Narrowing the Language Gap in Medical Tourism: Communications Guidelines for Physicians Conclusion The article series has attempted to describe some of the new, but very essential communication requirements that have arisen with the rapid growth of global healthcare and medical tourism. In general, up to now, the focus of the medical tourism...
Roles & Responsibilities of the ACO Disease Management Implementation Specialist
As an ACO development expert, I have been asked to help design job descriptions for Care Navigators, Case Managers, and Disease Management Coordinators. Hiring for this role and its critical responsibilities is new for many physician-owned ACOs who know it when they see it, but often are stymied as what to write from a...
Are There Enough Doctors For The Newly Insured?
The ratios could change drastically if more physicians exit the workforce calculated by HRSA and transition to concierge medicine. In a matter of 10 weeks, we can transition a physician to concierge medicine. If that physician jettisons patients that don’t make the conversion, the market balance can quickly deteriorate. If there are 35,000 people...