PRACTICE NEWS AND RESOURCES

The Office Managers Forum empowers physicians and their medical staff with valuable tools via expert led educations sessions from industry professionals who are committed to delivering quality healthcare.

For the time being, we will be offering Zoom Meetings until we can get back to meeting in person. This monthly forum is normally held on the second Wednesday of each month. Registration is required!

June, 2022: 11:00AM to 1:00PM “Practice Management 101”

Join us and learn from the expert. CMA’s Physician Advocate Mitzi Young will help you identify opportunities for increased revenue and teach you best practices for implementing effective policies, procedures and processes into your medical office.

Topics Covered: • Three Strategies for Better Financial Outcomes • Common Practice Mistakes Costing You Money • Managing Patient Scheduling • Improving Patient Experience • Monthly Reports Every Practice Should Review • Effectively Processing Denied Claims • Marketing Your Practice for Success • Questions Every Office Should Ask Yearly

the CMA and RCMA. Mitzi brings 25 years of experience and expertise in the health care industry. Mitzi started her career working for a third party administrator as a claim and eligibility processor for San Bernardino county hospital’s medically indigent adult program. She went on to further her education and worked as operations and business manager for a specialty practices and for an ambulatory surgery center. Overseeing all personnel and business operations. She brings with her a vast knowledge of medical billing and collections, contracting, accreditation, and personnel and business management. She understands the needs of physicians and their staff, the challenges that face medical practices, and is very passionate about advocating on behalf of providers on succeeding in the ever-changing challenges of the healthcare landscape.

July, 2022:

No Presentation due to facilitating out Decision Medicine Program. Go to our website to learn more! www.decisionmedicine.com

The American Medical Association (AMA) is urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allow more time for physicians who accepted federal COVID-19 relief funds to meet the Period 1 Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements. Although the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) did briefly reopen the reporting portal last month, approximately 16,000 providers still missed the deadline.

Providers who received one or more payments exceeding $10,000, in the aggregate, during a “payment received period” are required to report in each applicable “reporting time period.” But many physician practices were unaware of the need to report, or were unable to complete the required reporting, due to the impact of the pandemic.

AMA believes non-reporters are primarily small and rural providers who are overwhelmed and have not received sufficient communications about the reporting requirements.

“Volume of physician practices that were unaware of the reporting deadline is staggering. We urge HRSA to release data about these physicians so we can launch a full court communications press to reach them. This would also necessitate more time — at least two additional weeks — to submit a request to report late,” AMA wrote in a letter to HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson. “At a minimum, HRSA should establish an appeal process for those physicians who will now receive a demand letter for repayment of Provider Relief Funds.”

The Medical Board of California recently phased out plastic medical license cards. In lieu of the old plastic cards, physicians can now use the medical board’s new "Print Your Own" Wallet License Generator that allows individuals with current licenses to generate a digital license and print it on any printer or house the card electronically.

In order to generate a license, the medical board first requires identity verification through its license verification app, IDEAL. These printable wallet licenses also include a QR code interested parties can use to view the Department of Consumer Affairs licensee lookup with real-time license status information.

To generate your license, visit mbc.ca.gov/WalletCard.