TMA Practice Well

If you have a superb team, you want to keep them, and if you have a team that struggles, you want to help them improve. You want a high-functioning team that supports your busy practice.

A tool that is great for cultivating and keeping a high-functioning team is performance evaluations and coaching. With planning and a consistent process providing measurable objective feedback and praise, you will keep your best staff happy and provide a clear path to success for underperformers.  Listen to this CME-to-Go now to learn how. Claim CME for this episode at www.texmed/org/CMEtoGO. 

Former counterterrorism special agent and personal safety expert Fred Burton shares practical tips physicians and their staff should use to prevent and if need thwart physical attacks. For more education on this topic visit the TMA Education Center at www.texmed.org/Education. 

Experts in employment law and human resources answer questions from Texas physicians about vaccine requirements for employees. To claim CME for this episode and to access additional resources go to www.texmed.org/CMEtoGo.

Creating and retaining high functioning team doesn't have to be a challenge. TMA practice consultant, Teri Deabler, shares processes for identifying the best candidate for your medical practice and tips for keeping your staff performing at the top of their game.  To access resources mentioned in this episode and to claim CME for go to www.texmed.org/CMEtoGo.

This Ask the Expert episode provides access to professional experts who answer the questions that come to mind after you have implemented your medical practice policies and procedures manual. Experts include health care attorney Jeff Drummond, partner with Jackson Walker, and TMA practice management consultants, who answer questions about vaccine requirements for employees, retention of medical records, charging for missed appointments, and more. To claim CME for this episode, and to access additional programs, go to www.texmed.org/CMEtoGo.

Although skepticism about vaccines exists among a broad array of Texans, conversation and an open mind can help reluctant patients come around. Guest host Lynn Stewart, MD shares talking tips and resources you can use to help your patients overcome vaccine hesitancy and looks in particular at the human papillomavirus (HPV) and the vaccine that protects against related cancers. To claim CME for this episode, and to access resources mention, go to www.texmed.org/CMEtoGo.

Physician members can access a wealth of expert advice and practical information from the Texas Medical Association. This episode spotlights a popular member benefit, TMA’s reimbursement, review, and resolution service. Guest speaker and manager of reimbursement, review, and resolution service, Carra Benson, provides quick tips in the top five topics with frequent questions: bundling, credentialing, prior authorization, refunds, and general coding questions. Get help today at www.texmed.org/rrr.

Expert guests answer questions about billing for NPP services, including billing incident-to, and frequent questions about supervision. To claim CME for this episode and access additional resources on this topic go to www.texmed.org/CMEtoGo. 

A difficult patient can be any patient, from one who has multiple symptoms or is noncompliant, to someone who is just angry or receiving bad news. Boost your communication skills and learn techniques that you – the physician – can use to thwart difficult behavior. Claim CME for this episode at www.texmed.org/CMEtoGo.

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many vulnerabilities in health care and the economy, and in no small measure, in the fee-for-service payment model that undergirds volume-based physician practices. Value-based care, on the other hand, has proven to be more resilient during the pandemic.  

In this third and final installment of the Value-Based Care series, TMA quality consultant Yvonne Mounkhoune walks through steps for transitioning to value-based care.  Claim CME for this episode at www.texmed.org/CMEtoGo.