Medical Economics July 2020 Edition

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Physicians need telehealth to ensure they can treat their patients during this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. They also need to secure the necessary revenue to keep their practices functioning through accurate coding and documentation.

How physicians can help patients adhere to treatments.

How doctors can make data from wearable devices usable

The plight of the independent physician has never been so stark.

While telehealth represents tremendous opportunity for providers, it also poses substantial risk.

Burnout was bad before the pandemic. COVID is likely to make the problem worse.

The first step by any qualified consultant should not be a discussion of strategies or tools. It should be a frank discussion of what the physician client really wants.

With in-person visits down, social distancing measures in effect and no current COVID-19 vaccine, physicians are leveraging new digital tools to survive.

What follows are basic answers to some common legal questions about political donations.

Returning to normal patient volumes will take a detailed plan and continued effort.

If you’re hiring or looking to hire amidst a pandemic, you will have to up your recruitment game.

For full forgiveness, practices must use the funds as outlined in the law.

Because the majority of physicians are white and male, the unconscious assumptions they may hold about patients who are neither white nor male can lead to inappropriate treatment decisions, and on a larger scale, worsen disparities in health outcomes.

With the right strategy, physicians can help patients stay on track for improved outcomes.

While medical practices are understandably focused on financial survival, keeping up employee morale amid the fear and uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 is equally important.

Faced with unprecedented circumstances due to COVID, as well as uncertainty about the future, what can primary care providers do to stay afloat financially and continue caring for patients?