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Conomikes Reports on Medical Practice Management and Practice Profitability Our Newsletter has helped thousands of readers improve their performance & profitability. For over 20 years physicians, practice managers, and medical office staff have used this resource for workable solutions to the everyday problems at their practices. Each issue features articles that you can put to work on: billing and collections; coding updates; electronic health records guidelines; personnel management challenges; cost controls; better patient management; time management; and money-saving clues. Sent to you by e-mail 20 times per year: semi-monthly, with monthly issues in January, July, August, and December. And our timely electronic version allows you to pass along articles of special interest to others at your practice. But there is more. Every week our “Conomikes Tips on Tuesdays” arrives in your inbox, with timely articles, including the latest alerts on Medicare reimbursement as well as short, useful management tips. $159/year—20 issues plus 52 “Tips on Tuesdays”—Call (800) 421-6512 or e-mail to order. In your e-mail we will need your name, address, and credit card information (name on card, card number, and expiration date) for payment. We accept Visa, MasterCard, and American Express. The subscription will be delivered to the e-mail address you use to place the order, unless you give us a different one that you prefer to use.

Handbooks

The following Handbooks were designed based upon our extensive presentations at sponsored practice management seminars. They also incorporate many of the techniques we have observed at some of America's best-run practices.

Medical Office Staff Handbook A front desk guide to help improve Patient Service, Telephone Management, and Patient Scheduling. Major topics include: How to Manage your Practice Telephones, designing your own Appointment Scheduling System, How to manage the “Hello” and “Goodbye” functions. The handbook features 19 do-it-yourself projects that result in a Front Desk Procedures Manual, tailor-made to your practice. $119—110 pages—Order Online (Amazon.com)

Successful Billing and Collection Handbook A powerful A to Z guide on how to turn practice losses into practice gains. Effective ways to check Explanations of Benefits and Remittance Advice Notices, the Medicare appeals process, special Managed Care collection requirements, the role of the practice manager in collections, how to establish collection controls including collections reports that help you spot problems. $119—131 pages—Order Online (Amazon.com)

A Blueprint for Documenting Your E&M Services: 1995 and 1997 Guidelines If you want to go to sleep fast, try reading Medicare's Documentation Guidelines for E&M Services. Even though it is difficult to decipher, it’s a document that simply can't be ignored, especially if you are concerned about how well physician documentation would stand up in an audit. This special report addresses the documentation requirements according to both versions—1995 and 1997. Use either version until the final Guidelines are approved by CMS. $39—44 pages—Order Online (Amazon.com)

 

Medical Office Manager’s Successful Planning Kit The Planning Kit is an actual gold mine of information on 77 timely topics you can tap into any time. But there’s more. With each plan—bound in our attractive notebook—we provide the Implementation Tools that show you how to channel this information into practical results. We have even developed handy forms and checklists that will save you hours of work. And we will show you how to download any of these forms, checklists, and timetables and tailor-make them to suit your own practice needs. $99—104-pages Order Online (Amazon.com)

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