Managing Your Practice
Managing Your Practice
COVID-19: Can doctors refuse to see unvaccinated patients?
In the end, every private practitioner will have to make his or her own decision on this question.
Managing Your Practice
Finding employees during a pandemic
I have had job listings for both front- and back-office positions posted on all the major job boards and other employment portals for months.
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Outstanding medical bills: Dealing with deadbeats
The worst kinds of deadbeats are the ones who rob you twice; they accept payments from insurance companies and keep them.
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The ADA and hearing-impaired patients
In the case of hearing-impaired or deaf patients, it is important to remember that forms of communication that are quite adequate for most are not...
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Complying with the Americans With Disabilities Act
Because the ADA is a civil rights law and not a building code, ADA rules apply equally to all facilities, young and old.
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Online patient reviews and HIPAA
Any information that could be used to identify a patient is a HIPAA breach. This is true even if the patient has already disclosed information.
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Open Notes
With the implementation of the Cures Act, medical notes have evolved into a tool to communicate with the patient, rather than just among health...
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Office etiquette: Answering patient phone calls
In my office, one of the many consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a dramatic increase in telephone traffic.
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What to do if an employee tests positive for COVID-19
If action is required, you’ll need to determine who needs to quarantine and who needs to be tested.
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How do you answer patients’ emails?
Several groups, including the American Medical Informatics Association and the American Medical Association have proposed standards, but none have...
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Can patients record office visits?
How would you respond to a patient asking (or demanding) to record all or part of their office visit?