Product Details

• Actors: Network For Continuing Medical Education, Alan Snell
• Studio: Network For Continuing Medical Education
• ASIN: B002AQNMBQ

Editorial Reviews

In this two-part documentary, Alan Snell, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Memorial Medical Group (Memorial Health Systems) in South Bend presents an in depth and critical look at market factors and clinical issues affecting consolidated and traditional practices today. Special attention is given to decision-making strategies to improve clinical care and performance accountability. Some of the timely issues that Dr. Snell and his team address include: negotiating with managed care groups from a position of strength; the impact of practice acquisitions and mergers on primary care today; risk management within managed care and integrated delivery systems, and the use of immunization registries and similar computerized data to improve practice management and patient care. Other topics include: documentation guidelines; electronic documentation of quality of care and cost-effectiveness; conducting a self-audit of records; meeting health plan expectations; satisfying regulatory requirements; credentialing; patient satisfaction surveys to assess and improve compliance; and outpatient care paths.