Ray A. Blackwell, MD

Many physicians are looking for new revenue streams during COVID 19 and beyond.  Medicare is making it easy.

1. Medicare CCM – one of the biggest barriers to patients is the copays.  Even the $15 – 20 they pay stands in the way.  Those copays can now be waived.  It ends up being lower compensation but provided needed volume.

2.  Medicare Adva…[Read more]

Great questions, I love that you want details.  I wanted them as well, so I was able to obtain both of the physicians in question P/L statements.  Here are the differences.

We can break it down as an income statement.

Revenue

wRVU – approximately the same

Revenue – approximately the same

Collections – the partner’s department uses their own d…[Read more]

Hi Dennis, you must be kidding.   Small world.  I grew up in Needham and my wife is from Natick.   I went to Needham High School and lived near Eliot Elementary School.  I am very pleased you have joined the class.  Expect me to reach out often.

Wow!!  Clearly a major leadership deficit in that organization.  The negotiation course, the last in the program, addresses sizing up an organization and deciphering its culture among other things.  I am so sorry that happened to you.  I can’t imagine how vulnerable you felt at that point in your pregnancy.  One thing for sure, as a woman phys…[Read more]

Was the  decision to  close for 2 weeks made between you and your partner or was it the product of a team that had access to all of the same information as you?  What is the decision making process now and who is represented?

The solutions you suggest here have “Quality Leadership” written all overt them.  Candor and transparency should be embraced.  Decisional teams should be small but representative and if given the chance can be very nimble in response to a rapidly changing environment.  Granted there will be some delay but a decision coming from the team will ha…[Read more]

Good Morning everyone on this sunny Sunday here in Maryland.
I sent you a leadership case study last week and wanted to provide some follow up. The clinic in question has added screening outside the facility that includes temp measurement. It is being preformed by a med tech, not a nurse but they are using a script as a basis for the screening. .…[Read more]