4 Simple Questions That Will Make You A Better Manager To Your Employees
As humans, we have an uncanny ability to justify and explain situations in ways that benefit us. For example…
When we observe a father shouting, tugging or being overpowering towards their child, we raise an eyebrow and pass judgement on that parent’s poor parenting skills.
If we lose our temper with our kids, we justify it by blaming the circumstances. We’ll say, “if you knew how challenging my children are, you would understand.”
In a medical practice environment, it may go something like this.
Julie: Nancy is late again.
Michelle: That’s the way she is. She’s so disorganized.
Julie: I k...
Source: Pediatric Inc - April 13, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Brandon Tags: Employee Leadership challenge employee motivation employee reviews Employees feedback Pediatrics team leader Source Type: blogs
4 Simple Questions That Will Make You A Better Manager To Your Employees
As practice managers and administrators of both large and small practices, we are wired not to see our failures but instead see the shortfall of our employees and attempt to correct them. Nothing wrong with that. It's part of management.
But let me challenge you on this one. The next time you have difficulties with an employee, take a moment and reflect how you are interpreting the issue using the questions above. Consider where you are placing the blame. On people's character or the circumstances? (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - April 13, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Brandon Tags: Employee Leadership challenge employee motivation employee reviews Employees feedback Pediatrics team leader Source Type: blogs
Many State Medicaid Meaningful Use Attestations Delayed
My friend at the Verden Group publish thie information below on their blog. I’m reposting because I think it is important to bring awareness and maintain practices informed as best we can. The Verden Group is recommending practices interested in this issue to visit your State EHR incentive web page for details. Share This: (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - April 12, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Brandon Tags: Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Can Your Medical Practice Afford To Drop An Insurance Carrier?
I worked with a practice that was in a similar situation. The partners wanted to drop an insurance plan, but they had questions they wanted to answer before pulling the trigger, so to speak.
For example, one of the questions was how many patients would they potentially lose and how significant would be the financial impact if they dropped the insurance plan? (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - March 30, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Brandon Tags: Contract Reports Revenue The Business of Medicine BCBS Gross Charges Insurance negotiation Net Receivables partners Pediatrics Reimbursement United Healthcare Source Type: blogs
Here Is Why You Can’t Afford To Miss The Next Practice Management Seminar
Last weekend I had the privilege to present at the Pediatric Management Institute (PMI) seminar in Oakland, CA. It was the first time presenting at a PMI event. Paul Vanchiere and his team put together a great seminar.Not only were the topics informative and relevant, but the speakers did an awesome job of presenting the […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - February 2, 2015 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Note to Self Practice Management leadership Pediatrics Seminar Source Type: blogs
What A Top Management Guru Can Teach Us About Managing Our Medical Practice Better
Jim Collins affirms that accumulated progress is what drives greatness in companies. He adds that focusing and being disciplined about progress in small increments is the only way to become a great organization. Greatness, in other words, is not a silver bullet. It is a work in progress. And we get there not mile-by-mile, but rather inch-by-inch. […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - January 16, 2015 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Leadership Note to Self The Business of Medicine Change Incremental Changes Jim Collins Management Progress Source Type: blogs
Pediatric Practice Management Seminar You Don’t Want To Miss
The content in many practice management seminars or conferences are either too generic (the one size fits all medical specialty approach) or too specific (subspecialty focused) in my view. As a result, it makes it difficult sometimes to figure out how to apply the lessons from other medical specialties to pediatrics. If only there was pediatric specific […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - December 8, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Uncategorized AAP American Academy of Pediatrics Billing Budgeting Coding Conference finance Front Desk Collections ICD-10 Marketing Oakland Patients Practice Management San Francisco Seminar Source Type: blogs
Increase Your Medical Practice’s Bottom Line In One Easy Step
A few months before we opened the practice, we picked up a flyer inviting doctors, billing and coding staffers to attend a coding seminar in town. It looked like something we ought to go considering we were about to open our very own private practice and had zero billing and coding knowledge. About one minute into […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - November 21, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Billing Money Savings Revenue The Business of Medicine Codes Coding CPT ICD9 medical practice Pediatricians Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Eligibility & Deductibles: Do You Verify Before Patient’s Appointment?
Recently, I caught up with my friend Lynn Cramer. Lynn is Chief Administrative Officer at Eden Park Pediatrics in Lancaster, PA. Lynn is one of the most – if not the most – experienced practice managers I know, so I always like to glean any insight I can whenever I get the chance by asking her questions […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - October 17, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Billing Collections Employee Policies Training deductibles Eligibility front desk Pediatrics private practice Source Type: blogs
5 Deceptively Easy Ways to Become an Internet – Savvy, 21st Century Pediatrician
If you are going to be at this year’s AAP National & Exhibition conference in San Diego, come check out a talk I’m giving with Dr. Natasha Burgert. The title of the talk is: 5 Deceptively Easy Ways to Become an Internet – Savvy, 21st century Pediatrician. We’ve packed the presentation with a lot of […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - October 9, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Practice Management 21St Century AAP National & Exhibition Natasha Burgert Pediatrician Pediatricians Source Type: blogs
You Need To Read This If Your Practice Is In Illinois
A few weeks ago, I went to a luncheon at our local hospital to learn about the IL Managed Care rollout. I left the luncheon with one thought, this is going to be messy. Perhaps worst of all, the expectations is for doctor offices to clean up the State’s unorganized, information lacking, poorly executed rollout. The transition to […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - October 5, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Healthcare Pediatrics Policies Reform ACO Care Coordination CCE Credentialing Health insurance IL Illinois Insurance Plans Manage Care Medicaid medical home Patients Source Type: blogs
What Does Taking Patient Vital Signs Have To Do With A Medial Practice’s Financial Health?
I don’t know about you, but when I first started managing our practice, it took me a while to understand what part of the business I needed to measure. In other words, what were the best performance indicators I needed to keep tabs on to ensure the practice was doing well. Of course things like cash flow […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - September 19, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Practice Management Reporting Revenue The Business of Medicine Key Performance Indicators KPI Source Type: blogs
How To Implement A Credit Card On File Program For Your Medical Practice
My friend Mary Pat Whaley from Managementmypractice.com recently published a FREE 30-minute webinar where she introduces the concept of Credit Card on File exclusively for PediatricInc subscribers. How cool is that? Actually, that is partially true. The webinar is in fact free. But it is not only for PediatricInc subscribers. It is available for everyone! (I got carried away). […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - August 22, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Betancourt Tags: Lessons Money Savings Policies Revenue The Business of Medicine Accounts Receivables Credit card Financial policy medical practice Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
The Benefits of Visiting Practices And Why Partnerships Are Overrated Part Deux [Pediatric Practice Management Awesome Cast]
Chip and I have been traveling. We’ve also been extremely busy at each one of our jobs. So finding the time to schedule the AwesomeCast has been difficult. But we finally found some time to talk about a few things. In this episode, you’ll hear about a recent trip I made to the East Coast where […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - August 8, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Betancourt Tags: Consulting EMR Leadership Lessons Pediatric Practice Management VideoCast Pediatrician Pediatrics The Business of Medicine Source Type: blogs
10 Question You Must Ask If You Want Your Project To Succeed
When you observe large organizations, the kind that have MBAs, experienced managers and directors, a savvy CEO and a lot of resources, you would assume they succeed at every single project they do. They have the brain power, the money and the experience. Why would they not succeed? But the reality is, projects fail all […] (Source: Pediatric Inc)
Source: Pediatric Inc - July 9, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Leadership Lessons Training clarity clear customers Focus Patients Pediatric pediatric practice management questions Source Type: blogs
