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Issue Date: February 15, 2001
Interview with Howard Bronson of Practice Builders, Inc
Q: What is Practice Builders? A: We are a large California-based physician marketing organization and serve as a marketing resource for physicians to help grow their practices in an ethical, proven, and reliable fashion.
Conference Shows Physicians’ Role in E-Health
This editorial discusses and invites readers to attend a conference titled, "The High Performance Physician: Technological Solutions to Ensure Compliance, Productivity, and Profitability," to be held April 20-21, in Boone, N.C.
Compliance Means Audits, Monitoring
This article looks at coding and compliance issues; it also discusses baseline audits using outside reviewers, conducting self-audits, and what to do if an audit uncovers problems.
Lessons Learned From the Recent Past
This article looks at five trends that have affected the practice of medicine in the last two years. It also lists and discusses 20 "lessons" that can help physicians develop successful practice management and marketing strategies.
Billing Inquiries by Private Payers Are Rising
This article discusses how and why HMOs investigate physicians for possible billing errors. It also suggests steps physicians can take to protect themselves if they are audited.
Building Physician and Patient Referrals
This article discusses strategies for building a referral base. It argues that being a "good doctor" may no longer be enough to attract referrals. Instead, when physicians build relationships with referral staffs in hospitals and HMOs and keep the staff of referring physicians happy, they can make staff and patients into a virtual sales team.
Internet Harnesses Group Buying Power
This article explains how medical supply distributors are using the Internet to offer new distribution channels, greater product selection, competitive pricing, and reduced transaction costs, thereby allowing physicians to practice more efficiently and in a cost effective manner.
Government Issues More Privacy Rules
This article discusses the new rules to protect the privacy of medical records that were issued by President Clinton just before he left office. It looks at significant aspects of the rules, compliance issues, and how they are likely to affect physicians and health care organizations.
Manager Finds Practice Size Is an Important Factor for Success
This article debunks the theory that only by being affiliated with a large group is a physician guaranteed success. It argues that groups of five to six physicians may be the optimal practice size.
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