters
Writing for Time, Bonnie Rochman digs into the ramifications of patients sharing information and tips online, an “empowerment movement” she calls “Patient 2.0.”
Society of Participatory Medicine
In the piece, she profiles the newly created Society for Participatory Medicine, which “encourages patients to learn as much as they can about their health and also helps doctors support patients on this data-intensive quest,” as well as PatientsLikeMe.com, a free service which makes its money by selling anonymized patient information.
Assessment
Link: http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/2010/02/patient-20-empowers-patients-worries-doctors/
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For more information, please visit our new companion blog for the: Business of Medical Practice [Transformational Health 2.0 Profit Maximizing Skills for Savvy Doctors] – third edition.
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Dr. Somnath Basu on Investing
He Writes for the Medical Executive-Post
By Ann Miller; RN, MHA
[Executive-Director]
Dr. Somnath Basu is no stranger to the ME-P, or the financial planning community. He is a Professor of Finance at California Lutheran University and the Director of its California Institute of Finance.
Academic Background
Dr Basu earned his BA in Economics, University of Delhi, MBA (Finance), Marquette University and a PhD (Finance), University of Arizona. He is well published and is an award winning teacher. He has significant consulting experience with US Fortune 100 companies, advising institutional money managers and in developing proprietary finance and planning software. He serves on various Boards and committees including the CFP (chaired the Model Curriculum Revision Committee) Board of Standards and the Financial Planning Association.
Basu’s New Book
His new book, co-authored with Professors’ Block and Hirt, Investment Planning for Financial Professionals is available now, published by McGraw Hill, in May 2006.
Additional essays by Dr. Basu can be viewed at: http://blog.fpaforfinancialplanning.org/author/somnathbasufpa/
He also writers a column for the Journal of Financial Services Professionals. He can be reached at:
Contact Dr. Somnath Basu
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Seeking Patient 2.0 and Health 2.0 Definitional Stability
What is it – How does it work?
By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA
[Managing Editor]
The Internet is a constantly evolving service that continues to grow at an exponential rate, despite late adoption by some physician practices.
History
Since 1995, the primary use of the internet was e-mail communications with peers, hospitals and others.
Next providers linked to hospitals and managed care organizations to obtain more direct connectivity for clinical information and insurance benefits coverage.
More recently, physicians are finding other beneficial avenues to expand their utilization of the Internet:
- Direct e-mail inquiries from patients.
- Patient educational newsletters and links to other educational sites.
- Continuing medical education (CME).
- Chat room, consultations, conferences or professional presentations.
- Nurse to patient e-mail connectivity.
- Immediate data on lab results with alerts for abnormal high or low values.
- CPOEs (Computerized Purchase Order Entry Systems).
- Radiology images.
- Appointment scheduling patient reminders.
- HIPAA compliant Application Service Providers (ASP) for dictation, recording, routing and speech recognition and transcription services.
- eMR (Electronic Medical Records) and clinical medical group ware, etc.
Health 2.0, Web 2.0 and Patient 2.0
But, ever since the term “web 2.0″ was first used in 2004, there has been an inordinate amount of chatter about what web 2.0 really is and its true impact in medicine. No one’s defined it clearly, but we think the web evolution relative to healthcare essentially falls into 3 generations, as outlined in the new re-source: Dictionary of Health Information Technology www.HealthDictionarySeries.com and our related websites, wikis and professional blogs www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com
Health 2.0 Journalists
According to healthcare visionary and uber-blogger Matthew Holt, http://www.health2advisors.com and similar other sources, Healthcare 2.0 may be defined as:
“A rapidly developing and powerful new business approach in the health care industry that uses the Web to collect, refine and share information. It is transforming how patients, professionals, and organizations interact with each other and the larger health system. The foundation of healthcare 2.0 is information exchange plus technology. It employs user-generated content, social networks and decision support tools to address the problems of inaccessible, fragmentary or unusable health care information. Healthcare 2.0 connects users to new kinds of information, fundamentally changing the consumer experience (e.g., buying insurance or deciding on/managing treatment), clinical decision-making (e.g., risk identification or use of best practices) and business processes (e.g., supply-chain management or business analytics)”.
And so, if Health 1.0 was a book, Health 2.0 is a live discussion.
Furthermore, Scott Shreeve, MD – http://blog.crossoverhealth.com [personal communication] of Cross-Over Health defines health 2.0 as:
“A New concept of healthcare wherein all the constituents (patients, physicians, providers, and payers) focus on healthcare value (outcomes/price) and use competition at the medical condition level over the full cycle of care as the catalyst for improving the safety, efficiency, and quality of health care.”
Assessment
By now, you probably realize that Health 2.0 empowers patients and worries doctors.
Writing for Time magazine recently, journalist Bonnie Rochman explored the ramifications of patients sharing information and tips online, an “empowerment movement” that she calls “Patient 2.0.”
In her piece, she profiled the newly created Society for Participatory Medicine, which “encourages patients to learn as much as they can about their health and also helps doctors support patients on this data-intensive quest,” as well as www.PatientsLikeMe.com, a free service which makes its money by selling anonymized patient information.
Source: http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/2010/02/patient-20-empowers-patients-worries-doctors
Conclusion
And so, your comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Do doctors really fear Health 2.0? What do Health 2.0 and Patient 2.0 mean to you? How would you define the terms formally, and how do you use Web 2.0 in your medical practice? Or, are you a late-adopter still waiting for governmental or CCHIT definitional clarity?
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Will eMRs Raise the Legal Standard of Care and Increase Malpractice Risk?
Focus on Malpractice and Professional Liability
By Ann Miller; RN, MHA
By Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA
[Executive Director]
We first postulated on this topic in our print book “Insurance Planning and Risk Management for Physicians and their Advisors.” Additional posts and comments are contained within this ME-P.
And now, Robert J. Mintz, JD wonders if medical provider liability increases with eHRs, even if the quality of care is vastly improved?
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- Do electronic medical records raise malpractice risk?
- How the widespread adoption of electronic medical records can raise health care costs
- Do electronic medical records really reduce malpractice risk?
- Why electronic medical records won’t improve patient care or cut costs
- Do electronic medical records increase physician communication of critical test results to patients?
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Important Financial Documents for Physicians
| A Simple Pro-Active List |
By Staff Reporters
| Document | Status | Location | |
| Will, original | |||
| Will, copy | |||
| Living Will | |||
| Power of Attorney | |||
| Birth Certificate | |||
| Marriage Certificate | |||
| Antenuptial Agreements | |||
| Postnuptial Agreements | |||
| Divorce Decrees | |||
| Separation Agreement | |||
| Social Security Card | |||
| Income Tax Records | |||
| Life Insurance Policies | |||
| Other Insurance Policies | |||
| Stocks and Bonds | |||
| Notes Receivable | |||
| Mortgages Receivable | |||
| Deeds | |||
| Leases | |||
| Bank and Financial | |||
| Records | |||
| Business Agreements | |||
| Trust Instruments | |||
Assessment
What did we miss, please advise?
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Current Milestones in Retirement Planning For Physicians
What if You Are Behind Your Target Goals?
By: Alexander M. Kimura; MBA, CFP®
By: Robert J. Greenberg; CFP®
By: Richard P. Moran; CFP®
The stock market has been in a terrible place for your money and retirement planning, since October 2007. Perhaps even the last decade or so for some physicians. But, if none of your assumptions have changed and you feel that you can make up the difference in the next year, you probably can use the same retirement cash flow plan. As a rule of thumb, if you’re less than 10 percent off of your goal, you may not need to do anything. This is rare in the investing climate today!
So, if you have fallen so far behind that each year’s target seems unachievable, you will probably need to make some changes. However, before you change your planning and investing, you need to see why you’re behind.
Examine Expenses
If you haven’t saved as much as you expected, take a look at your expenses [personal and office] and see where you can cut down. Remember, you need to pay yourself first before you spend on luxuries. Contribute as much as possible to your qualified retirement plan at work, too.
Examine Returns
Next, you need to look at your investment returns. Since the stock market has been in one of its inevitable “corrections” for several years, this can significantly impact your balances. Remember, your return assumptions are based on averages that should include the bad and good years. If you’re close to retirement and have a large shortfall, then you may need to increase the risk in your investment portfolio in order to meet your goals. If the market falls more, or stays down for some time, increasing risk by buying more stocks forces you to “buy low” which should pay off over time.
Assessment
As a doctor, you can always delay retirement and work a few more years. Fortunately, medicine is one profession where experience earns an economic premium.
Conclusion
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