The Nice Thing About Working For Yourself
One of the nice things about working for yourself instead of working for an employer is that you quickly get a sense of who you’re working for and how much. How much time are you spending to pay your taxes, to pay for your personal upkeep, to pay to keep your licensure up […]
Paying for Out-Of-Network Services Up Front
Ask your insurance agent if you have to pay the full cost of non-emergent out-of-network medical care up front at the time of service. It’s an increasingly common method that insurers are using to try to same themselves money and push the costs onto you. Don’t ever sign up for a plan […]
The One Question You Must Ask Perspective Employers—Pushback Edition
Yep, I sure did get a lot of pushback about last week’s post from the organization leaders who read this blog You’re misleading your readers . . Retention bonus can be an effective tool in work force management. . . It is an industry standard to use them to retain […]
One Quick Trick to Boosting Your Clinician Recruitment, Retention, and Performance
Include “Clinician Wellness” in your organization’s mission statement. Even if you do this cynically and don’t really mean it the mere presence will set you far, far apart from your competition.
Sunday Links
Your Fortress of Solitude Private Medicare Advantage Could Hit 70% So says Forbes It won’t Not without explicit coercion of beneficiaries from the government. The emphasis on peripheral benefits will erode the core function of the program—covering healthcare costs. If I’m wrong and the programs expands in its current form—it will provide a compliance […]
Sunday Q and A
Dr. Anna S. asks How do I keep my patients out of the emergency room? Make sure they have your home phone number. “The government pays me to be your personal clinician. Use me. Contact me before you consider any medical care outside this office.” Fortunately most ERs are paid […]
Dramatically Increase Your Medicare Advantage Patient Panel Size
Take note of your Medicare Advantage panel size. Call the three largest insurance agencies in your community Set up a meeting with their leader. They will love to see you. Tell them you’re interested in increasing your panel size. Ask them if they have any questions about the practical […]
Steepling
When you’re performing a video encounter that includes the top half of your torso, let the patient see you put your thumbs and forefingers together in front of your chest. It’s called “steepling” and it communicates engagement and expertise better than any words will. They will let you take charge of […]
Beware Extra Benefits
For the first time this year, you’re going to be hit with people trying to sell you Medicare Advantage plans by telling you they’re going to cover in home personal care and housecleaning. They will, but only under very limited and restricted circumstances. And you won’t have control over who is going […]
The One Question You Must Ask Your Prospective Employer
In the past three years, has your organization ever paid a retention bonus to keep a clinician from leaving? If the answer is yes, run. Having to pay retention bonuses is a sign your organization is either poorly run or healthcare delivery is not its primary service line. If it’s […]