NSCHBC Edge Podcasts

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HIPAA vs HIPPA- Can we please get the the acronym right?, plus COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: are they legal?

In this episode of the NSCHBC Edge podcast host Terry Fletcher, and NSCHBC member and Healthcare Attorney Amanda Waesch discuss the “realities” of HIPAA and what it really means. Can anyone ask you if you’re vaccinated and do you have to reply? Also on the podcast, is the polarizing discussion of the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates. Is this really legal to enforce? Why this virus and not others? And can this have an impact on a physician’s status as a participating provider with Medicare? Listen in this month to find out the straight answers.

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Best practices for hiring medical practice staff

In this episode of the NSCHBC Edge Podcast, Healthcare Business Consultant Chris Zaenger of Z Management Group, Ltd. joins host Terry Fletcher to discuss hiring the right people in management positions in your practice. Among those decisions is whether your spouse or relative should be on the hiring list! Also on the agenda, is salaries, remote workers, and staff members who look good on paper: but are they the best fit?

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Practice Start-ups and Feasibility

Practice start-up services can be very tedious to get a medical practice off to a solid start and firm foundation. Today, the Edge Podcast discusses startups and practice feasibility, going to work for an established private practice, or joining a Kaiser-like model or ACO to get a new physician’s feet wet. Joining Terry today, is NSCHBC member, and Doctor’s Management Healthcare Business Consultant, Valora Gurganious. Valora serves clients in all medical specialties in the intricacies in starting a medical practice, feasibility studies, contract and credentialing services and more.

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Adding NPP’s to make your practice cost-effective and profitable

It has been reported that Medical Practices with NPP/APP’s and other non-physician providers are more profitable and productive. In this episode of the NSCHBC Edge Podcast, Terry welcomes NSCHBC member and Business Consultant Adam Middleton to discuss how NPPs can increase access, hours expansion, value-based services, and profitability.

podcast episode 8

Should you outsource your medical billing? Or keep it in-house

It is important for an independent practice, small medical practice or even a larger practice to think about the PROS and CONS of outsourcing their medical billing before you make the decision. Here today to discuss these questions and the answers and help you to determine what to figure into that decision, is Podcast guest, NSCHBC member and Medicus Billing Service owner Cyndi Walker CHBC along with NSCHBC member and host Terry Fletcher. We will also look at the difference between outsourcing vs. offshoring. Do you know the difference?

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Premiere Episode

The National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants decided it was time to join the podcasting community to bring you healthy business principles, and conversations on what it takes for a medical or dental practice to be successful…