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Advancing Practice Performance

Cashing in on Pay for Performance

Recently the organic growth of pay for performance programs has begun to take hold. Is the time ripe for a shift to new payment programs? Are payors able to provide incentives for improvements in quality? Are physicians in a position to take advantage of these programs by proving real measurements of success? What technology is required to take advantage of these programs - and is anyone actually increasing revenues? Join us as we talk to Dr. Rob Lamberts from Evans Medical Group, Dr. Suzanne Delbanco from the Leapfrog Group, and Dr. Mark Segal from GE Healthcare to learn how to Cash in on Pay For Performance.


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The Advancing Practice Performance podcast, sponsored by GE Healthcare, provides monthly insight into pertinent topics affecting the physician practice market.



Previous Podcasts

Interview with Newt Gingrich, David Merritt and Brandon Savage on the new book "Paper Kills"

Join us for a roundtable discussion on how to transform health and healthcare with information technology, as presented in the book "Paper Kills". We meet with some of the most influential leaders shaping healthcare today to discuss the book and learn what today's physicians can do to repare for tomorrow's healthcare vision.


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Government Impact on Healthcare Reform

A discussion on the role Government is playing in determining the current and future state of healthcare reform and how it might affect practicing physicians. Hugh Zettel, Director of Government and Industry Relations for GE Healthcare, is our guest for this topic.


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Using Technology to Communicate with Patients

How should practices leverage the Internet to communicate directly with patients? Why is this an important next step for your practice? Join us as we discuss this topic with Dr. Christopher Crow, a physician with the award-winning Family Medical Specialists practice in Plano, Texas.


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The Business Case for an Electronic Medical Record

Everywhere you turn, you hear the time is right to implement an Electronic Medical Record (EMR). But how do you create the business case for acquiring one? Join us as we discuss this topic with Dr. Tom Landholdt, a family physician who has used an EMR since 1995.


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Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

On December 20, 2006 the President signed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA). Part of this act included the establishment of a Medicare physician quality reporting system operated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS has titled the statutory program the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). Join us as we talk with Mark Segal, Ph.D., Senior Director for Global Product Strategy for GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions.


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