Benefits of Modular Certification

Benefits of Modular Certification

Heard of MIPS? The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is one of two tracks under the Quality Payment Program, which seeks to combine and streamline existing compliance programs with a goal of easing clinical burden while promoting quality care. In most cases, providers serving in Employee Health and Occupational Medicine don’t qualify to participate (click…

Why MIPS Might Not Matter to You

Why MIPS Might Not Matter to You

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is one of the two tracks offered under the Quality Payment Program for Medicare that seeks to combine and streamline existing compliance programs with a goal of easing clinical burden while promoting quality care. However, not everyone is qualified to participate in this program. Answer the questions below for…

What is an E/M? Evaluation/Management

What is an E/M? Evaluation/Management

Curious about how E/M, or Evaluation/Management, affects an Occ Med business? Watch below as Eddie Stahl, Clinical Solutions Consultant, very clearly points out how Occ Med E/M codes seriously impact revenue. Need professional consultation? Learn how the Net Health 360 professional services programs can help you conquer the most complex problems in specialized lines of work….

Workflow and Key Performance Indicators: Keeping Productivity, Revenue, and Expenses in Check

Workflow and Key Performance Indicators: Keeping Productivity, Revenue, and Expenses in Check

Occupational Medicine environments are complex and multi-faceted. Growing as a successful OM facility implies a high level of patient and business symbiosis. A thriving OM business not only provides an exceptional patient experience first-and-foremost – but it also generates revenue and manages expenses. With that said, keeping patients satisfied and the business fruitful relies on…

Patient Safety Awareness – Opportunities for Change in 2018

Patient Safety Awareness – Opportunities for Change in 2018

Medical error not only causes serious complications for patients, it also creates an incredible financial burden in the United States. A study from John Hopkins suggests that medical errors are the third-leading cause of death in the United States, with upwards of 250,000 deaths annually. Another study by the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation…

DOT Adds Additional Substances to Drug Test Panel

DOT Adds Additional Substances to Drug Test Panel

At the start of January 2018, the Department of Transportation (DOT) added four additional substances to its federally-mandated drug testing panel. With growing concerns regarding the prescription and abuse of opioids, the panel additions were made in direct response to the crisis and trying to minimize a false positive drug screen. DOT recognizes the threat…

How to Battle Negative Workplace Thoughts

How to Battle Negative Workplace Thoughts

Hospital employees have bad days at work that can lead to negative thinking, but there are ways to manage those thoughts and feelings. Surprisingly, those bad feelings can be turned them into opportunities for advancing your career. Recently the term ‘Emotional Agility’ was coined to describe the process that we employ to navigate life’s changes…