Seminar
2901
Malpractice Prevention -- Strategies for the Medical Office"
This highly acclaimed program targets malpractice risks
in the medical office. Attendance by both physicians and
all categories of office staff is appropriate. Actual
malpractice case examples are used to illustrate the areas
of risk and specific, practical solutions are given to
reduce exposure.
Participants will learn:
- Overview of Malpractice Trends
- Managed Care Risks
- Legal Issues - Confidentiality,
Vicarious Liability
- Communications and Patient Relations
Skills
- Role of Patient Finances
- Informed Consent
- Medical Records . Your greatest
professional liability weapon
- Office Systems: Essential policies
and procedures
Comments from Attendees:
- "Everyone that's in the medical
field should experience this program."
- "A wonderful combination of general
principles and anecdotes."
- "Unbelievably good. Enjoyable
to listen to."
- "An excellent review to aid me
in the transition from hospital to private practice."
- "Very knowledgeable, informative,
and an excellent speaker."
- "Workbook will be helpful for
future reference -- very good program!"
- "It's nice to be able to relate
speaker content with audio-visual and manual."
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Seminar
3001
MEDICAL RECORDS
PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR THE 3 M's
"MALPRACTICE, MEDICARE, MANAGED CARE'
Learn why medical records documentation, chart organization
and office systems can help avoid the 3 M's: Malpractice
claims,Medicare audits and penalties, and downgrades on
Managed Care reviews. Topics include concrete recommendations
and office forms which have positive benefits to prevent
patient injury, mitigate liability, correlate documentation
with reimbursement and win points from managed care reviewers
to achieve additional bonus remuneration.
Participants will learn:
- Avoiding abandonment - HMO
vs. PPO procedures and documentation
- Holding new patient managed care
conversations. and documenting
- Gatekeeper and conflict of interest
- How to document when the plan
refuses to pay or benefits are denied
- Release of information guidelines
- Retention of Records- What Medicare
and malpractice carriers want
- Documentation defense problems
- Keeping your records clean with
"SOAP".
- Documentation to prevent or mitigate
liability
- Documenting patient contributory
negligence
- Informed consent and informed
refusal
- Problem lists and medication renewal
sheets
- After hours phone calls
- Abnormal results
- Recall and follow up systems
- E & M code and rationale for
services
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Seminar
3101
"OSHA UPDATE"
Physician employers must comply with OSHA
bloodborne Pathogens standards!
The course is designed for physicians, medical office
managers, administrators, safety program directors and
staff members. The training materials will furnish compliance
information to prepare your office site specific manual,
a "train the trainer" manual so an internal
staff member can present the annual required re-training
and additional resources.
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
Annual OSHA Training Requirement:
