Understanding Clinical and Financial Features of Medical Practice eMRs & Hospital IT Systems

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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PART I: Understanding Hospital Information Systems

For the last 30 years, hospital information systems (HISs) have steadily grown in popularity. At present, nearly every acute care hospital in the United States has at least some form of HIS – at a minimum – performing administrative tasks such as patient billing, payor accounting, and employee payroll tracking. Depending on the size of the hospital, an information system may initially cost from several hundred thousand dollars to tens of millions of dollars. In 2005, about $25.8 billion was spent on hospital information technology (IT) in the United States.

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PART II: eMRs for the Independent Medical Practice

Many large organizations have a Chief Information Officer (CIO), a Chief Technology Officer (CTO), perhaps a Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), or Chief Medical Officer (CMO) that is tasked to do things like figure out the information technology (IT) and computer systems that support clinical and business goals within a healthcare organization. Smaller groups and practices don’t have enough resources to have dedicated staff for such a purpose so the selection, launch and implementation of eMRs will fall onto the physician staff or other senior leadership at a practice … Are you ready?

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Posted on June 12, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Posted on June 6, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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On American Health Care and Financial Services Competitiveness

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

A MEMORIAL DAY OPINION – EDITORIAL

[Innovation – Not Nationalization – Can Again Lead]

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; FACFAS, MBA, CPHQ, CMP™

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By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA, CPHQ, CMP™

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On this 2010 Memorial Day weekend, please allow us to directly reflect for a moment on the decline of the healthcare, banking and financial services industry in America. And; then somewhat indirectly comment on the hopeful emergence of the web 2.0 phenomena of which we all are a part. The competitive applicability to these sectors should be appreciated by the insightful ME-P reader.

Collapse of Command and Control Monopolies and Oligarchies   

Old monopolies everywhere are crumbling because of tougher new competitors and the transparency wrought by electronic connectedness. For example, our old newspaper has to compete with the internet, your electric utility company battles low-cost local start-ups, telephone companies must begin installing fiber optic lines to fend off cable companies; and RIAs and fiduciary focused financial advisors [FAs] will supplant BDs and stock brokers in the financial services sector.

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The airline industry collapsed a few years ago, the banking industry has just collapsed, and the auto industry is recovering as we pen this post. [We have a particular affinity for the auto sector however, as the son of a UAW member and step-daughter of Michiganders]. Regardless, the rush to more intense competition cannot be stopped. As a doctor, FA or other business competitor; you either keep pace or get crushed by quasi-oligarchic organizations like the American Medical Association [AMA], American Podiatric Medical Association [FPMA], American Dental Association [ADA], American Osteopathic Medical Association AOMA], Financial Planning Association [FPA], Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards [CFP BoS], College for Financial Planning [CFP] or the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors [NAPFA], etc. What have they, and Wall Street, done for you … lately? Scandal, taint, doubt, lost-credibility, a business-as-usual ennui, lethargy and ruin! Enter www.Sermo.com

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Health Insurance Companies

In the last-generation of health insurance companies and related fraternal medical organizations, patients exercised great control over physician selection, had quicker access to specialists and encountered fewer restrictions on care. The reverse was true with financial services. But, because of advancing technology, aging demographics, intense R&D, global manufacturing, and escalating domestic HR costs – competitive market forces against traditional and structured staff model managed care companies – many industry analysts [like us] predicted growth would decline [Yes, greed was also involved as healthcare was presumed a recession-proof sector; and didn’t we all own behemoth big-pharma and HMO stocks in our 401-K, and 403-B plans]? But now, many former stock-brokers and FAs are going rogue; er – independent!

“Although inefficiencies in any business often open up in the short term, and can be greatly exploited by creative and visionary entrepreneurs – as in most business structures – market forces will prevail in the long run”.

Leo F. Mullin, MBA

[Former CEO – Delta Airlines]Shadows

Next-Gen with “Fly”

Fortunately, a new generation of enlightened physician and FA entrepreneurs is coming “out-of-the-shadows” as new-wave web 2.0 corporations and RIAs are becoming more flexible, competitive and market responsive. Simultaneously, monolithic and collectivist political ideas keep trying to regulate the medical and financial services workplace with rules, regulations and contracts to control entire populations. Yet, in the new healthcare economy, this new generation of doctors and FAs with “fly,” is headed toward more competition; not less – with more collaboration with patients and clients – regaining self autonomy.

Physician and FA Advocates

Meanwhile, as medical professionals, FAs and patient advocates, we must all choose between staying flexible to ride out tough times – or – adopting a hard, brittle line that will crack under the pressure of competition. We know where we stand at the ME-P, do you?

Flexibility and Virtual Reality

In recent years, many large corporations and top-down business models were not market responsive and change was not inherent in their DNA. These traditional organizations represented a rigid or “used-to-be” mentality, not a flexible or “wanna-be” mindset; according to business columnist Alan Webber. Some financial advisory corporations, and today’s emerging health 2.0 initiatives, may possess the market nimbleness that cannot be recreated in a controlled or collectivist [nationalistic] environment. And so, going forward, it is not difficult to imagine the following new rules for the new financial and virtual medical ecosystem.

[A] Rule No. 1

Forget about “SEC suitability and FINRA rules”, large office suites, surgery centers, fancy equipment, larger hospitals and the bricks and mortar that comprised traditional medical practices or financial product delivery systems. One doctor or niche focused FA with a great idea, good bedside manners or competitive advantage, can outfox a slew of public servants, the AMA, SEC, ADA or FINRA “faux copy-cat examiners”, while still serving the public – and patients – and making money. It’s now a unit-of-one economy where “Me Inc.”, is the standard. Physicians and FAs must maneuver for advantages that boost their standing and credibility among patients, peers, payers, customers and clients. Examples include patient satisfaction surveys; outcomes research analysis, evidence-based-medicine, physician economics credentialing and true integrated fiduciary-focused financial planning.

However, we should also realize the power of networking, vertical integration and the establishment of virtual RIAs or medical practices, which come together to treat a patient, or help a client, and then disband when a successful outcome is achieved. Job security is earned with more successful outcomes; not necessarily a degree, automatic AUMs, certifications or onsite presence. In fact, some competition experts, like Shirley Svorny PhD, a professor of economics and chair of the Department of Economics at California State University, wonder if a medical degree is a barrier – rather than enabler – of affordable healthcare.

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Others even presume the establishment of virtual medical schools and hospitals, where students and doctors learn and practice their art on cyber-entities that look and feel like real patients, but are generated electronically through the wonders of virtual reality units. The same can be said for the financial services industry, although much farther down-line given its current slow rate of real education and quasi-professional acceptance.

[B] Rule No. 2

Challenge conventional wisdom, think outside the traditional box, recapture your dreams and ambitions, disregard conventional gurus and work harder than you have ever worked before. Remember the old saying, “if everyone is thinking alike, then nobody is thinking”. Do collective-nistas and nationalized healthcare advocates react rationally; or irrationally? [THINK: Wall Street, medical unions]

[C] Rule No 3

Differentiate yourself among your healthcare and financial advisory peers. Do or learn something new and unknown by your competitors. Market your accomplishments and let the world know. Be a non-conformist. Conformity is an operational standard and a straitjacket on creativity. Doctors and FAs should create and innovate, not blindly follow organization or political “union” leaders [shop stewards, BDs, etc] into oblivion.

[D] Rule No 4

Realize that the present situation is not necessarily the future. Attempt to see the future and discern your place in it. Master the art of the quick change with fast but informed decision making. Do what you love, disregard what you don’t, and let the fates have their way with you. Then, decide for yourself if you are of this ilk – and adhere to any of the above rules? Or, just become an employed [government, BD] doctor or FA shill. Just remember that the political party, or monopoly that can give you a job, can also take it away [THINK: LB, ML, Wachovia, national healthcare, etc].

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Memorial Day Considerations

Finally, on this Memorial Day weekend, consider that life and career is a journey, and that in this country we have the choice to ponder or pursue any, and all of the above options, and more. We have the ability to think, cogitate and ruminate, as we have done here today. So – please – thank those who have helped turn this idealistic philosophy, into pragmatic daily reality.

For us personally, we thank Bonze Star Medal Winner Captain Cecelia T. Perez, RN. Now – ponder and consider – who do you thank? If no one has impacted you up-close on this Memorial Day weekend and national holiday, please visit our military channel to reflect, comment and opine.

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Posted on May 29, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Celebrating our 1,500th Medical Executive-Post

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Even More to Come in the Years Ahead

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Exploring Career Change for Physicians

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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The International Health Care Rationing Conference

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Appreciating Parallels for the Emerging US Healthcare System?

By Mahsa Ghari

Aim of the Conference

In the late 1990s, the Dutch government started to experiment with ‘regulated competition’ in social health insurance. A milestone was the new Health Insurance Act in 2006 introducing a compulsory health insurance scheme for the entire population, carried out by (for-profit) health insurers, contracting individual and institutional health professionals. Safeguarding equal access, the new health insurance scheme introduced several preconditions like compulsory insurance, a basic benefit package, the prohibition of risk selection, a risk-equalization fund, etc. The idea of competitive health insurance was combined with deregulating hospital planning and liberalizing health care tariffs. 

Merit Considerations

In the new scheme medical need is still decisive in health care access decision-making, but merit-considerations are becoming important too. Shortening waiting times, priority arrangements were considered and/or introduced, based on non-medical criteria. Simultaneously, in terms of financing, health status has become important due to own payments-arrangements, limited insurance package options, etc. At the same time, health status disparities due to socioeconomic inequalities seem to be increasing.

Under these circumstances, confronted with increased health spending, we can expect the “R” word becoming more eminent in the Dutch health care debate.

Relevant Rationing Questions

Emerging relevant questions are:

  • Who is responsible for rationing (markets, governments, bureaucrats, MDs or others)?
  • How does it function (explicit or implicit)?
  • What are relevant selection criteria (QUALYs, DALYs, health status, sex, age, etc)?
  • To what extent is current rationing just?
  • What can be done to make it more just?
  • How will health care rationing affect equal access to health care?
  • What is the relationship between rationing and differences in health status etc?

There is a wealth of literature in political theory, as well as in health care policy, economics, social medicine and law addressing these issues. What is needed is a consideration of the values involved, and the impact of, policy decisions on the expression of these values.

The Erasmus Observatory

Therefore, the Erasmus Observatory organized an international conference to discuss health care rationing from a wide range of perspectives.

Speakers

The following speakers have confirmed their contribution:

  • Dr. Bert Boer, Executive member of the Health Care Insurance Board (ethics)
  • Prof. Werner Brouwer (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (economics)
  • Prof. Norman Daniels (Harvard University) (philosophy, medical ethics)
  • Prof. Leonard Fleck (Michigan State University) (philosophy)
  • Prof. Colleen Flood (Toronto University) (law)
  • Dr. Anand Grover (Special Rapporteur United Nations) (law)
  • Prof. John Harris (University of Manchester) (bioethics)
  • Prof. Frances Kamm (Harvard University) (philosophy)
  • Prof. Johan Mackenbach (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (public health)
  • Prof. Alan Maynard (University of York) (economics)
  • Prof. Chris Newdick (University of Reading) (law)
  • Prof. Erik Nord (University of Oslo) (economics)
  • Prof. Bettina Schöne-Seifert (Münster University) (medical ethics)
  • Dr. Keith Syrett (University of Bristol) (law)

Assessment

The conference language will be in English, in Rotterdam on 9 – 10 December 2010, The Netherlands: info@erasmusobservatoryonhealthlaw.nl

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The 2010 Chronic Care and Prevention Congress

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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The Future of Population Health and Disease Management in 2010, and Beyond

[By Ann Miller; RN, MHA]

According to our two new books, Forward contributor David B. Nash MD MBA FACP Dean, Jefferson School of Population Heath at Thomas Jefferson University, states that chronic diseases are the nation’s most overwhelming healthcare cost drivers.

The Statistics

In fact, we’ve all heard the statistics which suggest that 75% of health care costs are spent on chronic care treatments.

Chronic Care and Prevention

And so, the upcoming Chronic Care and Prevention Congress will seek to lead the nation in developing best practices for the treatment and prevention of chronic disease. David will give the Opening Keynote Address on Thursday, May 13th 2010 entitled The Future of Population Health and Disease Management in 2010 and Beyond.

Other Topics and Issues to be Addressed

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Assessment

We hope to see you there and report back to us on your thoughts and impressions.

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Posted on April 17, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Posted on March 27, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Help Support the ME-P

You were among of the first; the early adopters if you will. You saw the troubling state of healthcare, medical economics, private practice and the financial services community in our country.

And, you believed in the ME-P and our “new-wave” brand of informed and collaborative investigative journalism to do something about it.

Our History

For the last three years, the ME-P has played the role of educator, watchdog and advocate for medical practice management and financial planning transparency, scrutinizing powerful people, systems and institutions that would prefer to stay out of the spotlight, highlighting the fine print that might otherwise slip past cash-strapped physicians and their consulting advisors.

As newsrooms across the country contract, in-depth investigations are viewed as a luxury that many print publications can’t afford. Journalists are getting kicked off their beats. And, when they do, we are there to help pick up the virtual baton.

The Pioneers

We’re pioneering a new, no-profit e-model, helping spearhead a movement to reinvigorate investigative and non-clinical healthcare administrative and business journalism in this country.

But, we need the support of our most loyal readers – concerned members of the healthcare industrial complex, like you – to spread the word about our mission. If you value our investigations and essays, you will tell five colleagues about the ME-P, today.

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Our Request

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Assessment

In the modern Health 2.0 era, our goal is to “bridge the gap between medical mission and profit margin.”     

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Healthcare Case Models CD-ROM

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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[A Practice Improvement Compendium]

In Medical Practice? – Buy this CD-ROM

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.

We use three different methods to enhance your knowledge and launch your practice’s success: 

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  • A “no-answer” strategic planning approach to develop your ability to analyze a complex situation, generate a variety of possible strategies, and select the “best” from multiple self-generated solutions. 

 Case Model Topics

We give you more than 25 healthcare administration cases, covering the enterprise wide practice management ecosystem, to champion your financial success: 

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  26. Medical Endowment Funds; and others.

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ME-P Joins Up with SocialVibe

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

What it is – How it works

By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA

[Managing Editor]

SocialVibe is a new networking website with over 1,000,000 members. It was founded by Joe Marchese, Brandon Mills and David Levy, and aims to reward publications like the ME-P through donations to their charity of choice.

How it Works

After joining SocialVibe, in addition to creating a personal profile, users are asked to select their favorite cause to support and to choose a sponsor. Once they have done so, they can earn points for themselves, which can be redeemed for a variety of different perks and money for their respective charities by posting their “badge” to another social networking site. The more a SocialVibe user’s networking site is visited, the more points they are able to earn.

The Badge

A badge is defined as “a distinguishing emblem or mark worn to show membership or achievement.”

The SocialVibe badge brings members together with their favorite brand and charity. The badges are customized to be the member’s own [ie, ME-P] but all consist of their brand sponsor logo, cause logo, member profile picture and a personalized message. The Badge is one of the most powerful tools that SocialVibe members have at their disposal to share both their brand and charity messages across their various publishing blogs and social networks.  An appealing and inviting aspect of a SocialVibe member’s social networking profile, the Badge helps spark a conversation between a SocialVibe member and their friends regarding the brand a member has chosen to feature on their Badge.

Economic Impact

Once the badge has been created, members put them on their social networking site and/or blogs. For example, with each view the badge gets on our ME-P site, we will earn points. These points contribute to a larger donation to the American Red Cross which is our charity-of-choice. With SocialVibe, our readers make a positive, measurable impact for the Red Cross just by completing branded activities. In just over a year’s time, the SocialVibe community has raised over $700,000 for over forty different non-profits. We hope to do our part, too!

Assessment

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The Time Costs of Internal HIPAA Complaints

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

On Hospital Compliance

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The privacy regulations of HIPAA require that each hospital have an internal process to allow an individual to file a complaint concerning the covered entity’s compliance with privacy policies and procedures. This requires hospitals to designate a contact person to be responsible for receiving and documenting the complaint as well as the disposition.

A formal response to the person is not required as part of this rule; therefore it is estimated that each complaint, even though rare, will take ten minutes to document.

Recent Data

Recent data reveals that the most frequent complaints received either by hospitals or ultimately by DHHS include the following:

  • impermissible use or disclosure of individual PHI (most occurrences were curiosity or accidental, yet were reported);
  • lack of safeguards to protect PHI;
  • refusal or failure to provide an individual with access to or a copy of his or her record;
  • disclosure of more information than is minimally necessary; and
  • failure to have the individual’s valid authorization for a disclosure that requires one.

Assessment

Most hospitals have documented and logged such complaints; have reviewed the situation; and have resolved the problem internally.

Conclusion

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Posted on February 21, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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The Medical Executive-Post is offering sponsorship opportunities to market leaders in the integrated fields of practice management, health economics, and financial planning. Sponsors will gain visibility for their companies, demonstrate their support for our industry, and be afforded unique opportunities to interact with other related professionals. ‘

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Healthcare Organizations [A Journal on CD-ROM]

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Journal of Financial Management Strategies

By Ann Miller; RN, MHA

[Executive-Director]

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All hospitals, healthcare systems and organizations use a variety of teaching, educational and didactic techniques to bring value to patients, payers, providers, governments and third-party intermediaries. This Intellectual Capital is the sum total of all knowledge and expertise used to serve society and stakeholders. Leaders, CXOs and employees provide almost all of this Intellectual Capital.

Our Beliefs 

We believe that Healthcare Organizations: [Journal of Financial Management Strategies] adds to this Intellectual Capital by guiding you, empowering your organization, and creating value for your patients, employees, investors and clients by bridging the intersection of medical mission and profit margin.

Our Vision

To be the pre-eminent interpretive guide for financial management strategies, and the enduring business analytics guide for all healthcare organizations; and to promote related enterprise-wide health economics initiatives.

Our Mission

Healthcare Organizations: [Journal of Financial Management Strategies] promotes and integrates academic and applied research, and serves as a multi-disciplined forum for the dissemination of economic, financial, business, management, IT and administration information to all healthcare organizations; both emerging and mature.

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Assessment

Our goal is: “Bridging the Intersection of Medical Mission and Profit Margin”

Conclusion                                               

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Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

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Sponsors Welcomed

And, credible sponsors and like-minded advertisers are always welcomed.

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Sign-Up for the ME-P and Get our Free Widget

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Secure e-mail Delivery with a Widget for your Website

By Ann Miller; RN, MHA

[Executive-Director]

Join Our Mailing List

If you haven’t had a chance to sign up for the Medical Executive-Post yet, you really should. You’ll get a helpful daily email reminder when breaking news occurs, or when important posts go up on the site. Plus; recently added new features like classified ads, job posts, “ask-the-advisor”, videos, voting polls, surveys and much more!

Many Related Topic Channels

With more than 50 topic channels to select, the ME-P is sure to professionally inform and illuminate your day; almost each and every day. So, also feel free to review our top-left column, and top-right sidebar materials, links, URLs and related sites.

And, get a free ME-P widget for your website, too!

Get our Widget: Get this widget!

Sponsors Welcomed

And, credible sponsors and like-minded advertisers are always welcomed.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/advertise

Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Medical Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements. Contact: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com

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Announcing ME-P TV

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

What it is – How it works [beta]

By Ann Miller; RN, MHA

[Executive Director]

What is ME-P TV?

The emergence of Internet video is creating new opportunities to provide richer, more effective information on our core subject areas and more than 50 related topical channels. Internet video gives anyone the ability to create a personal TV channel to distribute information on demand. We are creating the opportunity for you to participate in the Internet video revolution. ME-P TV opens the door to real financial advisors, medical management consultants and health care providers to share their views and opinions with us; each and every day.

Why would I want to be on ME-P TV?

By participating in ME-P TV, you help us create a useful resource for readers and subscribers, and thereby enhance our product. At the same time, we share these video materials with you to market your ideas, products or services. You are free to use these video materials in any way that you want, including on your own website, mobile device, wiki or blog; or on a DVD to distribute to your referring clients, advertisers and patients, or on your local news station. It’s your choice.

Multiple Formats Available

One format is the simple one-on-one interview between a host [Dr. David Edward Marcinko or Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA] and the guest. We use a format similar to the “Charlie Rose” style – two participants sitting across from one another at a table. Generally, each interview focuses on a single topic area. Each informal interview lasts about 15 to 20 minutes. The structure of each interview is not necessarily consistent to keep interest high and energetic.

You may also send in video material that you have previously recorded for your own purpose. Whatever you would like to get on file, send it in and we will post for free. We do reserve the right of refusal, of course. Once published, the video is available to incorporate into your own website and/or for syndication to any other websites.

Syndication

The dynamic of syndication makes the Internet and the World Wide Web the most powerful media distribution engine the world has ever known. This dynamic is fueling the transition of broadcast television into a new entity that combines the richness of video media with the convenience of “download on demand” to create a new way of accessing and distributing information. The Internet video revolution is creating the mechanism for anyone to create and distribute video information to as wide – or as narrow – an audience as necessary to accomplish your professional goals.

The concept is simple:

  • Create your message
  • Make it accessible on the Internet
  • Enable others to find it

ME-P TV Helps you accomplish these Tasks

  • You provide the message.
  • We produce the channel of Internet distribution.
  • We provide a portal on the Internet to initialize distribution of your message to the target audience.

ME-P TV is the “contextual” portion of solving the distribution equation. Successful Internet distribution requires both content and context. Content is a critical “necessary but not sufficient” element. Providing an appropriate context to serve as a “container” to aggregate and increase the value of the content is also necessary. A growing collection, or library, of similar content is more valuable than isolated, individual offerings. ME-P TV is the container for your content with a “home” on the Internet from which to begin the syndication process. We represent a niche portal that gives us the ability to aggregate an audience to generate the attention necessary to be able to offer this service to you.

A Partnership

ME-P TV is a partnership between you and us. Once your message is produced and available on the Internet for distribution, this message is your asset to use as you like. Embed that message on your financial advisory website, your hospital or medical practice website, burn it on a DVD for physical distribution, send it to your friends, colleagues, clients, prospects and patients via email, or make it available on your local news. We will be hard at work making the message available to other health economics and medical management portals, as well. In addition, we will continue to build a portal devoted to integrating financial planning with medical practice management for all physicians and advisors.

Assessment

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Send in your video files or video links here: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com

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Off Road Touring in Boston with Dr. Marcinko

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

How Doctors Get Paid

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™

[Publisher-in-Chief]

Just before the Christmas Holidays, I flew up to Boston at the invitation of a pharmaceutical company to lead a managerial workshop entitled: “How Doctors Get Paid” [Treatment is only the beginning in the Changing Billing and Medical Reimbursement Climate].

Our goal was to inform drug representatives, and their regional managers, what value added information physician offices might expect from the pharmaceutical industry of the future.  

Topics of Discussion

The two hour interactive workshop included team projects, flip chart exercises, a mock role-playing session and the customary [hopefully energetic] ppt presentation. Other topics of discussion included:  

  • Health insurance payment evolution
  • Collapse of Medicare
  • Rise of managed care
  • Medical records documentation
  • ICD-9 and 10, HCPCS, DRGs and CPT® coding
  • ABNs, super-bills and HCFA 150 forms
  • Billing methodologies
  • Healthcare fraud, abuse and related policies
  • Capitation, HSAs, concierge medicine and RACs
  • Futuristic health 2.0 payment mechanisms, and more.

Assessment

Rest assured; these folks were a very knowledgeable and aggressive group; not like your father’s “detail men” of yore! They seek to … talk the talk, and walk the walk, of the Health 2.0 era.

Many thanks again to Helen, and Jon D, for the invite.

Channel Surfing

Have you visited our other topic channels? Established to facilitate idea exchange and link our community together, the value of these topics is dependent upon your input. Please take a minute to visit. And, to prevent that annoying spam, we ask that you register. 

Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos

Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements. Contact: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com 

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Our Other Print Books and Related Information Sources:

Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759

Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

Subscribe Now: Did you like this Medical Executive-Post, or find it helpful, interesting and informative? Want to get the latest ME-Ps delivered to your email box each morning? Just subscribe using the link below. You can unsubscribe at any time. Security is assured.

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Sponsors Welcomed

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Product Details  Product Details

   Product Details 

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Get an iMBA Inc Second Opinion

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Integrating Medical Practice Management with Personal Financial Planning

By Ann Miller; RN, MHA

[Executive-Director]

Second opinions are sometimes necessary in medicine because a misdiagnosis can have significant consequences.

Thru-put and Follow-up

The same is true for your medical practice and personal financial planning goals. Another perspective may help determine if your portfolio is properly aligned, or your practice efficiently designed to achieve your goals with complete thru-put and follow-up. 

Assessment

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/schedule-a-consultation/

Link: www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com

Contact us to schedule a virtual or onsite second opinion, today. Focused or enterprise wide reviews are available.

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Our Other Print Books and Related Information Sources:

Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759

Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

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The ME-P is Now “On-Call”

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Leveraging Us for Mutual Advantage

Staff Reporters

Now, for the first time, you can leverage the ME-P social network to engage our members and subscribers. Because over 150,000 readers already use the ME-P, you can reach the right experts faster and more cost-effectively than ever before.

ME-P Empowerment

The ME-P enables you to start private discussions with any group of medical professionals, or financial advisors, you wish. You can then:

• Test messaging and strategies in real-time.
• Quantify product adoption and service utilization.
• Confirm effectiveness of message dissemination.
• Identify new key influencers, and more.

Assessment

Only the ME-P gives you instant access to an active community of practicing financial advisors, consultants and medical professionals already discussing your products and services. The ME-P panels allow you to use new social media tools to gain real-world insights into the diagnostics, devices, financial products or drugs that matter most to you.

Now, let the ME-P  be on call – for you – 24/7/365. Contact us today!

Join Our Mailing List

Sponsors Welcomed

And, credible sponsors and like-minded advertisers are always welcomed.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/advertise

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ME-P Advertising and Sales Opportunities

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Sponsor the Medical Executive-PostME-P Sponsorship Networks

Now, you can reach out and impress more than 100,000 physicians and nurse-executives, financial advisors, CEOs and medical management consultants in the Health 2.0 space. Sponsor the ME-P. Increase your sales.

Our premium institutional e-journal: www.HealthcareFinancials.com and complimentary companion newsletter blog: www.HealthcareFinancials.wordpress.com has limited sponsorship and advertising opportunities available. So, be sure to act now!

Advertise with Us!

Reserve your space today. https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/advertise/

For more information please contact us: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com

Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Medical Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements.

Sponsors Welcomed

Credible sponsors and like-minded advertisers are always welcomed.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/advertise

Get our Widget: Get this widget!

Our Other Print Books and Related Information Sources:

Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759

Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

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New-Wave ME-P Sponsorship Opportunities

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Invest in the ME-P

By Ann Miller; RN, MHA

[Executive Director]Doctor-Business

Next year’s budgets are being planned now. Will your company receive a portion of your clients’ budget? Do you have the market presence to attract new clients? Or, to have your electronic message seen by the busy decision makers you want to influence? 

If so, our ME-P suite of solutions may right for you. 

 

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/advertise 

Advocacy

Reach out and impress more than 100,000 physician and nurse-executives, financial advisors, CEOs and medical management consultants in the Health 2.0 space. Our premium institutional e-journal: www.HealthcareFinancials.com and complimentary companion newsletter blog: www.HealthcareFinancials.wordpress.com has limited sponsorship and advertising opportunities available; So; be sure to act now! We advocate for your cause.

Advertise with us! Reserve your space today.HOFMS

For more information please contact:

Edward: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com

Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements.

Get our Widget: Get this widget!

Our Other Print Books and Related Information Sources:

Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759

Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

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First Annual iMBA, Inc Educational Cruise

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Meet, Greet, Lunch and Learn from the Experts

By Ann Miller; RN, MHA

[Executive-Director]

CruiseSome time ago, a CPA, CFP® and fellow Certified Medical Planner™ suggested that we hold annual meetings, or education seminars, for all our colleagues. As a nascent organization at the time, this was considered a “pipe dream.” But, it may now become a reality depending on your response. All interested stakeholders are invited. 

 

The Cruise

Currently, we are soliciting interest in a – Princess – Caribbean cruise [Southern] for 2010. This would afford us the opportunity to meet  you on both a formal or informal basis. Educational and other activities would then be scheduled,  as-needed or requested. Departure from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. All info subject to change without notice, at this time.

www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.comcmp-logo

For example, activities could be arranged for CMP™ program credits in health economics and medical management; or simply on an ad-hoc [audit] informational basis. We will also attempt to individualize and accommodate personal situations and professional needs. 

Seeking Interest and Input

And so, your thoughts, ideas and comments on this Medical Executive-Post cruise idea and opportunity are appreciated. Please email me your ideas; or contact us for more information with details. Serious inquiries only:

MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com

And, feel free to review our top-left column, and top-right sidebar materials, links, URLs and related websites, too. Then, be sure to subscribe to the ME-P. It is fast, free and secure.

Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos

Seeking Sponsors

Ship Solstice

We are also seeking sponsors for this cruise, and other iMBA corporate engagements.

https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/support-the-executive-post

Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements. Contact: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com  or Bio: www.stpub.com/pubs/authors/MARCINKO.htm

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Our Other Print Books and Related Information Sources:

Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759

Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

Subscribe Now: Did you like this Medical Executive-Post, or find it helpful, interesting and informative? Want to get the latest ME-Ps delivered to your email box each morning? Just subscribe using the link below. You can unsubscribe at any time. Security is assured.

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New ME-P Features in Review

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Quick Links to Innovation and Integration

By Ann Miller; RN, MHA

[Executive Director]

IntegrationRecently we have added several new features to the Medical Executive-Post. And so, below is an aggregated and integrated list, with hot links, for your easy access and review.

We trust you will use, and enjoy them, frequently.

  

ME-P Features:

1. Our photo sharing feature called ME-Pr:

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/me-pr-photo-sharing-examples-2009/

2. ME-P widget for blogs, wikis and websites.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/get-the-new-me-p-widget/

3. Media advisory service for the ME-P.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/me-p-media-advisory-services/

4. Consultations and referal service.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/schedule-a-consultation/

5. Speaker’s bureau.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/dr-david-marcinko%e2%80%99s-bookings/

6. Annual doctor’s survey.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/media-kit/participate-in-annual-survey/

7. Textbooks, dictionaries and printed handbooks.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/imba-inc-books-texts-and-dictionaries/

8. ME-P blog rating and ranking system.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/our-new-me-p-rating-system/

9. Editorial complaints and publishing corrections.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/me-p-complaints-corrections/

10. Videos and graphic slideshows.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/category/videos/

Assessment

Give em’ a click, and tell us what you think?

Join Our Mailing List

Channel Surfing: Have you visited our other topic channels? Established to facilitate idea exchange and link our community together, the value of these topics is dependent upon your input. Please take a minute to visit. And, to prevent that annoying spam, we ask that you register.  

Conclusion

Your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Feel free to 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 upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Medical Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements. Contact: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com

OUR OTHER PRINT BOOKS AND RELATED INFORMATION SOURCES:

DICTIONARIES: http://www.springerpub.com/Search/marcinko
PHYSICIANS: www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com
PRACTICES: www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com
HOSPITALS: http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466558731
CLINICS: http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439879900
BLOG: www.MedicalExecutivePost.com
FINANCE: Financial Planning for Physicians and Advisors
INSURANCE: Risk Management and Insurance Strategies for Physicians and Advisors

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Get the New ME-P Widget

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Spreading ME-P Content and Informaton with our Gift to You

By Ann Miller; RN, MHA

[Executive Director]Our Gift

As someone who reads far too many medical, healthcare finance, political and health economics blogs on a daily basis, I decided to compile our ME-P blog RSS feeds into a nice, clean widget which you can quickly cut and paste into your own blog, wike or website.

Why Would you Want this Widget?

  • Easily keep up with latest ME-P posts and comments on more than 50 topical channels.
  • Spread goodwill throughout the blogo-sphere when you send visitors to other blogs.

Assessment

If you’re not tech savvy, we’ve done the hard work – just cut and paste and you’re done. Please e-mail me if you have any questions.

Get our Widget: Get this widget!

Channel Surfing

Get more from www.BlogSurfer.US  Be sure to visit our other topic channels too! Established to facilitate idea exchange and link our community together, the value of these topics is dependent upon your input. Please take a minute to visit. And, to prevent that annoying spam, we ask that you register. 

Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos

Our Other Print Books and Related Information Sources:

Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759

Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

Subscribe Now: Did you like this Medical Executive-Post, or find it helpful, interesting and informative? Want to get the latest ME-Ps delivered to your email box each morning? Just subscribe using the link below. You can unsubscribe at any time. Security is assured.

Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos

Sponsors Welcomed

And, credible sponsors and like-minded advertisers are always welcomed.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/advertise

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Off-Road Touring with Dr. Marcinko [Final Part 2009]

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Hello Everyone and Thank You!

By Ann Miller; RN, MHAOff Road Touring '09

To all of you who made it to one of our venues for an Off Road Tour segment with our Publisher Dr. David E. Marcinko, or to those who just read his posts, we wanted to thank you for your support and for supporting each other!

Our mission – is to bridge the gap between financial planning and medical practice management, and to serve as a networking resource for medical, managerial and financial advisory colleagues who possess the ethics and intellect to serve in a fiduciary capacity.

The Next Step

Ready for the next step? Just visit www.HealthcareFinancials.com and subscribe to the Journal of Financial Management Strategies, to create a roadmap to success for your healthcare organization.

Thanks with a Shout-Out

Finally; we give a hearty shout-out to www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com who made the book “signing and opining” tour possible. We are so proud of our partnership with an institute whose team learning approach creates such rich success for students, both in the virtual and real-world classroom and in their personal and professional lives www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

Online Certified Medical Planner Program

Interested in becoming a Certified Medical Planner ™ or to learn about how your broker-dealer, advisory firm or company can build an educational partnership with us? Call me at 770.448.0769 (9am – 5pm EST).

Channel Surfing

Have you visited our other topic channels? Established to facilitate idea exchange and link our community together, the value of these topics is dependent upon your input. Please take a minute to visit. And, to prevent that annoying spam, we ask that you register. 

Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HealthcareFinancialsthePostForcxos

Assessment

Thanks so much for your interest in our Summer 2009 tour, and the ME-P. We hope it, and all our books, texts, dictionaries, products and educational formats serve you well!

Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements. Contact: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com 

Get our Widget: Get this widget!

Our Other Print Books and Related Information Sources:

Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759

Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

Subscribe Now: Did you like this Medical Executive-Post, or find it helpful, interesting and informative? Want to get the latest ME-Ps delivered to your email box each morning? Just subscribe using the link below. You can unsubscribe at any time. Security is assured.

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Sponsors Welcomed

And, credible sponsors and like-minded advertisers are always welcomed.

Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/advertise

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Take the Healthcare Leadership Survey

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Tracking Claims, Real-World Solutions 

Staff Reporters                      Lounge

Dear Subscribers

Next year is the deadline for all Medicare healthcare providers to enroll in the Recovery Audit Contractor program. Due to national implementation, the market has become flooded with products to track claims, provide easy audit solutions, as well as aggregate data to predict which claims are at risk for recoupment.

And so, we have been asked to help facilitate this survey.

Past Surveys

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Posted on October 2, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Physicians Beware … the Medical Management Consultants

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Posted on September 26, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Happy New Year 5770 and 5771

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

       We wish all our Jewish Subscribers a Happy and Healthy

New Year 5770

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The Shofar is a ram’s horn blown as a wind instrument, sounded in Biblical times chiefly to communicate signals in battle and announce certain religious occasions and in modern times chiefly at synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

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Off-Road Touring with Dr. Marcinko [Part VIII]

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Interview with David B. Lumsden; MD

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™

[Publisher-in-Chief]

Dateline: Baltimore Maryland,Dr. Lumsden Formal August 10, 2009.

About David B. Lumsden MD

Dr. David Lumsden; MS, MA practices general orthopedic surgery and trauma as a board certified surgeon and partner with Orthopedic and Hand Surgery Associates in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed his training in community health at Towson State University, earned Master’s Degree in Anatomy / Neuroanatomy at University of Maryland/Baltimore and Exercise Physiology at University of Maryland, College Park. He is a graduate of Penn State University School of Medicine. Dr. Lumsden completed his internship and residency at Union Memorial Hospital with associative residency training at Johns Hopkins and the world renowned Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore City. 

Our Brief Interview

When I caught up with David during a recent house-call visit, we discussed many things; especially the American Affordable Health Choices Act [HR-3200]. Unfortunately; I did not have my audio-recorder with me. So, here are a few points of interest about him that I jotted down, from memory, in my ever-present reporter’s notebook. No doubt, I missed many more:

  • He became a physician as a career change in mid-life.
  • He has read HR 3200 in its’ entirety.
  • He hired an attorney for HR 3200 interpretation and review.
  • He is for healthcare reform, but against HR 3200.
  • He is against a public health care plan.
  • He is against individual insurance mandates.
  • He does 10-12 house-calls every month.
  • He does not charge MC, MD or VA house-call patients; rarely bills them and/or accepts assignment without balance billing.
  • He regularly operates on same, under similar terms.
  • He does other pro-bono work.
  • He practices defensive medicine.
  • He is for tort reform.
  • He is not a member of the AMA with no plans to join.

Assessment

Review and vote for -or- against HR 3200 here: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text

About Off Road with Dr. MarcinkoDavid Lumsden; MD

These sporadic off-road segments will continue through-out my 2009 summer promotional tour. Formal attendance increased toward the later part of the summer as the Obama Administration’s healthcare debates heated up. Our many local book stores and sponsors noted a spike in our CD and book sales, as well as interest in our online www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com program and premier quarterly guide: Healthcare Organizations [Journal of Financial Management Strategies] www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Part VII: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/off-road-touring-with-dr-marcinko-part-vii/

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HALLOWEEN: Nathaniel Potter MD & Touring with Dr. Marcinko [Part VI]

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

About Nathaniel Potter, MD

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™
[Publisher-in-Chief]
Dateline: Baltimore MarylandNathaniel Potter MD

While in Washington DC on the second portion of our recent ME-P book “signing and opining” tour, I had the good fortune to visit the gravesite of the noted physician Nathaniel Potter, MD. Dr. Potter was born in Carolina county Maryland in 1770 and died in Baltimore on 2 January, 1843. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1796, and settled in Baltimore, where he practiced medicine until his death. In 1807, he associated with Dr. John B. Davidge in founding the University of Maryland, School of Medicine where he ultimately served as professor and dean. He died penniless.

THINK Potter’s field!

About Green Mount Cemetery

Green Mount Cemetery is located in Baltimore, MD. Established in 1839, it is noted for the large number of historical figures that have been interred in its grounds as well as a large number of prominent Baltimore-area families. It retained the name Green Mount when the land was purchased from the heirs of Baltimore merchant Robert Oliver. Green Mount is also a treasury of precious works of art, including striking works by major sculptors like William Rinehart and Hans Schuler. The cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Assessment

In as much as Dr. Potter was a well know figure to me, I was most pleased at the impromptu visit to his grave. You see, although I attended Temple University because of my future specialty, my first medical school choice would have been at University of Maryland if post-graduate education opportunities had been different at the time. And, I passed the medical school, and the imposing Greek themed Davidge Hall Dome, daily for four years as I rode the number 8 public transportation bus to my undergraduate studies at nearby Loyola University, in Townson Maryland. Of course, the fact that Potter was educated at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the first in the nation, did not elude me when I worked in its ER as a young medical student in Philadelphia, back in-the-day. University of Maryland was the fifth such medical school in the country.

About Off Road with Dr. Marcinko

These sporadic off-road segments will continue through-out my summer promotional tour. Attendance at several formal and informal engagements increased since the early summer. The previously noted sales spike for our texts, handbooks and dictionaries; as well as interest in our online www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.org  program.

Part V: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/off-road-touring-with-dr-marcinko-part-v/

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Off-Road Touring with Dr. Marcinko [Part V]

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

About the Ship USNS COMFORT
By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™
[Publisher-in-Chief]
Dateline: August 4, 2009USNS Comfort Canton, Maryland

The official Navy ship USNS COMFORT [“Medical Treatment Facility”] has the primary mission to provide a mobile, flexible and rapidly responsive capability for acute medical and surgical care in support of amphibious task forces. These forces include the Marine Corps, Army and Air Force elements, forward deployed Navy elements of the fleet, and activities located in areas where hostilities may be imminent. Operations are governed by the principles of the “Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea”, as of August 12, 1949.

Mission

As a secondary mission of the ship COMFORT is providing a full hospital service asset for use by other government agencies involved in the support of relief and humanitarian operations worldwide. These mission statements are accountable to both the Reduced Operating Status (ROS) and Full Operating Status (FOS) military personnel staffed at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda Maryland until the ship is activated. However, the ROS personnel’s immediate and number one priority is to fully activate the ship to a FOS Echelon III Medical Treatment Facility within a prescribed 5-day time frame.

Functions

In meeting these missions, the ROS personnel perform the following functions:

  • Serve as the nucleus of the critical core required to execute activations;
  • Develop, test, and maintain systems and procedures to support activation process;
  • Orient and train FOS augmenting staff;
  • Monitor/assess the medical treatment facility’s overall ability to fully activate/perform mission.

Leaders

The ship is commanded by CAPT James J. Ware DDS, with Executive Officer Captain Larnerd, and Master Chief Lohner. The home base is Baltimore, Maryland.  Upon arrival at the dock, the ME-P and I planned to meet onboard with Master David Lieberman. But, an interview was cancelled due to a last minute scheduling conflict. However, we were placed in the competent hands of our civilian tour guide, Shaun B. of Virginia. He noted 70 civilian and 700 military personnel.US Comfort

Assessment

Shaun B, informed me that despite advanced age, my application for a four month tour would be gladly reviewed. And, it is under serious future consideration as my nurse sister is a recent Bronze Star Award winner from a Combat Army Surgical Hospital [CASH] unit stationed in Iraq. I also did my trauma surgery training in Martin Army Hospital, at Fort Benning Georgia, back-in-the-day.

About Off Road with Dr. Marcinko

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Part IV: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/off-road-touring-with-dr-marcinko-part-iv/

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Health Plan Management Navigator

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

August 2009 Edition

By Douglas B. Sherlock; CFA, MBALibrary

Linked below is the August 2009 edition of Plan Management Navigator. In this month’s edition, we update readers on the results for the Blue Cross Blue Shield universe, and provide product breakouts, summary functional area breakouts as well as expense trends. Cost increases are lower this year than last, though higher if product mix is considered. Twenty-two Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans serving 31.3 million members participated in this year’s benchmarking study.  Growth in Information Systems and Medical Management costs explained more than 40% of the total increase.

Link: Navigator August 09

Sherlock Expense Evaluation Report

This analysis is based on materials from our Sherlock Expense Evaluation Report (SEER) for Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans. Additional information about SEER is available at http://www.sherlockco.com/seer.shtml or by contacting us.

Assessment

In coming weeks, Plan Management Navigator will summarize other results of this year’s performance benchmarking studies. We expect to publish Medicare and Medicaid editions in late August or early September. Independent / Provider-Sponsored plan results were published two weeks ago in Plan Management Navigator and the associated presentation and transcript are found at  http://www.sherlockco.com/

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Dictionary of Health Insurance and Managed Care

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Off-Road Touring with Dr. Marcinko [Part III]

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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I Dislocate a Finger

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™

[Publisher-in-Chief]

Dateline: Sunday June 28, 2009DEM-MQT MTN

Fresh off my “runner’s” high from meeting Olympians Shani Davis and Apolo Ohno, the other day, I easily ran an extra couple of miles during my daily training run to stay in shape during my arduous speaking and book signing tour. Thus, invigorated in mind and body, and flushed with surging natural endomorphins, I decided to spend the afternoon at Marquette Mountain watching the downhill mountain bike races.

After introducing myself to Bruce Gustafson, the ambulance driver there on professional standby from the local Marquette General Hospital EMT service, I spent an hour or so marveling at how the racers survived the rocky and treacherous down-hill course. Unfortunately, I was not so lucky, and came very close to requiring Bruce’s expert services.

Taking a TumbleDismay

While climbing down the mounting, running actually, I tripped head-over-heels and commenced wildly flailing and rolling down the rocky terrain, stopping just short of smashing into a large birch tree after 50 feet or so. Bouncing straight back up in an instant, I doubt if nearby spectators even noticed what had happened.  Nevertheless, I was most pleased at my adroit body and still youthful ability to assume a dolphin like roll into the fall, dissipating kinetic energy and avoiding injury. Or, so I thought.

Dislocating a Finger

Unfortunately, my fourth right finger began to throb a few seconds later; and then scream at me. Not much medical acumen was needed to note that something was wrong, as the proximal-inter-phalangeal-joint [PIPJ] appeared laterally deviated forty-five degrees, just as the digital apex was turning blue and the joint began swelling before my eyes. Appreciating the impending neurovascular compromise potential, I grabbed the finger, distracted it, reversed the mechanism of injury, let go, and felt it snap back into place.  I promptly sat down as a diaphoretic wave of cold sweat broke out on my forehead, chest, shoulders and arms. Fortunately, the hypo-tensive episode lasted only a few minutes, and I did not go into shock. A visiting nurse came to the rescue, elevating my feet, monitoring vital signs and offering fluids as I recovered quickly. She was indeed my Florence Nightingale and, as I later learned, a Master’s prepared nurse-executive. I was gratefully taken back to my hotel after refusing further medical assistance or X-rays. The finger was grotesquely swollen the next few days but did not hurt much. Simple contrast baths, passive and active ROM exercises, along with the “tincture of time” which I estimate to be 6-8 weeks based on clinical experience, will hopefully be all that is required for complete recovery. Although, it may be some time before full typing flexibility is returned; assuming a “button-hole” extensor tendon rupture incarcerating, strangling or imbricating the phalangeal head, did not occur.Ambulance DEM

Assessment

In my former clinical medical career, I diagnosed, treated and operated on hundreds of injured fingers and toes; for various acute and chronic conditions, fractures, dislocations and related digital anomalies. I even published several peer reviewed papers on same. Still, my course of action may be considered reckless, by some, and should not be repeated. Always seek medical advice.

References:

1. Digital Fractures and Dislocations [Diagnosis and Treatment]. Author: DH Elleby, and DE Marcinko [Clinics in Podiatry. 05/1985; 2(2):233-45].

2. Marcinko DE, and Elleby DH. Digital Fractures and Dislocations; In: Scurran BL, ed. Foot and Ankle Trauma, 2nd ed; Church-Hill-Livingston, Boston, MA.

About Off Road with Dr. Marcinko

These sporadic off-road segments will continue through-out my 2009 summer promotional tour. On the one hand, formal attendance at several engagements was a bit sparse because of the death of several recent celebrities and entertainer types. On the other hand, local book stores and sponsors noted a spike in our CD and book sales, as well as interest in our online www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com program as well as our quarterly institutional premium guide; Healthcare Organizations [Journal of Financial Management Strategies] www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Part I: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/off-road-touring-with-dr-marcinko-part-i/

Part II: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/off-road-touring-with-dr-marcinko-part-ii/

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