Practice Management: Resources and Services

Otolaryngology Practice Management Clinical Support Staff Manual Association of Otolaryngology Administrators
Item AOA-2006
Written by the Association of Otolaryngology Administrators members, the Otolaryngology Practice Management Clinical Support Staff Manual is the BEST choice for reference materials for your clinical support team. The manual includes 566 pages of policies, procedures, job descriptions, consents, regulatory materials, and forms for your office. A CD is included to make it easily customizable to your practice. This is a MUST HAVE for your practice and excellent resource for your clinical support staff.
Regular price: $625, Your price $599.00 Act now and receive a complimentary members to AOA for the remainder of 2007.

• On Call Services
  Get personalized, practical information and advice from the Academy’s fully trained practice management/coding reimbursement staff.
  Expertise includes business of medicine, new practice development, socioeconomic statistics, coding & reimbursement, managed care and denials/appeals.
• Products
  Books, databases and other products offered for purchase by AAO-HNS & its partners.
• Reference Guides & Resources
  Manuals, reference guides and other resources available free to Academy members.
• News & Articles
  Press releases, news and published articles authored by members and other experts in the field.

Payer Advocacy

Claims and Appeal Resources

• Report Hassles Form: Submit your "hassle" to Academy staff who are trained to help you
  
  
• American Medical Association Claims Management Resource Kit
  
  
• Americal Medical Association Flyer: “How to Appeal” (PDF file)
   

Latest Private Payer Headlines

• Managed Care Companies Encouraged to Abide by CPT

 

Contracting Resources

• Managed Care Checklist
  
  
• AMA's Managed Care Model Contract (2005)
  
  
• Managed Care Contract: 15 Questions to Ask (opens as a PDF)

 

Compliance Programs

• Compliance Program for Individuals and Small Group Physician Practices
  
  
• AMA's Physician Compliance Planning

 

Resources

• 2000 Clinical Indicators Compendium
  Coding guidelines developed by AAO-HNS for common otolaryngology-related procedures.

• E/M Documentation Guidelines (opens as PDF)
  Guidelines for collecting, recording and document medical/patient health information.

• Centers for Medicare & Medical Services (CMS)
  Federal agency within U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program, and works with states to administer Medicaid.

• MedLearn
  Online resource from Centers for Medicare & Medical Services (CMS) to educate national health care providers on updates to Medicare programs.

• Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  Specifies payments by Medicare to physicians for services and procedures.

• Delineation of Hospital Privileges
  Description of modern otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon’s training for use in credentialing process by hospital and managed care credential committees.

• Managed Care Checklist
  Comprehensive list of items to consider when entering a Managed Care Contract
  
  
• Practice Improvement Program (PIP) and Project Quality Card
  Yearlong program for improving the management of your medical practice. Taught by a 20 year, medical practice veteran who will help you benchmark your practice. Offered by Isenberg Medical Communications.

• Reimbursement Web Site Links
  List of third-party web sites related to reimbursement.

• Professional Liability Insurance (provided by The Doctors Company)
  Special professional liability insurance program developed for doctors by the premier doctor-owned malpractice isurer, The Doctors Company. Exclusive offer for AAO-HNS members.
  
  
• Medical Malpractice: A Physician's Sourcebook
  Developed by an expert medical and legal panel, this book focuses on the practical aspects of medical malpractice lawsuits and prepares physicians and surgeons to participate in the public policy debate for legal reform. Offered by The Doctors Company
  
  
• Professional Liability Handbook
  Designed to inform otolaryngologists about professional liability perils inherent in daily practice and risk management ideas to address some of them.

Settlement Resources

• Healthnet Settlements
  
  
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Settlement Update:  If you are a physician, physician group, or physician organization who provided Covered services to any individual enrolled in or covered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans at any time between May 22, 1999 and May 31, 2007, please follow this link for detailed information about a class-action settlement.  
  
  

Products

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Practice Management Resources 

The Academy's Practice Management Department, in collaboration with the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), is pleased to offer Academy members a 20% discount on selected MGMA products.

Review the full listing of MGMA products such as practice management books, benchmarking reports, information exchange reports, and audiotapes. As a member you will save 20% on your product purchases.

NOTE: You must use the Promo code HNS05WE03 to get the special pricing. If you are also an MGMA member, go to the Store at www.mgma.com or call toll-free 877.ASK.MGMA (275.6462) for your exclusive MGMA member savings.

BENCHMARKING REPORTS

Are you on the mark? Off the mark? See how you compare to other practices with MGMA survey reports.

 

Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups: 2006 Report Based on 2005 Data

Item 6629

Looking for the performance secrets that can help your practice break through? This report describes how high-achieving groups do what they do. Get great ideas you can use immediately, from day-to-day operations to long-term strategic planning.

We put it together.

• Comprehensive profiles examining the processes employed by top medical groups

• Key indicators for financial and operational success

• Performance-focused management tactics in many specialty categories

• Helpful perspectives on profitability, cost management, production capacity and staffing, accounts receivable and collections

You put it to use.

• Compare your practice to some of the nation’s most effective and financially successful medical groups to see how you measure up

• Adapt some of the best ideas and practices to your organization

• Learn what fosters enhanced patient and employee satisfaction and effective governance and leadership

ISBN 1-56829-174-4

Regular price: $505; Your price: $404

 

Cost Survey Report for Multispecialty Practices: 2006 Report Based on 2005 Data

Item 6619

You need specialized data to realize the full benefits of benchmarking. That’s why the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) survey reports drill down to the details that matter. The annual Cost Survey Report, one of our most popular measurement tools, enables you to make key expense comparisons - relevant to your practice size and specialty - to aid high-level financial management and operational decision-making. You’ll find solutions faster, focusing vital resources on patient care and practice performance.

We put it together.

• Data on multispecialty practices

• Exhaustive detail for staffing and operating cost, broken out per physician, per provider, per patient, per square foot, as a percent of total medical revenue, per total RVU and per work RVU for both not hospital or IDS-owned and hospital or IDS-owned practices

• Revenue performance data including accounts receivable, charges, payer mix and procedural volume

You put it to use.

• Answer day-to-day financial management questions quickly and enhance your bottom line by examining cost and revenue sources more closely
• Develop models and make assumptions for use in strategic planning

• Benchmark your costs against other organizations with similar profiles and perform detailed comparisons to highlight improvement areas in your organization

• Base staffing decisions on medical revenue and other variables

2006, ISBN 1-56829-164-7

Regular price: $480; Your price: $384

Cost Survey Report for Single-Specialty Practices: 2006 Report Based on 2005 Data

Item 6620

You need specialized data to realize the full benefits of benchmarking. That’s why the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) survey reports drill down to the details that matter. The annual Cost Survey Report, one of our most popular measurement tools, enables you to make key expense comparisons - relevant to your practice size and specialty - to aid high-level financial management and operational decision-making. You’ll find solutions faster, focusing vital resources on patient care and practice performance.

We put it together.

• Data on single-specialty practices

• Exhaustive detail for staffing and operating costs, broken out per physician, per provider, per patient, per square foot, as a percent of total medical revenue, per total RVU and per work RVU

You put it to use.

• Answer day-to-day financial management questions quickly and easily and enhance your bottom line by examining cost and revenue sources more closely
• Develop models and make assumptions for use in strategic planning

• Benchmark your costs against other organizations with similar profiles and perform detailed comparisons to highlight improvement areas in your organization

• Base staffing decisions on medical revenue and other variables

2006, ISBN 1-56829-165-5

Regular price: $480; Your price: $384

Special discounted pricing for AAO-HNS members available on these titles only.

To order, go to the Store at mgma.com or call toll-free 877-275-6462 and have the promo code handy.  Enter promo code HNS05WE03 when you order online to get your 20% discount

If you are also an MGMA member, go to the Store at mgma.com or call toll-free 877-ASK.MGMA (275-6462) for your exclusive MGMA member savings.

 

Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2006 Report Based on 2005 Data
Item 6627
You need specialized data to realize the full benefits of benchmarking. That’s why Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) survey reports drill down to the details that matter. Our annual Physician Compensation and Production Survey Report helps your practice make detailed, relevant comparisons focused on the critical pay-performance relationship, and allows you to measure individual physician production against same-specialty peers. No matter your practice size or specialty, this indispensable resource empowers you with key information to improve practice performance and enhance patient care.

We put it together.

• Complete data on more than 44,000 physicians and nonphysician providers in more than 1,800 medical organizations

• Data for physician starting salaries and data categorized by specialty, rank, geographic region and more

• Various performance ratios illustrating the relationship between compensation and production

• Comprehensive and summary data tables that cover all specialties

You put it to use.

• Conduct peer comparisons to evaluate the performance of individual physicians and nonphysician providers

• Develop compensation and production targets for your providers

• Assess your compensation methods for compliance

2006, ISBN 1-56829-172-8

Regular price: $495; Your price: $396

 

2004 Coding Profile Sourcebook: Surgical Specialties

Item 6218

Use this sourcebook to assess individual physician and practice coding in comparison to a national database. By profiling physician coding patterns, your group gains insight into performance and opportunities for improvement.

• Evaluate coding patterns of individual doctors;

• Discover what procedures are performed for the most frequently occurring diagnoses; and

• Assess your physicians’ evaluation and management coding patterns.

These sourcebooks:

• Describe the frequency of diagnostic and procedural coding;

• Present current procedural terminology (CPT) and International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) diagnostic code information for all patients, as well as data by gender, age category and diagnosis; and

Reflect data for all patients seen by physicians.

Regular price: $635; Your price: $508