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February 2009 Six tips and suggestions to assist your practice with compliance of the mandatory “Red Flag Rule" by Patricia Markus 6 min 30 seconds



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The monthly PracticEssentials pearls podcast offers you up to date news on what is important to physicians across the state.

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Archive of past podcasts

June 2008 Beacham Wray explains how to use the Medicare Fee Schedule for payment. 5 min 40 seconds

May 2008 Tips on mastering patient flow by Susan Childs 5 min 45 seconds


May 2008 Tips on mastering patient flow by Susan Childs 5 min 45 seconds

April 2008 Margie Satinsky discusses how to market your medical practice. 3 min 58 seconds

March 2008 Joanie Cochran speaks of basic information to better your office documentation. 6 min 54 seconds

Feburary 2008 Beacham Wray explains the complicated world of RVU's Relative Value Units in a way that everyone can understand 4 mins.

January 2008 Joanie Cochran the Administrator for coding and compliance review for MedCost in Winston Salem North Carolina discusses the changes in medical codes for 2008. 3:32 minutes.

December 2007 Melanie Phelps explains about the new North Carolina MOST Medical Order for Scope of Treatment form. 3 minutes 41 seconds.

November 2007 Will McHenry discusses how to increase patient visits in a very competitive marketplace. 4 minutes 30 seconds.

October 2007 The benefits of a managed hosting provider solution to security and disaster preparedness for medical practices. 4 minutes 10 seconds

September 2007 Margie Satinsky discusses diversity in the workplace focusing on generational differences. She provides several strategies to help medical offices have a diversified work force. 5 minutes 40 seconds.

August 2007 Timberel Burke of IC System explains when to draw the line in the sand with problem collections. 5 min 50 seconds.

July 2007
Renee Edwards, expert in Electronic Medical Records, explains the basics of software implementation. 5min. 18 sec.

June 2007 Melanie Phelps discusses what do you do when you receive a subpoena for all the medical records on a patient that is only signed by an attorney and does not contain an authorization from the patient or a court order. Find out in this month's pearl of wisdom. 3:20 Min.

May 2007 Scarlette Gardner the Associate General Council for the North Carolina Medical Society.
She will be discussing Employee, Employer, Insurance Carrier and Medical Provider basic responsibilities under the workers compensation act. 4 min 10 seconds

April 2007 Dr. John Henry Pfifferling of the Center for Professional Well-Being discusses Traits of an Inspiring Leader. 5 min 14 seconds.

March 2007 Searching Medical Databases

February 2007 Retirement

January 2007 Coding