Practice Management
According to Vicki Kennedy, practice and clinical managers can play a vital role in identifying patient needs and in providing information about resources available to patients. Practice and clinical managers can help bring resource information into the practice and make it readily available to patients.
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As a 3-time cancer survivor and longtime oncology nurse and navigator, Lillie Shockney emphasizes that the patient is more than his or her pathology. Read More ›
The delivery and financing of oncology care have changed rapidly in recent years, posing challenges for oncologists and their practice administrators. In an effort to improve healthcare quality, coordination, and efficiency, a number of novel payment mechanisms and cancer care delivery models are being developed and implemented. Read More ›
In an ideal practice management world, every unique coding situation would be carefully explained within the American Medical Association (AMA) Curent Procedural Terminology (CPT) codebook or within the CPT Changes: An Insider’s View manual. The rules for coding and compliance would be black and white, and they would be applied consistently from insurance payer to insurance payer. Read More ›