The Journal of medical practice management : MPM
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In the course of your career in medical practice management, you will almost certainly encounter at least one employee who dislikes you. In some instances, an employee's dislike may be justified. But in many, you will have done nothing wrong. ⋯ This article also suggests 14 signs that your employees hate you in secret. It offers 10 reasons that employees commonly hate their managers, five reasons that employees dislike managers who micromanage them, and seven reasons employees may dislike you that you can't prevent. Finally, this article suggests an effective first-aid strategy for bad employee-manager relationships and explores the potential upside of being disliked.
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To a significant degree, "healthcare reform" is a movement to change how both physicians and healthcare facilities are compensated, with value replacing volume as the key compensation metric. The goal of this movement has not yet been accomplished, but the process is accelerating. In this article, we track how the arc of physician compensation is bending, how the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act will drive further changes to physician compensation models, and how these changes may affect physician practice patterns and physician staffing in the future.
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The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) represents a shift in how health-care is delivered as it shifts from reactive to proactive. A care transformation model with a number of studies demonstrating its effectiveness, PCMH can be a significant undertaking for primary care practices. This article presents a general overview of the PCMH model and briefly explains how it relates to the other healthcare reforms taking place.
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A common misconception is that the phrase workplace diversity means meeting certain quotas in employee race or gender categories. In fact, diversity is much more than that. This article explores the unique benefits and challenges of managing a culturally diverse medical practice team and offers practice managers 25 practical strategies. ⋯ This article also explores ethnocentrism, racism, ageism, sexism, stereotyping, and other potentially divisive issues among a diverse medical practice team. It provides an assessment instrument practice managers can use to evaluate their own diversity management skills. Finally, this article defines specifically what is meant by the term diversity and explores the top 10 diversity issues in workplaces today.