by admin | Sep 7, 2021 | Around MDSP, Employers, Providers
Addressing Physician mental health can be challenging. However, with the help of Dr. Neil Baum – physicians can take a closer look into understand their mental health and ways to improve it. Dr. Neil Baum is a Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the author of several books which include ten books on practice management and the business of medicine. Dr. Baum was the columnist for American Medical News for more than 25 years. Dr. Baum wrote the popular column, The Bottom Line, for Urology Times for more than 20 years. He has authored or co-authored over 250 articles that have appeared in peer-reviewed medical publications on various urologic topics as well as articles on practice management.
Click on the link to receive access to Dr. Baum’s Five Minute Practice Fix, videos from Dr. Baum that provide practical ideas and suggestions that have been tested by this practice or used by other physicians that will largely improve the efficiency and productivity of their medical practices. The videos also show real world examples from Olympic athletes Simone Biles and Michael Phelps to talk about physician mental health.
By: Neil Baum, MD
Source: https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/addressing-physician-mental-health
by admin | Aug 17, 2021 | Around MDSP, Employers, Providers
Obtaining work/life balance can be one of the most challenging lifestyles from physicians to achieve. As a matter of fact, attempting to acquire a healthy work/life balance requires, exertion. Above all, it is an operation that requires taking initiative of your precedence, understanding where your time and energy are in effect, and making accommodations to adjust your expectations to a line with reality.
In addition, the link below dives into detail on four suggestions for physicians to make to allow you to improve your work/life balance. 1) Detach and observe 2) Ask for help 3) Practice saying ‘no’ and 4) Technology sabbath. Check it out!
Source: https://www.mdlinx.com/physiciansense/four-tips-for-a-better-physician-work-life-balance/
Written by: Jonathan Ford Hughes
by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | Around MDSP, Employers, Providers
Sixty-one percent of physicians reported experiencing burnout in 2021, up from 40 percent in 2018, according to a small survey the Physicians Foundation released Aug. 4. The survey is based on responses from 2,504 U.S. physicians collected between May 26 and June 9. Thirty-six percent of physicians were in primary care. The remaining 64 percent practiced in one of 27 specialties.
Click on the link below to dive deeper into the seven findings regarding COVID-19 burnout in relation with physicians.
Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/7-stats-on-physician-burnout-2.html
Written by: Mackenzie Bean
by admin | Aug 11, 2021 | Around MDSP, Employers, Providers
Specialty: Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
Home State: North Carolina
Practicing Locum Tenens Since 2014
Getting to Know Dr. Anna:
Why did you first pursue locum tenens work?
I enjoy working in different settings, meeting new physicians. Locum tenens helps me do that and keeps me intellectually engaged.
Describe the most unique assignment you’ve worked.
I have been working with a hospital in just outside Charlotte. It was hard work with long hours but I enjoyed my work also met colleagues and have learnt a lot in the process.
What medical advancements would you like to see in the next 5 years?
Although idealistic, I would like to see more affordable health care for all. I would also like to see improvement in the lab testing with faster turnaround of the results which would help optimizing patient care.
Client feedback: We are glad to have Dr. Anna come to our facility over the past few years, and welcome her back for Locum Tenens coverage. She is a big help and provides much needed relief for our permanent physician.
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by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Around MDSP, Employers, Providers
August 9, 2021
IRVING, TEXAS: MD Staff Pointe is honoring locum tenens providers and joining healthcare staffing agencies from across the industry in recognition of National Locum Tenens Week, August 9-13.
MD Staff Pointe: Here for the expected, unexpected, and everything in between. Providing temporary coverage for hospital based specialties, consultants and surgery.
Working with MD Staff Pointe, each of our candidate works with a dedicated single point of contact throughout the search process. We strive for superior service during the search, placement, credentialing and logistics phases. Our mission, is to provide an experience to every client and candidature worth repeating and our values include: up-to-date communication, mutual respect and representative transparency.
National Locum Tenens Week occurs annually the second week in August. Led by the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations® (NALTO®), the program’s annual platform provides a forum to collectively recognize locum tenens doctors and the contributions made by staffing agencies to the U.S. healthcare industry.
About NALTO® (https://www.nalto.org/):The National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations® (NALTO®) is the only professional association of temporary physician staffing firms committed to a code of ethics and to maintaining the highest industry standards.
About MD Staff Pointe (https://www.mdstaffpointe.com/about-mdsp-2/):MD Staff Pointe began placing physicians permanently in 2007. With demand for temporary coverage in 2013, MD Staff Pointe launched their locum tenens division with just ICU coverage. MD Staff Pointe services now include locum tenens and permanent placement for all hospital-based specialties, consultants and surgeons.
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MD Staff Pointe
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by admin | Aug 27, 2020 | Around MDSP, Employers, Providers
Neurosurgeons fight Medicare’s payment cuts to preserve quality and access to care in an already stressed health care system due to COVID-19.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) are fighting the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The uproar from the neurosurgery community comes from the estimated 7% payment cuts they will face at a time that our health care system is already under stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The reductions come from new policies for office and outpatient visits that the CMS will put into motion on January 1, 2021. The neurosurgery community argues that any cuts or changes to evaluation and management codes will compromise patient access to care and longer wait times.
According to Ann R. Stoink, MD, FAANS, a practicing neurosurgeon from Bloomington, Illinois, and chair for the AANS/CNS Washington Committee, states, “Now is not the time to reduce payments for surgical care, and if implemented as is, the Medicare payment rule will challenge an already fragile health care system.” Members from the Surgical Care Coalition and other groups are asking Congress to waive Medicare’s budget neutrality to prevent these cuts and to require that CMS apply an increase to the evaluation and management payments.
A survey conducted by the coalition found that: 74% of neurosurgeons are concerned about the finances of their practice. 38% have cut their own salary and 24% have taken on debt just to keep their doors open as a result of COVID-19. Over 76% are worried that they will have to cut employee’s salaries or permanently layoff employees.
“This was an ill-informed and dangerous policy for patients even before the pandemic started but could be even more detrimental as our health care system continues to weaken under COVID-19. If finalized, this proposal could result in neurosurgeons taking fewer Medicare patients leading to longer wait times and reduced access to care for older Americans, so Congress must act now to prevent this from happening,” Dr. Stroink concluded.
Source: Katie O. Orrico – American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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