Control of Congress, 30 governorships in Medicaid work-requirement states and eight statewide health care measures were on Tuesday's ballot. Here is what each one would change for physicians and their patients.
|Articles|October 4, 2021
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Author(s)Keith A. Reynolds
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The two-day seminar, Oct. 7-8, will feature sessions aiming to guide physicians through ways to streamline challenges, maximize efficiency, and put more money in their pockets.
The eight virtual sessions have been thoughtfully curated around impactful learning objectives where physicians can get their questions answered by experts, engage with panel discussions, and network with their peers.
This is one event no physician should miss.
The Oct. 8 sessions include:
- Navigating the Gauntlet: Coding and Documentation Best Practices – Gain an understanding of E/M coding changes and what they can mean to the bottom line, an overview of the most common reasons for claim denials. It will feature Bill Dacey, MHA, MBA, CPC, CPC-I, principal of The Dacey Group, Inc.
- Financial Fitness Test: Practice Finance/Revenue Cycle Management – Learn practical tips to assess where a practice is financially and have revenue cycle management explained, and how to select the best partner for revenue cycle management. The session will feature insight from Andrew Harding, RCM expert and vice president of customer success at Rivet.
- Remote Patient Monitoring Fitness Test – Learn how to get started with remote patient monitoring with explanations of what it is, what physicians need, the benefits, and the challenges. This will feature insight from Todd Haedrich, CEO of Optimize Health; Kaitlin O'Connor Esq., senior counsel at Nixon Gwilt Law; Neha Ajmera, senior vice president of operations at Optimize Health; and Ryan Clark, vice president of customer success at Optimize Health.
- Earning Your Stripes: Wealth Building and Retirement Planning – Find out how physicians should prepare for retirement at any stage of their career, how to protect their family’s financial future, and receive tax maximization tips. It will feature Joel Greenwald, MD, CFP.
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