NSCHBC Edge Podcast

In this episode of the NSCHBC Edge Podcast, Healthcare Business Consultant Chris Zaenger of Z Management Group, Ltd. joins host Terry Fletcher to discuss hiring the right people in management positions in your practice.

Among those decisions is whether your spouse or relative should be on the hiring list!

Also on the agenda, is salaries, remote workers, and staff members who look good on paper: but are they the best fit?

Join us for this fun and lively topic!

Practice start-up services can be very tedious to get a medical practice off to a solid start and firm foundation.

This episode of the Edge Podcast discusses startups and practice feasibility, going to work for an established private practice, or joining a Kaiser-like model or ACO to get a new physician's feet wet.

Joining Terry is NSCHBC member and Doctor's Management Healthcare Business Consultant Valora Gurganious.

Valora serves clients in all medical specialties. She works with the intricacies in starting a medical practice, feasibility studies, contract, and credentialing services, and more.

This podcast discusses what could be best for the new physician, or one looking to make a change: and the details that go into making this transition.

It has been reported that Medical Practices with NPP/APP's and other non-physician providers are more profitable and productive.

In this episode of the NSCHBC Edge Podcast, Terry welcomes NSCHBC member and Business Consultant Adam Middleton to discuss how NPPs can increase access, hours expansion, value-based services, and profitability.

Listen in to this discussion to help you make an informed decision to add NPPs or not into your practice!

Whether you are an independent, small or large practice, it is important to think about the pros and cons of outsourcing your medical billing.

On this episode of the Edge Podcast, guest Cyndi Walker CHBC joins Terry Fletcher to help you determine if outsourcing is right for your practice – and what factors go into making that decision.

Cyndi and Terry also discuss the difference between outsourcing and offshoring: do you know the difference? Tune in as the hosts provide the answers for all of these important questions and whether keeping your billing in-house may be the best option.

Have you sprung a leak in your RCM? Do you renegotiate or review your insurance contract language regularly? What about EOB review?

You may have payment posters, but who in your practice is deciding to appeal or write off denials - or work those denials? Have you checked in on your E/M documentation and coding with the new 2021 rules for office visits?

If you are a primary care are you utilizing your NPPs by adding value-added services, like AWV or CCM?

Terry Fletcher talks with David Zetter, of Zetter Healthcare, to determine when you should hire a healthcare consultant to assist with these tasks and help achieve long-term practice success.

This edition of The Edge Podcast focuses on the financial challenges most medical practices have faced during the last year: what did we learn from the pandemic to pivot our Medical Practices Financial Profile to a more profitable future?

Terry welcomes Practice Consultant Ginny Martin to the program to discuss extending hours, APNs, Medicare wellness services, and working AR with our remote RCM staff.

During the COVID-19 pandemic a lot has happened: the shutdowns, the halting of elective surgeries and procedures, the pivot to telehealth, and a decline in patient encounters.

The healthcare community had to figure out how they would financially stay afloat during the PHE. Provider Relief Funding came in the form of HHS Funds, EIDL, PPP, AAP and more.

In this episode of the Edge Podcast, Terry Fletcher welcomes Jennifer Pemble CPA CFE, CHBC, of Warren Averett, to discuss all of the offerings and answer pertinent questions.

What is a loan versus a grant or forgiven funding? And what are the rules and regulations on keeping it?

Also, Terry and Jennifer discuss the second round of PPP2, and other SBA options, to determine your possibilities due to economic uncertainty versus necessity.

Join us for this important topic in the Business of Medicine and provider-relief funding.

The Edge Podcast welcomes Doctor's Management Consultant Grant Huang to the show. Grant joins host Terry Fletcher to talk about Telehealth during the PHE and what to expect post-PHE.

With changes to the 2021 Medicare PFS and the CARES act flexibility set to roll back once the PHE ends, the two discuss the future of FaceTime and Skype as an approved platform, how to ready your practice to go all-in on Telehealth for your patients, and what you can do now to prepare for potential changes in reimbursement and coverage.

Today's topic focuses on employment terminations. From simple terminations to aggressive employees, this episode focuses on how to handle challenging situations: including contract employees with a non-compete clause.

Attorneys Amanda Waesch and Brian Meek role-play these real-life employer situations which could occur during or after the pandemic.

Welcome to the latest NSCHBC Podcast where our topic for discussion is "Fee for Service Medicine and Front Desk Collections".

Is Fee for Service Medicine here to stay? Is socialized medicine or a bundled/capitated payment system on our horizon or even a remote possibility?

Also, we discuss being proactive when it comes to front desk collections and payments.

Terry's guest contributor on this episode is the President of NSCHBC David Zetter, of Zetter Healthcare LLC. Together they will tackle these topics and give the current industry reality for a profitable practice during a pandemic and in the future.