Crafting a Model
UMMC and Jackson Medical Mall Collaborate on Landmark Program to Benefit Underserved Mississippians
A landmark event involving an academic medical center's educational and training efforts at a federally qualified health center (FQHC) occurred quietly last month in Central Mississippi, marking one of few collaborations of its kind nationwide and possibly creating a model for other states.
LYNNE JETER |
Health Insurers Tackle Deluge of Changes
Reform Regulations Are Kicking In Already
Healthcare reform requires changes of all stakeholders, but probably none more so than third-party payers, usually portrayed as wearing the black hat in this ongoing drama. In fact, President Obama hasn’t hesitated to cast insurers in the role of characters more worried about money than patient care.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
An Innovative Approach
NewSouth NeuroSpine a Combination of Five Groups with Focused Plan
FLOWOOD—Several years ago, leaders of three spine surgery groups, a physical medicine and a pain management group in Central Mississippi began discussing ways to establish a more effective and efficient practice for their patients.
LYNNE JETER |
MEDICAL ENTREPRENEURS: How to Leverage Social Media
Legend has it that a Western Union Company executive in an internal memo in 1876 concluded that "the telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." Similarly, if you would have polled business owners or healthcare professionals in the mid-1990s on the value of having a website for their business, most would probably have said "why would I want that?"
MARTIN WILLOUGHBY |
Children Are Not Small Adults
Nanopediatrics Emerges to Ensure Nanotechnology Encompasses Kids
Imagine a pump the size of a molecule delivering medicine directly in the body where it's needed. Or a miniscule tool programmed to seek out and destroy the first cancer cells of a tumor. That's the promise of nanomedicine, medical applications in the much broader field of nanotechnology. Yet, as such customized medical innovations are being researched, Edward R.B. McCabe III, MD, has one reminder: Kids are different.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Maximizing Reimbursements
In an environment of rising costs and diminishing returns, it's easy to hone in on contracted rates as the sole source of financial woes. Certainly, negotiating favorable reimbursements with payers is key to a healthy bottom line, but it's really only half the story.
CINDY SANDERS |
Mildred Ridgway, MD
Gynecologic-Oncologist, Mississippi Gynecologic Cancer Group at Women's Specialty Center, Jackson
Mildred Ridgway, MD, is often referred to as a quarterback.
More specifically, she's well-respected as the leader for the medical team assisting women with gynecologic cancers.
LYNNE JETER |
Reflex Testing: Compliance, Billing and Coding
A "reflex" test is a procedure routinely added-on to a patient
order when the initial test results are at a level that meets the clinician’s
threshold to automatically add specific tests. In a nutshell, they are
protocols that specify if this then that. While this makes a great deal of
common sense, care to dot all the I’s and cross all the T’s is the mainstay of
billing and coding compliance. The documentation for dotting and crossing I’s
and T’s is the heart of the compliance step.
BETTY HATTEN |
Healthcare Reform: A Look at Employer-Based Wellness Programs
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), otherwise recognized as the healthcare reform law and subsequently amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. A reflection of President Obama's belief that preventive medicine is "one of the best ways to keep our people healthy and our costs under control," wellness program initiatives can be found throughout PPACA with some of these initiatives taking effect as early as next year.
CHERI GREEN and LANE STAINES |
HEALTHCARE LEADER: Staying Focused on the Bigger Picture
MSMA President Emphasizes State’s Health Status
The ongoing issue of reimbursement rates is no small matter — but it shouldn’t distract Mississippi physicians from focusing on the great health challenges of their home state.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
How to use this section
You must have a user name and password to post your opinions to this site. Please go to Member Options in the top navigation bar and go to Free Signup. Once you have your user name and password, you can log in and post opinions. If you have any trouble, please email to web@medicalnews.com.
|
|
