Posted December 19th, 2008 by Rick Creveling
Apologies from your blog host for a temporary slow-down on posts. The holiday preparations and year-end responsibilities always seem to combine into a “perfect-storm” of lost time.
Any how, I thought that the appointment of former South Dakota Senator,Tom Daschle, by President Elect Barack Obama as Health and Human Services Secretary and especially as Health Reform [...]
Tags: Health and Human Services, Health-Care Reform Czar, Healthcare reform, Medical reform, Tom Daschle
Posted November 24th, 2008 by Rick Creveling
One of the themes of last week’s DMGMA luncheon centered on the challenges presented by caring for difficult patients. Several attendees spoke up about belligerent patients – some who used abusive language with office staff, while others used threatening behavior during office visits. Our speaker alluded to a general lack of civility in today’s society. [...]
Tags: abusive behavior, difficult patients, discharge, november luncheon
Posted November 11th, 2008 by Lori Rhoads
My name is Rick Creveling and I work for King Medical Systems. Every day I speak with clients on ways to improve their practice operations. Nearly every day I also speak to the same people about the value of DMGMA membership.
I’m starting my third year of DMGMA membership and look forward to contributing [...]
Tags: delaware medical, DMGMA, medical education, medical managment, MGMA, new blog, practice managment
Posted September 15th, 2008 by Lori Rhoads
Many DMGMA Members ask “How can we help the organization?”.
The answer is simple. Increase our membership! Some members have had great success with several initiations to increase membership, and DMGMA’s visibility in the healthcare community. At the June half-day meeting, a drawing was held, and two prizes were awarded to members who helped the recruitment [...]
Tags: Association, DMGMA, Group, Join, Management, Medical, Membership
