***************************************************************************** PRACTICE GUARDIAN NEWS... ³The Internet & Practice Management." ************************************************************************************ Free - Subscribe today Forward a copy to a friend or associate... Submit your WWW.association site Information today! Issue 7 - July 1, 1999 Main Page http://www.mon.ffni.com/~practice Subscribe mjbconsult@email.com Unscribe. mjbconsult@excite.com ******************************************************************************* INDEX ******************************************************************************* Practice Management Sites ........The Berry List of Actuarial Resources. ........U.S. Insurance Law-Cornell University ........Clark & Mascaro P.C, - Insurance newsletter. TOP CHOICE REVIEW.... ExciteMed.com ASSOCIATION UPDATE The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) The American Thoracic Society ........The American College of Chest Physicians .......Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) RECOMMENDED NEWSLETTERS & PUBLICATIONS NATIONAL HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATIONS (A TO Z) EDITORIAL INFORMATION ************************************************************************************ Practice Management Sites ************************************************************************************ The Berry List of Actuarial Resources. http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/1602/ Excellent insurance and health care resource. Includes direct links to manage care,state insurance departments, HMO's, Worker's Compensation,Medicare and Medicaid information. Quality resource for the practice manager. ************************************************************************************ U.S. Insurance Law-Cornell University http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/insurance.html Health insurance database. Includes infromation on federal health insurance regulations, state statutes and current cases. Provides index of Insurance companies on the web. ************************************************************************************ Clark & Mascaro P.C, - Insurance newsletter. http://www.clark-ins.com/newslett.html Newsletter concentrating on overturning insurance and third party insurance denials.Includes online cases and examples. Quality resource for troubleshooting insurance claims. ************************************************************************************ TOP CHOICE REVIEWS ************************************************************************************ ExciteMed.com http://www.excitemed.com Looking for the right medical computer software system for the next millennium? At a touch of a button, ExciteMed.com can custom design your next computer software system. Featuring 15 day management of your billing and receivables it offers a unique glimpse into practice management 2000. A top choice for 1999 for any practitioner or health system. Fully Y2K compliant, Excitemed.com can create a flexible computing environment for your office, increase your productivity , overall efficiency and integrate all office processes into one easy to use system. ExciteMed.com utilizes the entire database with the word processing function to collect current co-payment or balances due after insurance payment. Most systems will not allow word processing functions to access account balances 45 days in the billing cycle forcing the manager to print the entire balance due. ( including pending insurance claims) This limits the manager from actively managing and collecting the account. A complete accounts receivable system with financial policies, safeguards and collection/insurance letters guaranteed to improve your patient response and open the communication lines between your patient and practice is available by request. Insure yourself against delinquencies and manage your patient's account from the first minute they enter your practice. In today's changing medical office flexibility is a key to success. Your computer software system in your practice must be able to adapt to new practice management technology. ExciteMed.com caters to your every practice need. It utilize your resources, assembles the right team of experts and management tools to design your new system from the ground up. The system is windows integrated with Microsoft Office and works with any Microsoft application. The most flexible computing environment for the physician's office. Success depends on utilizing the right management tool for business. ExciteMed.com offers on-site installation, software and hardware support to meet your every need. For more information call 1-800-741-4077 Ext 02 or visit their web site at http://www.excitemed.com ******************************************************************** ASSOCIATION UPDATE ********************************************************************************* The American College of Physician Executives http://www.acpe.org The American College of Physician Executives is a national professional association for licensed physicians--MD or DO--who have made or are anticipating making a move from clinical practice to medical management. Our goal is to help physicians who might be interested in management careers identify themselves and them to provide them with all the materials they will need for success. Founded in 1975, ACPE provides a wide range of educational opportunities for physicians desiring to acquire or improve management skills.Educational programming is conducted at formal conferences and seminars,through custom-designed programming for organizations, and by way of internet sites. The College also publishes a journal, a newsletter, and numerous books on medical management topics and offers information searches for members. We are in the process of developing and offering an internet-based site for members to search our databases directly for sources of information on medical management topics. The College's Web site is located at http://www.acpe.org and both describes the College and its products and services and allows potential buyers to complete purchases or registrations on-line. For more information about the association contact email Mr. Wesley Curry, at wcurry@acpe.org or call 813-287-2000, http://www.acpe.org ********************************************************************************** The American Thoracic Society http://www.thoracic.org The American Thoracic Society, founded in 1905, is an international professional and scientific society which focuses on respiratory and critical care medicine. Today, the Society has approximately 13,500 members, 75% of them from the US and 25% from around the world. The Society's members help prevent and fight respiratory disease through research, education, patient care and advocacy, with approximately 39% of the membership involved in either private or institutional practice. The Society's long range goal is to decrease morbidity and mortality from respiratory disorders and life-threatening acute illnesses. The American Thoracic Society is currently planning its 96th International Conference, ATS 2000, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from May 5-10, 2000. The 95th International Conference in San Diego this year broke an ATS record, with more than 16,000 attending from all over the world. Submission of original papers on all aspects of respiratory disease, including basic and clinical science, epidemiology and social, bio-behavioral, psychosocial and educational aspects, are welcome for presentation at ATS 2000. Abstract submissions for ATS 2000 are due by October 21, 1999, on original forms available by calling (212) 315-8780. ATS membership is NOT a requirement for submitting an abstract. The two highly respected journals published by the ATS are online at www.atsjournals.org. Internet access to the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine® (AJRCCM) and The American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology® (AJRCMB) is one of the many benefits exclusive to ATS members and subscribers. Both the AJRCCM and the AJRCMB are featured frequently in mainstream and trade press, and the Science Citation Index ranks the journals first and second, respectively, filtered under respiratory systems. The journals have come to reflect the diversity of ATS membership, as one-third to one-half of published articles are submitted by non-U.S. authors. More information about the ATS, its scientific journals and its International Conference, is available on the ATS Website, www.thoracic.org. or by contacting Ms. Lori Atkins, Manager, ATS Communication Services at 212/315-6442 http://www.thoracic.org ********************************************************************************** The American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org ChestNet (http://www.chestnet.org) is the official Web site of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). Through ChestNet, ACCP provides members and users with many resources: information about membership, news of the College through e-Soundings and ChestSoundings, abstracts from CHEST-The Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Journal, a calendar of educational programs, and on-line education, such as PCCU On-Line, two monthly lessons in pulmonary or critical care. ChestNet features press releases and classified employment advertising, and official ACCP consensus statements, clinical practice guidelines, and patient education materials are available. The College's philanthropic arm, The CHEST Foundation, is also represented at ChestNet, with information about the important work that is sponsored by the foundation. Annual Session/Meeting Information August 11-15, 1999 The ACCP Pulmonary Board Review: 1999 Orlando World Center Marriott Orlando, Florida Prepare for the ABIM Pulmonary Board Examination at the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Pulmonary Board review 1999. Study pathophysiology, etiology of pulmonary diseases, approaches to and techniques of diagnosis, and description and uses of therapeutic modalities relating to pulmonary medicine. For more information please contact: The American College of Chest Physicians Member Services 3300 Dundee Road Northbrook, Illinois 60062 Phone: 800-343-2227 or 847-498-1400 Fax: 847-498-5460 E-mail: registration@chestnet.org http://www.chestnet.org ********************************************************************************** Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) http://www.ansus.org AMSUS originated in 1891 and was chartered by Congress in 1903 to advance the knowledge of health care within the federal agencies and to increase the effectiveness of its members. It is dedicated to all aspects of federal medicine - - professional, scientific, educational, and administrative. AMSUS currently has nearly 12,000 members that represent all health care disciplines. AMSUS members include individuals who serve in the U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, and Active and Reserve components. Our members serve in the medical services of the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, U.S. Navy, Naval Reserve, and U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, and Coast Guard. Our membership also includes student health care professionals and former enlisted members of the uniformed services medical services in grade E-5 through E-9 and Civil Service GS-7 and above. AMSUS serves its members in a variety of capacities. Members receive a monthly journal, Military Medicine, which presents scientific and technical information to the membership and often contains articles written by members. Members also receive a quarterly newsletter which features legislative updates, health care and new product information, member news, meeting announcements, chapter news, and other information pertinent to our members. AMSUS holds it¹s annual meeting in November with a large number of it¹s membership in attendance. During the meeting, participants attend panel discussions and presentations of professional and scientific papers, and visit diversified and comprehensive technical and scientific exhibits. The AMSUS web site is comprehensive and offers quick and useful information for our members and visitors, particularly information about the Association and it¹s members, updates and on-line registration for the annual conference, subscription and submission information for our monthly journal, and links to relative web sites. AMSUS also posts it¹s Quarterly Newsletter on- line and offers members the opportunity to visit Doody¹s Review Service on-line, which provides members access to reviews and books that are relevant to the health care profession at a discounted rate. http://www.amsus.org ************************************************************************** For Your Information ****************************************************************************** My site has moved to http://www.mon.ffni.com/~practice temporarily until my new domain http://www.practiceguardian.com is completed. If you are looking for a quick benchmark fee (md and dds) the site will help. It also contains a wide range of articles and management information. All 1999 products and services reviews are now available for $50 by email.(updates included) Keep updated on the latest internet technology - claims filing, coding, fax by email, transcription, association updates etc. ******************************************************************************* RECOMMENDED NEWSLETTERS & PUBLICATIONS ******************************************************************************* ³Northwest Physician Magazine² Published Monthly Questions Contact Editor: Ms. Debbie Baldwin 1-800-697-6241 Yearly Subscription: Focus Point- Practice Management & Physician issues. ³The Health Care Collector² Published Monthly by: Aspen Publishers Questions contact: Editor, 414-796-1380 FAX 414-796-1552 205 Bishop¹s Way Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005 Yearly Subscription: $197 Focus Point: Collections ³The Credit Connection² Published Quarterly by: Wisconsin Clinic Credit Managers Association (WCCMA) Questions Contact: Support Services - Deen Clinic Ms. Teresa Addison, Editor 608-250-1121 1808 W. 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Send all inquiries to attention editor at (219) 583-4234/FAX (219) 583-3015/E-Mail mjbconsult@email.com The subjects and written examples in this newsletter are for general use only. The publisher and author do not accept any responsibility or liability in regards to misuse or misinterpretation. A qualified attorney should be consulted in all matters concerning practice management. Copyright 1999, MJB Consultant. *******************************************************************************!