A Publication of the Virginia Medical Group Management Association
Winter 2009
Welcome to the quarterly member newsletter of the Virginia Medical Group Management Association (VMGMA).
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Board has decided to focus 2009 efforts on six key areas
VMGMA Spring Conference to feature 3 outstanding speakers
Virginia law permits delegation to unlicensed professionals
Tough economy requires new approach to collecting on past-due accounts
VMGMA member spotlight: Eddie Clark
Laughter is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
A call for newsletter articles
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Practice Notes is the quarterly member newsletter of the Virginia Medical Group Management Association. If you have feedback regarding this newsletter, article ideas or suggestions, please contact the editor:
Frank Dieter
VMGMA Secretary
Phone:
(540) 373-1331
E-mail: fdieter@fredcardio.com
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Board has decided to focus 2009 efforts on six key areas
With a new year before us, your VMGMA Board has been working on our goals for 2009. We met in January and have chosen six areas in which to focus our efforts ... [Continued]
VMGMA Spring Conference to feature 3 outstanding speakers
“Tune In to Tune Up” is the theme at the upcoming VMGMA Spring 2009 Conference in Chantilly, Va.
The conference will take place March 29-31. Our keynote speakers and their topics for the conference are ... [Continued]
Virginia law permits delegation to unlicensed professionals
According to Virginia law, what tasks are physicians allowed to delegate to unlicensed professionals? This question arises frequently in the delivery settings of all medical specialties.
The following excerpt from the Virginia Medical Practice Act, Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia, provides a starting point for answering this question ... [Continued]
Tough economy requires new approach to collecting on past-due accounts
I was reviewing a client’s accounts receivable this past week and realized in the middle of looking at various accounts and payment histories that my large medical-practice client really is in two distinctly different businesses. Obviously, the first is medicine. The second business is “credit provider!” [Continued]
VMGMA member spotlight:
Eddie Clark
Name: Eddie Clark
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Practice name: Virginia Eye Institute [Continued]
Laughter is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
Have you ever had a job you hated? One of mine was at a hospital in Overland Park, Kan., that to this day I lovingly call the Pit of Despair. During my 10 months as Chief Financial Officer there, the Human Resources Director would walk past my office every morning and stick her head in to say, “I’m taking the walk of death.” This was ironic since we were working in a hospital, after all.
What an absolutely horrible place. [Continued]
A call for newsletter articles
In upcoming issues, we’d like to invite you, members and affiliates, to participate in the content by submitting feature articles for consideration. Unpublished articles may be used in subsequent issues, depending on content. I will choose one article each issue for publishing and will award a $50 cash prize to the author. [Continued]
