Does FEAR Stop You?

September 14, 2011

One of the most common obstacles the clinicians (nurse practitioners, physician assistants and registered nurses)  I work with need to overcome is fear. Many  may be afraid of making the transition from being a paid provider in a clinic to running their own clinic and paying others, afraid of marketing themselves, afraid of learning new skills, [...]

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Are you worth it?

September 7, 2011

There is no question that Nurses and Nurse Practitioners play increasingly vital roles in our health care system. Yet our effectiveness is being undermined by the rising impact of environmental stress caused by alarms on monitors, ringing pagers, the pressure to manage more patients in less time, increasing amounts of paperwork, and a number of [...]

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Are you prepared when the payer doesn’t pay?

August 31, 2011

Those of you practicing in California during the summer of 2009 likely remember all too clearly when the state of California issued IOU’s for health care services you provided. This came to mind this past week when an insurance company in my state was “outed” for delaying over 300,000 claims to providers since Jan 2011 [...]

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[Video] Medicine 2.0

August 18, 2011

 

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Starting a Long Term Care Practice

August 17, 2011

Many Nurse Practitioners and other advance practice clinicians who want to start a practice, are worried about the cost to get started in a traditional office practice and are looking for options. One such option is a practice focusing long term care (LTC). Geriatrics is one area that is vastly underserved, especially for those who [...]

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[Video] Facebook Security

August 7, 2011

I’m a huge fan of Facebook for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and other clinicians…but it has to be done in the right way…which includes your security settings. Apparently Facebook recently defaulted everyone to non-secure browsing. This video will show you how to make the change to secure browsing when @ Facebook. And by the way…if [...]

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Build a Successful Continence Practice

August 6, 2011

I am frequently asked “what kind of business can I have”? While there are several forms of business, most NPs and PAs choose a clinical practice. And while most chose primary care, more are choosing a niche or specialty practice. One such niche is urinary incontinence (UI) care. A continence practice is a fantastic opportunity [...]

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Incident To: Proceed with Caution

July 20, 2011

Billing incident to is a question I frequently find in my inbox, on listserves, social media groups and at conferences. I’ve even seen this discussed, often erroneously on medical billing and coding discussion groups and listserves. In most situations, this applies to  Medicare, but it is possible that your state Medicaid payer, as well as [...]

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Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2011

July 18, 2011

This is extremely important for Nurse Practitioners to pay attention and take action. From GAPNA, ACNP and other organizations. It’s imperative that you participate now. We all know how important this is for our patient care. ——————- Take ACTION this week ! Congress is scheduled to adjourn for August recess at the end of this [...]

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Word Choices for Clinicians

July 9, 2011

Nurse practitioners, and indeed all clinicians today, are quite busy…often rushed. Do we really stop to take the time to chose our words carefully when speaking with our patients, staff and colleagues? Something to think about as this video points out. Please share your thoughts below.

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