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Top stories in gastroenterology: Highlights from GI Outlook
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This week, the top stories in gastroenterology all come from the GI Outlook meeting in Austin, Texas and addressed topics in practice management.
Presenters at the meeting discussed factors that are transforming the world of medicine, how physician’s personality traits lay the foundation for burnout, a CMS proposal that would offer new coding options to GIs, ways to improve patient satisfaction and how to implement succession planning in practice.
12 things transforming the world of medicine and how to adapt
Tasked with redefining success in today’s changing world of health care, Thomas M. Deas Jr., MD, MMM, FASGE, offered a look back over the changes in health care in the 70 years of his life and a look forward to the future. Read more.
Physicians are ‘perfectly constructed’ to burn out
The intrinsic personality traits of the physician lay the foundation for burnout, according to a presentation at GI Outlook. Read more.
CMS 2019 proposal offers new coding options to GIs
In this exclusive video perspective , Glenn Littenberg, MD, FASGE, chair of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy reimbursement committee and chief medical officer at inSite Digestive Healthcare in California, discusses a new CMS proposal that would change the way services are documented and paid for starting in 2019. Read more.
7 steps to improving your patient satisfaction, online reputation
Speaking from lessons learned, one presenter walked through the importance of understanding online physician reputation and its reflection of patient satisfaction. Read more.
How to successfully embark on succession planning in your practice
Joseph J. Vicari, MD, MBA, FASGE, outlined how Rockford Gastroenterology Associates managed its succession plan and how others could do so in their own practices. Read more.