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Health Insurers Now
Required to Post Comprehensive Price Data
Physicians, patients, and
employers have long wondered whether they’re getting a fair shake
from health insurers, whose prices have been clouded in secrecy,
until now. A provision of the Affordable Care Act that recently
took effect requires most health insurers and self-insured
employers to disclose their payments to hospitals, physicians, and
other health care professionals. Continue reading
AMA Announces CPT Update for Monkeypox Testing and
Vaccination
The American Medical
Association (AMA) announced an update to Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT)®, the nation’s leading medical terminology
code set for describing health care procedures and services, that
includes a new laboratory test code for the Orthopoxvirus and two
codes for the vaccines being utilized to prevent Monkeypox
infection. Read more
Medical Practice Scheduling Tips to Help Improve the
Bottom Line
If there's one thing that can
harm the success of a medical practice, it's having patients
spending too much time in the waiting room. Appointment scheduling
is a critical function of a doctor's office, yet many practices
schedule in a seemingly haphazard fashion. Often, the practice's
scheduling strategy, if you want to call it that, is to fill an
appointment into any slot available with little regard for the
reasons patients are being seen. Check out the Three Physician
Scheduling Philosophies here.
Health Literacy, Location Impact Type of Telehealth
Modality Used
While reviewing patient demographics
and social determinants of health, a JAMA Network Study
found that low health literacy and high area deprivation index
(ADI) can determine how telehealth is used and the modality
selected. Find more information here.
2022 BCMS Leadership Series
2022 BCMS Leadership Series
is now enrolling participants. Develop your leadership skills to
advance your career and enhance your team and work environment.
Topics include Fundamentals of Leadership, Design Thinking and
Leadership, Traits of High-performing Leaders, Economics of the
Health Care Industry, and more. Five Saturday classes held 8 a.m.
to noon every other week beginning August 27. $500 enrollment
fee. Enroll Now!
FREE PPE Still Available from BCMS
Do you need PPE For your
practice? Let us help! Physician practices in need of PPE,
please click here to
indicate your PPE needs. Requests are filled as donated supplies are
available.
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