Conomikes Reports on Medical Practice Management and Managed Care A newsletter information service to help improve your practice performance. Published 10 times per year. An excellent resource for physicians and medical practice managers looking for workable solutions to everyday problems affecting practice productivity and profitability. Each issue includes articles on: managed care; billing and collections; cost control; personnel management; computers; patient management; and time management. $149/year—10 issues—Call or e-mail to order.

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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)

The 2008 Medicare RVU Scale Handbook & CD-ROM in Excel 6.0 Format Our easy-to-read special edition of the Medicare RVU Scale gives you step-by-step instructions on how to use the Scale to determine how to bill Medicare for your services and procedures. For example: Is this a non-covered service for which you should be collecting from the patient? Is this a bundled service? Then don’t collect from the patient. Using the CD-ROM will save you hours performing practice management calculations. $99—190-page handbook & CD-ROM— Order Online (Amazon.com)

 

Conomikes 2008 Wall Planning Calendar 23" x 35" Our large year-at-a-glance wall calendar has been a popular item for many years. View the entire year and still have room to write key appointments in each date square. A great planning tool. $16.95—23" x 35" Calendar— Order Online (Amazon.com) $5.00 ea—additional calendars on same order— Call or e-mail for multiple calendars.

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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