NP Interview – Carolyn Zaumeyer, NP | Patient Payment Options

June 9, 2010

One of the challenges for any practice is collecting payments from payers, including our patients. However, most practices do not utilize all the options available to them. On Sunday June 13th, we will be talking with Nurse Practitioner Carolyn Zaumeyer. She has combined her expertise in Independent Practice and Patient Payment Options – which will [...]

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NPBO Minute – Niched NP Practices

June 2, 2010

// < ![CDATA[ var playerhost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://npbovideo.s3.amazonaws.com/ezs3js/secure/" : "http://npbovideo.s3.amazonaws.com/ezs3js/player/"); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + playerhost + "flv/C7C4EA7F-B4D2-CC1C-608AE7CF0FE65100.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); // ]]> Answering Nurse Practitioner questions about business… Teresa has asked me what do I think about having a niched practice such as with men’s health, since women have GYNs; and I’ll tell you, I [...]

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Medicare Cuts…again.

May 27, 2010

Nurse Practitioners who accept Medicare, will want to be aware of this: May 27, 2010 — The dreaded 21.3% reduction in Medicare reimbursement for physicians will likely take effect June 1 as scheduled following the failure of House and Senate Democrats tonight to pass the necessary legislation to stop it. The Memorial Day recess for [...]

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Are you a LTC Advanced Practice Clinician?

May 26, 2010

Joyce Fontana PhD, NP is conducting an online survey of Long Term Care Advanced Practice Clinicians regarding Health Screening practices in the LTC setting. She would appreciate your participation. The survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete. Results of the survey will be presented at the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nursing Association Annual Conference in Albuquerque [...]

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Avoiding Employee Disputes

May 23, 2010

Not to long ago, I had an emergency coaching session with a Nurse Practitioner who owns a large, very busy clinic regarding an unhappy employee. This employee was subsequently let go and is now suing for improper firing. While this NP had most of her ducks in a row (and thus the lawsuit will likely [...]

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NP Interview – Jyll K. Green, ANP

May 14, 2010

This week, Nurse Practitioner Interviews (www.NPInterviews.com), will be talking with Jyll K. Green, ANP from Anchorage, Alaska.  She completed her MSN in 2004 and opened her immediate care and family practice office in 2007, adding a second NP in 2009. Join us on Sunday May 16, 2010 @5pm Pacific (www.time.gov for your time zone). If [...]

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What is Marketing?

May 9, 2010

Savvy Nurse Practitioners will do well to pay attention to marketing. But what is it? Marketing is a term that is thrown about rather easily, yet not well understood.  Many of us think of marketing as advertising.  In truth, advertising is only one vehicle of the marketing pie.  Some people use the term marketing to [...]

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NPBO Practice Startup System

April 26, 2010

Nurse Practitioner Business Owner, hosted “Getting Started in your OWN Practice” teleseminar on Sunday April 25, 2010. There were RECORD numbers of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in attendance.  The questions sent in before and during the event were fantastic. I did not get a chance to answer all the questions, but watch this blog [...]

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The Case for Nurse Practitioners Practicing Autonomously

April 26, 2010

Thank you to Dr. Susan Apold, NP! Wonderful interview. Thank you Stephen @ http://npview.blogspot.com for posting this on YouTube Sphere: Related Content

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Nurse Practitioners Providing Primary Care

April 23, 2010

No doubt that you have been reading, hearing and watching the news about Nurse Practitioners and the move to remove barrier to our practice. While some reports are fairly accurate, others show the ignorance of the reporter (I’m thinking of a certain Fox interview recently where it was clear the folks interviewing Dee Swanson, president [...]

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