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Survival Guide to Health-System Reform
Where Do Providers Focus Their Attention First?
So, now what?
The massive health-system reform legislation dubbed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is law, enacting the most sweeping changes in America’s health system since Medicare. Experts say now is the time providers should take a deep, cleansing breath, then jump into action with short-term strategies that could pay off down the road.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
HEALTHCARE LEADER SPOTLIGHT: James M. Jeter
Executive Director, St. Dominic Health Services Foundation
JACKSON—Born in Long Beach, Calif., Jim Jeter grew up in the rural East Texas town of Ore City, in a busy household with six siblings. After playing football for a year at nearby Kilgore Junior College, Texas A&M University (TAMU) football coach Gene Stallings recruited him to play for the Aggies.
LYNNE JETER |
Changing Direction
Jim Jeter Shifted from Higher Ed Fundraising to Make Mark at St. Dominic Foundation
JACKSON—After raising tens of millions of dollars for various educational and charitable institutions, Jim Jeter was traversing the Texas back roads en route from College Station to Houston in 2002, when he topped a hill and found himself in the same lane with an 18-wheeler. The commercial truck was fully loaded; Jeter was in a Toyota Camry. Both were traveling 70 miles per hour.
LYNNE JETER |
MEDICAL ENTREPRENEURS: How to Adopt Habits of Success in a Medical Practice
British economist John Maynard Keynes, one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century, predicted in his 1930 essay, "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren," that the biggest problem facing future generations would be what to do with all their leisure time. For most people, and in particular physicians, this prediction has certainly not become reality. Amidst the stirring controversy over healthcare reform, physicians are working harder than ever in the face of declining reimbursements.
MARTIN WILLOUGHBY |
Developing Clinical Nurses Across the Mid South
Nursing Institute’s First Federal Competitive Grant Boosts Healthcare Workforce
MEMPHIS, TENN.—When Paula Spears, PhD, learned the grant application she authored was selected as the Nursing Institute of the Mid South (NIMS) Inc.’s first federal competitive grant to boost the nursing workforce across the region, she was understandably ecstatic.
JULIO GONZALEZ, MD, with LYNNE JETER |
RX FOR THE BOTTOM LINE: How to Improve Collections
Two key indicators provide the beacon medical practices need to improve collections: net collection ratio and accounts receivable (A/R) days, according to Todd Warren, executive director of Medical Practice Solutions in Jackson.
LYNNE JETER |
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Baptist Launches Maternal Transport Program
Board-Certified Perinatologists Highlight Multidisciplinary Team
JACKSON—Mississippi Baptist Medical Center has launched the Maternal Transport Program to provide quality inpatient care to high-risk mothers and their newborns throughout the state. The program allows mothers with perinatal complications or those at risk for premature delivery to be transferred to Baptist for a higher level of care. It’s accessible with one step—a single call to a dedicated line—for outlying physicians to initiate a referral.
LYNNE JETER |
Before the Breathin' Air is Gone
Luring Physicians "Out in the Country"
Grady, S.C., was one of the lucky rural communities. Unfortunately, it was fictional.
In the 1991 film "Doc Hollywood" with Michael J. Fox, the Porsche Speedster of hotshot plastic surgeon Benjamin Stone breaks down in Grady, and the charms of the community, its people and one woman in particular entice the young physician to hang his family-practice shingle in the rural Southeast.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Robert L. Harris, MD
Founder/Director, Southeast Urogynecology; Co-founder/Co-Managing Partner, Women's Specialty Center
JACKSON—When Bob Harris was in the eighth grade at Mooreville, a small public school in North Mississippi, his science teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. Without skipping a beat, he said: "A Beverly Hills gynecologist."
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