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Preliminary Screening of Job Applicants in 5 Steps
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Preliminary Screening of Job Applicants in 5 Steps by Laura Sachs Hills, M.A.: In this editorial, the author suggests a five-step screening technique that will help you identify the best applicants from a large pool. The editorial explains how to eliminate unsuitable candidates and offers practical guidelines for ranking qualified applicants. It also offers advice about verifying job eligibility and using tests in the application process.
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Workplace Violence: Protecting Your Practice From an Epidemic
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From an article by Robert C. Calway, M.H.C.A., B.S., M.T.(A.S.C.P.) in The Journal of Medical Practice Management. Workplace violence, in the form of verbal threats and/or intimidation and physical aggression, is commonplace in medical practices today. The practice must be prepared to respond to this disaster in the same manner with which they prepare for responses to a medical emergency, fire, or loss of electricity.
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Stop the Medical Office Bickering with Judy Capko
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In this 20-minute podcast, Judy Capko, author of the runaway best seller, Secrets of the Best-Run Practices covers specific reasons why conflicts can emerge in a practice and how office bickering can impact productivity. She provides tips on how to approach the subject with staff and practical ideas on resolving the bickering. She also describes very proactive strategies physicians and office executives can use to reduce the potential conflicts.
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Podcast: Managed Care Contracting, Top Considerations
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Susan Childs, FACMPE, of Evolution Healthcare Consulting, in this 20-minute podcast, discusses the most important aspects to consider when negotiating a managed care contract, how to convey the value and culture of your practice to insurance companies, the threat to terminate a contract (should it ever be done?), the most important contract language to address and strategies to use to keep up with the timeline of your contracts.
Evolution Healthcare Consulting
www.evohcc.com
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Interview with Dr. Chris Rangel of RangelMD.com
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Discussion includes early history of medical blogging; if physicians are "happy"; views on choosing medicine as a career; patients views about physicians and what they go through; balancing patients expectations in providing personal care vs. managing time; blogging as a physician and blogging in general; advantages and disadvantages of using a blog as a tool to market a medical practice.
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