Episode 13 (06/26/13): Housecleaning Topics

06/26/13 • 39 min

Pediatric Practice Management Media Cast

Brandon and Chip discuss a series of little items that have piled up over the last few weeks. We discuss pediatric practice management seminars, the avoidance of autoposting and eligibility checking, the compensation model survey, and some important considerations for those expecting the ACA-Medicaid-Payment-Adjustment boost this year. In fact, the 'gold' of this episode is probably in the middle, so make sure you listen or watch all the way through!

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Previous Episode

Episode 12 (06/12/13): Hiring a New Physician

In this episode, we address questions raised on the SOAPM mailing list relating to a busy practice considering hiring a new doctor.

"I recently interviewed a potential MD candidate. She looks fine on paper and was nice enough in the interview. But how do you know if someone is going to be right for your practice? My practice is small so bringing in a bad apple would cause a huge problem. Plus, she is the only person I have interviewed. I would love to have more choices from which to select. How does everyone else go about recruiting? I can't exactly run a want ad in the local paper... ...since I have never done this before nor have I ever been solicited by a practice for employment, how do I structure a new MD package? Salary vs production? Salary for a while and then production? At what point? And how much? What benefits? How specific do I outline work hours, call duties, etc? What happens if I can't stand the person I hire after 3 months? Finally, how do I even know if my practice is ready to bring in another MD? What numbers do you look at? Perhaps I should just get a scribe and bust my butt for the next 6-12 months to see if I can absorb the patient load myself without adding someone else right away?"

Whew, that was a lot to cover!

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Next Episode

Episode 14 (07/10/13): We Interview Natasha Burgert

Wow, we scored big this week and somehow convinced Natasha Burgert - queen of pediatric social media - to speak to us. Her real-life stories are great.

Don't believe us? Watch/listen and see her Twitter effort or check out her blog.

A special shout out to an awesome vaccine-related charity that Dr. Burgert supports: Shot @ Life!

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