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  1. Deloitte Poll: 1/3rd companies don’t have the first damn clue about business analytics. Been saying this about medical practices for years.
  2. http://www.uiowa.edu/~ibl/HealthLawColloquium.shtml. Free ongoing course on healthcare reform.
  3. How often is a credit balances only accounts receivable aging report run? You might be surprised how big that number is. Check it out.
  4. Another contract dispute, another litigation support project. Contract disputes can be real or perceived. Keep your agreements up to date.
  5. Remember there is truly only one financial benchmark - Am I making more money this year than last year? The starting point. Investigate.
  6. Took wife for postop visits this morning. Visited 2 doctor offices and listened to many HIPAA violations as I sat in both waiting rooms.
  7. Back from Seattle. Biggest concern of administrators in attendance? Continued practice viability believe it or not. Not a pretty sight.
  8. Off to Seattle to give my 2-day MGMA speech. Will be interesting to talk with attendees about medicine's future & how they are reacting.
  9. Still can't believe so many physicians are running to hospitals for a life boat. Can't believe so many are scared of medicine's future. Plan
  10. When was the last time you did a thorough review of your marketing efforts? What's working? What's not working? Are u making a daily effort?
  11. Beware of vendors. They will try to entice you to increase your small expenses. They benefit when your small expenses proliferate unnoticed.
  12. Rethink your practice spending decisions regularly, if not constantly. Cost control is an ongoing process. Pay close attention to vendors.
  13. Have to take some back re hospital-bad set of nurses yesterday. Question: When you work at your job, aren't you suppose to give a shit?
  14. Wife had surgery yesterday. Methodist Hospita in Houston KNOWS about how to deliver great customer service. Do you and your practice?
  15. Do me one favor in the upcoming weeks-please assess your customer service. Most offices really suck at it and this sticks in peoples minds!!
  16. Starting a project to referee another physician compensation dispute. As you can guess, these are becoming more frequent as net income slips
  17. Just finished a successful contract negotiation with Anthem Blue Cross for MD practice on east coast. You can renegotiate if you just try!
  18. Do you know what IPAB stands for? You better - will start making recommended Medicare payment changes starting in 2004. Will replace MedPAC.
  19. Am I doing the right thing? Am I doing the best thing for the practice? Am I doing the best thing for myself and my employees? Think bout it
  20. Read article on 10 rules for maximizing your profits. Rule #1 - Keep your employees happy. Happy employees are more productive employees.