OMSS Education - Practice Management
--Free for AMA members; $30-45 for non-members.
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Faculty
Bruce Johnson, JD, MPA
Description
This program will discuss physician compensation in today's environment. It will provide participants with information on variables that will assist them with understanding and making career choices that are more aligned with their professional and lifestyle interests. It will provide an overview of the basis for compensation and compensation methods used. It will provide an understanding of some of the differences experienced by physicians in similar specialties based on method of compensation, type of practice and practice ownership (solo, group, and hospital). Time will be made available for Q & A and resources to assist participants with further understanding of the environment and choices will be identified.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the basis for physician compensation and the methods used in today's healthcare environment.
- Discuss the likely impact of health reform on reimbursement and compensation.
- Examine differences in compensation based on geography, experience, specialty, type of practice and practice ownership.
- Identify resources to enhance physicians' understanding of compensation
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Faculty
Mark Miller, PhD
Description
A primer on bundled payments is both needed and timely due to the recent events in Health System Reform. This program will address bundled payments as it occurs today and the role it will play as Health System Reform rolls out. An explanation of how bundled payments will effect the management of care and mode of practice for physicians will be discussed. This program will speak to the methodologies used for bundled payments. Specifically, references to the Medicare demonstration back in 1990's will be talked about. Physicians will be educated on how to help improve quality and provide better value to their practices.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss bundled payment as it occurs today and its likely role in Health System Reform.
- Explain how bundled payment does and will effect the management of care and mode of practice.
- Identify examples of how bundled payments are or can be distributed, the methodologies used and its impact on physician compensation.
- Assess what the likely impact of bundled payment will be on the provider/physician-patient relationship.
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Faculty
Rosemarie Nelson, MS
Description
Learn how best to transition your practice to an electronic health record (EHR). Whether you already have an EHR or you are in the selection process, identify the steps you need to take to best meet your practice’s requirements and qualify your physicians for the maximum stimulus incentives. Key issues such as creating your EHR team, managing change in your practice, and setting realistic expectations and goals. Lessons learned from the field will also be included.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the process of evaluation and selection
- Discuss “meaningful use”, interoperability and HIPAA requirements.
- Choose and prioritize unique office IT needs.
- Recommend steps to follow to successfully evaluate the available IT solutions.
- Illustrate tools to assist with vendor evaluation.
- Determine how to check references.
- Compare and contrast the various platforms (cloud, health system provided, standalone, etc.)
- Identify what form of agreement
- Demonstrate negotiating the agreement
CME credit is no longer available for this program.
Faculty
Robert G. Pugach, MD
Description
This is a presentation about new services and products that could potentially be offered by the AMA to assist physicians in day-to-day practical business aspects of practice management. Practical issues ranging from employee hiring/termination to office rental leases to cash flow management will be covered. Ample time for an interactive exchange with audience participants will be provided.
Learning Objectives
- Describe best practices for the efficient business operation of a medical practice.
- Identify practice management services that could be adopted to ehance the operations of a medical practice.
- Apply techniques to improve in a physician’s ability to organize time management and the daily operations of running a practice.
- Demonstrate leadership proficiency to take control of his/her practice and implement those changes that are necessary to improve efficiency within the practice.
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Faculty
Norm Davidson
Description
Physicians are the cornerstone to healthcare delivery. Effective contracting strategies are the key to providing stable revenue streams for physician practices to ensure economic viability. Adequate reimbursement is critical to have sufficient capital for information systems, medical technology and to ensure an adequate number of physicians to treat patients. Physicians typically do not have training in contracting and may be at a disadvantage when negotiating with the payor community. This session will educate physicians about effective negotiating strategies with the payor community to obtain adequate reimbursement for medical services.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the basics of money distribution in our healthcare system.
- Learn how to read a contract.
- Develop an appreciation for contracting strategies.
- Understand what contract terms are usually negotiable and which ones are not.
- Learn which contract terms can be dangerous or harmful to your practice.
- Develop a strategy to assess every contract you sign.
- Appreciate the legal impact of signing a contract.
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Faculty
Michael J. Schoppmann, Esq.
Description
Physicians have become become accustomed to facing threats such as Medical Malpractice. However, there are an increasing number of issues arising that are detrimental to physicians and their practices. This program is designed to provide physicians with a new perspective on the these growing threats, and how to effectively, and immediately, risk manage them. Specifically, topics rang from the new tactics of Licensing Boards, the “False Labeling” of physicians, “Sham Peer Reviews” and through to the exponential increase in Work Place Claims (Sexual Harassment, Hostile Work Environment, etc.). This program is designed to fundamentally change, new difficulties to their practice of medicine and how to dramatically reduce the career threatening risks attendant to each of them.
Learning Objectives
- Identify practical hands-on changes to your methods of practice to effectively address threats and manage risks toward your career.
- Develop a decrease in the risk of financial audits by public and/or private payers (Health Plans, Medicare, Medicaid, etc), investigations by state licensing authorities, claims by employees, and credentialing actions by your hospital medical staffs.
