Archive for the Week of March 27, 2020
Archive for the Week of March 27, 2020
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the week of March 27, 2020.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during the week of March 27, 2020.
You can browse this week's archives by clicking the "More" button from any of the excerpts below.
COVID-19 and the Science of Social Distancing
Medscape published great article discussing the science behind social distancing and the NPI guidelines. “Social distancing and other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have proven to be effective tools in most pandemics. But their effect on the spread of the novel coronavirus is not yet clear, experts say. The goal of NPIs — which include personal actions, such as staying at home when sick and washing hands, and communal ones, including school closures and canceling mass gatherings — is to flatten the height of the infection curve and build herd immunity, thus buying time to increase hospital capacity and to come up with drugs or vaccines to treat the illness. State …
Tips for Running Your Medical Practice during the Coronavirus Crisis
“At one large practice in Bergen County, New Jersey, the waiting room is empty — but its patients are still receiving care. As of mid-March, the practice is still operating, thanks to the group’s willingness to adapt its work flow, sometimes radically, to mitigate the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, patients now call the receptionist from their vehicles when they arrive, and wait there until receiving a call back telling them the clinician is ready. The practice has also started using telemedicine for the first time, to the extent it can be adopted in a hurry, and some clinicians are working from home on tasks such as medication …
