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Issue Date: March 15, 2001
California Group Failures Offer Several Lessons
This story looks at several issues surrounding the widespread failure of physician groups in California, including the causes for the unsettling trend, how long it will last, and the likelihood that a similar trend could spread to other areas of the country.
Will Fees Facilitate Online Consultation?
First Health Corp., a national managed care company in Downers Grove, Ill., is paying physicians $25 for online consultations. But, this editorial queries: Will a $25 consultation fee be sufficient incentive for physicians to use the Internet more frequently?
ASC Focuses on Convenience, Quality
This article looks at how an ambulatory surgery center in Oklahoma City allows specialists to position themselves as experts in their field while also achieving economies of scale and minimizing fixed costs. The article also discusses how the center has achieved high levels of patient satisfaction, as well as developed a collaborative and cooperative relationship with the hospital it partners with.
Systems Help Standardize Coding
This article discusses how new technology and e-health companies are helping physicians become more efficient in their coding and billing practices, and as a result, are being reimbursed quicker than before. The article looks briefly at several companies that offer software physicians can use for standardized medical data entry.
Group Automates Workflow
This case study looks at how a small family practice medical group in Orange, Calif., is adapting to the electronic age. By combining different communications tools--such as the Internet, e-mail, faxes, and phone calls--into one integrated communications platform, the group found that office productivity and efficiency improved, and cost savings were achieved.
Career Expert Offers Suggestions to Physicians Leaving Patient Care
This interview is with the founder and CEO of MD Intellinet, LLC, a research, consulting, and placement firm that focuses on placing physicians in positions nationwide. Among the topics it covers are how the financial crisis in medicine has affected physicians, and the increase in physician disability claims.
California Group Takes Strategic Steps To Build Practice
This story looks at how a cardiology group in California has successfully struggled to survive in a region that is battling falling reimbursement, aggressive managed care organizations, and high overhead.
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