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Practice Management

Friday's Progress Notes - August 22, 2003
Mental Health Information - Vol. 7 Issue 12
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS

1. Help in determining if you are a covered entity under HIPAA
2. Outsourcing your billing
3. Staff performance reviews
4. Using group appointments
5. Service utilization and the patient-physician relationship
6. Questions to ask when hiring


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Dear Colleagues,

One of the challenges facing today's practitioner is understanding and implementing the HIPAA regulations. If you have not yet complied with the Privacy Rule, you should do so as soon as possible. The next HIPAA deadline is October 16 when practitioners will be required to use standard formatting for such electronic transactions as billing, inquiries about plan eligibility and coverage, claim status, referrals, and the like. Today's newsletter focuses on HIPAA and other practice management issues.

Please feel free to forward this information to professional colleagues, who can sign-up for a free subscription to Friday's Progress Notes at http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/Newsletter/fpn_subscribe.html

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Regards,
Jack

John L. Miller, MD


1. CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
Covered Entity Decision Tools
This site has tools to help you determine if you are a covered entity under HIPAA.
http://www.cms.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/06_AreYouaCoveredEntity.asp

2. MEDICAL ECONOMICS
Outsource Billing? Here's How
Outsourcing can increase collections and reduce overhead, but it can also burn you. So do your homework.
http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=111391

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3. FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Five Steps to a Performance Evaluation System
Exposure to violence between parents and harsh punishment during childhood increases the risk for adult partner violence.

4. MANAGED CARE MAGAZINE
How To Manage the Worried Well
How to develop behavioral health education programs that complement primary care medicine and psychiatric services.

5. THE PRIMARY CARE COMPANION TO THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCIATRY
Patient-Physician Relationship and Service Utilization: Preliminary Findings
Life stress, negative affect, physical complaints, and the patients' perception of their physician impact utilization.
http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/pccpdf/v05n01/v05n0104.pdf

6. FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Questions You Should Ask When Hiring
Choosing the best candidate for your staff depends a lot on selecting the right interview questions.
http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20030600/46ques.html


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