bullet Executive Update Archive 2003 -2009
 

Core Competency (CC):
BF: Business Operations & Finance
CR: Compliance and Risk Management
HR: Human Resources
IT: Information Technology
MB: Marketing and Business Development
PG: Professional Growth
The Executive Update provides managing physicians, administrators, office managers and other allied health professionals with relevant practice management information. Read the Executive Update for helpful, real-world tools and tips to help you run a successful practice.

2009 CC  Topic
September 2009 PG Make a Plan to Be a Better Leader
August 2009 BF Ophthalmology Practice Benchmarking Survey Results Based Upon 2008 Data
July 2009 CR New “HITECH” Act Data Privacy and Security Rules: What Is Required for Health Care Providers?
June 2009 BF The Three-Hour Self-Assessment, Part Two: Your Practice’s Tech Station
May 2009 BF The Federal Stimulus Package and the HITECH Act: Taking Stock of What We Know To Date
April 2009 BF The Three Hour Self-Assessment, Part One: Your Practice’s Front Desk
March 2009 BF Boosting Your Bottom Line
February 2009 BF Ophthalmology Practice Benchmarking Survey Results Based Upon 2007 Data
January 2009 HR New FMLA Regulations Bring Range of Changes, Clarifications
   
2008 CC Topic 
November 2008 BF Selecting a Medical Billing Vendor
October 2008 BF Strategic Planning for Practice Executives
September 2008 HR Addressing Policies In Your Practice Agreements
August 2008 IT EHR: Where Are You On the Continuum of Adoption
July 2008 HR Family Military Leave
June 2008 HR Hiring a New Physician: Answers to Some Key Questions
May 2008 BF Ophthalmology Practice Benchmarking Survey Results Based Upon 2006 Data
April 2008 PG Preparation is the Key to Overcoming Stage Fright
March 2008 BF/IT Web-Based Meetings and Training
February 2008 BF Meeting the High Expectations of Today's Patient
January 2008 MB Maximizing Patient Referrals
   
2007 CC Topic
December 2007 IT Selection and Implementation of an EMR: A Case Study
November 2007 BF How "Stark" Affects Ophthalmology Practices
October 2007 IT Implementing Electronic Medical Records in Our ASC
September 2007 BF Designing Effective Ophthalmic Medical Space
August 2007 BF Operational Asessments: An Integral Part of Practice Management
July 2007 BF  Record Retention and Destruction
June 2007 BF  Increase Your Staff's Productivity
April 2007 MB  Branding on a Budget
March 2007 HR  Defend Your Firing Decision with the Department of Labor
February 2007 BF Ophthalmology Practice Benchmarks
December 2006 HR Helping New Employees Succeed
   
2006  CC Topic 
November 2006 BF How Much Do You Know? Questions You May Encounter in Your Ophthalmology Practice
October 2006 HR The Corrosive Influence of The Problem Employee: Recognizing The Symptoms Before it Becomes a Systemic Disease
September 2006 BF  Fundamentals of Frame Inventory Control
August 2006 BF  Common Mistakes in Partnerships 
July 2006 MB Using the Local Media to Promote Your Practice
June 2006 BF Ophthalmic Practice Financial Policy
May 2006 BF Administrators: Create Your Doctor’s Succession Exit Strategy
April 2006 HR Building a Team
March 2006 PG The Administrator's (on the job) Education
February 2006 BF Raise Revenue and Cut Costs
January 2006 HR The Exit Interview
   
2005 cCC Topic 
December 2005 BF How Office Design Impacts Practice Revenue
November 2005 IT Implementing Online Security Standards in Your Practice
October 2005 HR Developing Your Employee Handbook: Protective Shield or Legal Minefield
September 2005 BF/MB Acquiring Practices: Buying Strangers, Friends and Enemies, Part Two: Structuring the Purchase
August 2005 BF/MB Acquiring Practices: Buying Strangers, Friends and Enemies Part One: Purchasing a Competitor
July 2005 BF Collecting Unpaid Charges: What a Practice Can and Can't Do
June 2005 PG So, What Did You Expect?
May 2005 MB How Your Optical Shop Benefits Your Patients and the Practice
April 2005 BF Practice Management Consultants – Who Needs Them?
March 2005 IT No File Left Behind: Practical Tips on Electronic Records Management
February 2005 BF Surveying Your Patients: A Critical Aspect to Winning Patients and Keeping Them for Life
January 2005 CR Your Practice Web Site and HIPAA Compliance: What You Need To Know
   
2004 cCC Topicc
December 2004 BF Accounting Statements for Ophthalmology Practice
November 2004 BF/MB Calculating “Return on Investment”
October 2004 BF/MB Contracting & Managing your Relationships with 3rd Party Payers
September 2004 HR New Wage and Hour Regulations Go Into Effect
August 2004 IT Electronic Medical Records! Is This an Idea Whose Time Has Come?
July 2004 BF Managing Your Accounts Receivable 
June 2004 HR/MB Can You Teach My Opticians How to Sell?
May 2004 BF Finding Solutions to Your Most Persistent Management Problems 
April 2004 MB Introduction to Benchmarking
March 2004 CR The Explosion of the Use of the False Claims Act in Health Care
February 2004 BF/MB Tools for Increasing Physician Referrals
January 2004 BF Update On Ophthalmology Overhead 2004
   
2003 cCC Topicc
December 2003 HR Running an Effective Meeting in Your Practice, Part Two
November 2003 HR Running an Effective Meeting in Your Practice, Part One
October 2003 BF The Five Steps of Supervision
September 2003 MB 10 Marketing Tips for Your Practice
August 2003 BF Practical Cost-Control Tips
July 2003 HR/IT Training: The (Often) Missing Link 
June 2003 BF Planning and Budgeting, Part Two
May 2003 BF Planning and Budgeting, Part One
April 2003 CR/BF Ergonomics in the Ophthalmologist's Office
March 2003 HR/BF Performance Plans
February 2003 HR Job Description Know-How

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