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Aneel Irfan of Trapollo Talks Remote Patient Monitoring

August 10, 2017 by angishields

Top Docs Radio

Aneel Irfan of Trapollo Talks Remote Patient Monitoring

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Aneel Irfan of Trapollo Talks Remote Patient Monitoring

In 2016, 7.1M Americans were enrolled in some form of remote patient monitoring program – a 44%
increase in 2016 from the year before. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) uses digital technologies to
collect medical data from 1 location and electronically and securely transmits to healthcare providers in
another location for the purposes of assessment and making recommendations. The patient’s HOME is
increasingly becoming a big part of the health care delivery system worldwide.

Benefits of RPM include: improved patient access, decreased costs and improved healthcare outcomes. RPM is also keeping
patients out of the hospital. Last year, the US had 130M ER visits, but only 9% of these patients were
admitted for care. We are focusing on keeping patients healthier at home and getting interventional care
earlier and at an appropriate level. Join Aneel Irfan from Trapollo, one of the market leaders of
telehealth and in RPM management, as we discuss Remote Patient Monitoring.

Aneel.irfan@trapollo.com

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954-774- 4138

MAG Hosts CareSource

July 29, 2017 by angishields

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MAG Hosts CareSource

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MAG Hosts CareSource

This week, CW Hall sat down with Dr. Seema Csukas, and Bobby Jones, President of CareSource’s Georgia Market, to talk about how things are going since CareSource began providing healthcare coverage for Medicaid patients in Georgia.

CareSource is a nonprofit nationally recognized as an industry leader in providing member-centric health care coverage. Founded in 1989, CareSource administers one of the nation’s largest Medicaid managed care plans. This past July 1, CareSource began to serve Georgia Families^® members enrolled in Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids^® and women enrolled in the Planning for Healthy Babies^® program.

Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, CareSource serves more than 1.9 million members in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia and Georgia. CareSource understands the challenges consumers face navigating the health system and works to put health care in reach for those it serves.

Bobby Jones, President Georgia Market

Bobby Jones leads CareSource in Georgia as President, Georgia Market after serving as Chief Operating Officer at CareSource’s corporate headquarters for eight years. He has more than 30 years of experience in managed health care leadership.

Jones has assembled a leadership team that will partner with state and community leaders to foster relationships in support of the CareSource mission to improve the health and well-being of members. Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Business Economics from Wayne State University and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Eastern Michigan University.

Seema Csukas, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Public Health

A licensed pediatrician, Dr. Csukas, has made extensive contributions in the field of neonatal, maternal, and infant health policy. She previously served as Medical Director for the Georgia Department of Public and as Medical Director for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Dr. Csukas earned both her M.D. and Ph. D in Anatomy from the Medical College of Georgia. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Emory University.

Discussing How CopernicusMD Solution Differs From Existing Options For Patient Funding

July 24, 2017 by angishields

Discussing How CopernicusMD Solution Differs From Existing Options For Patient Funding

On this episode I sat down with Executive Managing Partner, Don O’Neill to answer questions physicians and healthcare leaders have regarding just how CopernicusMD differs from the various options for patient funding. Most physician practices and hospitals have some form of patient funding option in place to help patients who cannot pay their out of pocket obligations (such as deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance, self-pay, etc.). Don explained key ways the CopernicusMD solution improves the patient’s experience, at the same time, relieving the practice/hospital of risk exposure due to recourse clauses in their funding product.

Additionally, we talked about how the CopernicusMD solution is able to provide contractually-guaranteed reduction of EDI costs by 30-35% (depending on claims volume/mo) and conversion to a fixed cost instead of a variable one tied to number of users, number of claims submitted, or a % of Revenue. This savings is coupled with the CopernicusMD contract guaranteeing a minimum 15% increase in collected revenue for their clients.

Don shared how CopernicusMD is able to guarantee these EDI savings and improve pace of claims processing regardless of which billing software, EMR with billing/claims modules, or outsourced billing service a practice or hospital currently utilizes.

It becomes obvious that whether you are an administrator who manages a solo practioner’s office, large multi-physician group, or a hospital/health system, it makes total sense to become fully educated about this disruptive technology before assuming you know what you need to know and simply choosing to pass on a conversation about how it will impact your business’s bottom line.

Cobb Chamber, Alpine Communications, KSU College of Continuing and Professional Education

July 18, 2017 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Cobb Chamber, Alpine Communications, KSU College of Continuing and Professional Education

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Smith-Gilbert — Lisa Bartlett and Wendy Alpine

Cobb Chamber, Alpine Communications, KSU College of Continuing and Professional Education

On this week’s show with Cobb Chamber of Commerce we sat down with Wendy Alpine of Alpine Communications, and Alpine Communications is a leading, award-winning public relations firm in Atlanta. In business for 17 years, they help companies in healthcare, technology, workforce management and manufacturing increase visibility for their brands, generating leads and increasing revenue. For more information, please visit www.alpinepr.com.

404-641-6170

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The College of Continuing and Professional Education is among the 13 colleges that comprise Kennesaw State University. The college serves nearly 17,000 students annually and offers more than 50 professional certificate programs in the areas of healthcare, management, technology and more. CCPE is also home to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and Summer University.
Questions or Topics for Discussion.

ccpe.kennesaw.edu

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Physicians Combatting Opiod Abuse

July 11, 2017 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Physicians Combatting Opiod Abuse

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Physicians Combatting Opiod Abuse

More than 90 people in the U.S. die from an opioid or heroin overdose every day. The AMA is committed to stopping the opioid abuse and misuse epidemic and preventing opioid-related deaths. AMA’s Opioid Task Force – which includes 25 national and state-level physicians’ organizations – has developed a number of recommendations to combat opioid abuse and misuse. This includes…

– Encouraging physicians to use state prescription drug monitoring programs
– Promoting effective, evidence-based prescribing and treatment
– Supporting access to comprehensive, affordable and compassionate treatment
– Ending the “stigma” – i.e., patients with chronic conditions deserve good care and compassion and shouldn’t be judged
– Expanding access to naloxone – which reverses the effects of drug overdoses – through co-prescribing
– Encouraging the safe storage and disposal of prescription medication
Thanks to the combined efforts of AMA’s task force and other leading health organizations and state-level advocacy organizations – including MAG and the MAG Foundation – progress is being made. For example, a 2015 AMA report found that, “Between 2012 and 2016, the number of opioid prescriptions [in the U.S.] decreased by more than 43 million – a 16.9 percent decrease. Every state saw a decrease in opioid prescriptions during this time period.” AMA also determined that, “Physicians and other health care professionals used state [prescription drug monitoring programs] more than 136.1 million times in 2016 – a 121 percent increase from 2014.” And the AMA report noted that “nearly all 50 states now have naloxone access laws.”

Resource: AMA’s ‘End the Epidemic’ website is @ www.end-opioid-epidemic.org

Dr Patrice Harris

Dr. Patrice Harris is the immediate past chair of the American Medical Association’s Board of Trustees. She also serves as the chair of AMA’s Opioid Task Force, which was formed in 2014 to combat the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic. Dr. Harris is a psychiatrist from Atlanta. It is also worth noting that she served as the director of Health Services for Fulton County.

Cobb Chamber of Commerce Hosts Blue Sky Exhibits, Lee Davis Law, and Win-Tech, Inc

July 10, 2017 by angishields

Midtown Studio

Cobb Chamber of Commerce Hosts Blue Sky Exhibits, Lee Davis Law, and Win-Tech, Inc

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Cobb Chamber of Commerce Hosts Blue Sky Exhibits, Lee Davis Law, and Win-Tech, Inc

On this week’s episode we hosted several businesses who were recognized at the recent 2017 Cobb County Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Awards. Tim Kelley and Don Keller, of Blue Sky Exhibits (2017 Small Business of the Year), Lee Davis of Lee Davis Law LLC (2017 Business to Watch), Allison Giddens of Win-Tech (Finalist for SBOY and a Top 25 Small Business of the Year), and Mike Watkins of Dirty Deeds Junk Removal (2017 Business to Watch).

Win-Tech opened its doors 29 years ago this summer as a job shop. Dennis Winslow, the President, is a veteran and a second-generation machinist. The company has grown from a 10-man machine
shop to nearly 50 people that do businesses with companies like Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney. The company’s website explains, “Everything we do at Win-Tech is focused on one objective: To deliver an integrated solution and top quality product, on time and on budget. Our goal is for you to view us as YOUR machining department, allowing us to partner with you and provide your custom precision machining needs.

We are experienced, accessible, and accurate. Our seasoned project management team has extensive experience in the automotive and aerospace machining industry. Our team leaders are always available to discuss your machining needs, listen to your concerns, or give you a status report. We realize you are looking for more than just machining, you’re looking for someone who will respond and support your projects.

Our integrated approach allows us to provide customers with completed kits and assemblies and for us to seamlessly interface with your business. We use JobBOSS software, which enables our managers to track and control the entire process from start to finish.”

Lee Davis is a civil litigation attorney. Since 1997, Lee has practiced primarily in the areas of commercial litigation and real estate litigation. He is admitted to practice in all state courts of Georgia, as well as federal courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia. In May 2010, Lee was admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. He has made it his career to help people and small businesses with problems they experience in everyday life, as well as business disputes of all types.

At Lee Davis Law, LLC their philosophy is to be their client’s team-member – someone to whom you can ask questions and receive straight-forward answers in plain English. Their team shares this philosophy and it defines the firm. Their focus is to professionally and competently serve their clients, while at the same time being easy to work with and approachable. Lee Davis Law earnestly strives to accomplish the goals that are important to their clients in an efficient and ethical manner, and understand that clients’ interests and goals are to resolve their business and personal matters, and not merely to provide legal work for the firm. Therefore, Lee Davis Law offers their services in a way that is economical, creative and practically helpful.

Mike Watkins, founder of Dirty Deeds Junk Removal shared about his “pack rat” mentality, and over time how he and his wife both became increasingly frustrated with over-stuffed closets, cluttered garage and messy basement. The couple began de-cluttering and organizing one room at a time. During this process, they actually found they had been looking for, as well as items that were no longer needed but could be donated. Mike made a trip to our favorite charity and the rest was either recycled or thrown away.

The transformation had begun! Life started to get easier. No more looking for things or buying new ones. Everything had a place and organizing was easier with the new found space. Studies show that when we get rid of unwanted items and clutter in our lives, we have better concentration, better focus, a sense of control and increased energy. We can live a calmer and unclouded life.

Complying with MACRA

July 29, 2016 by angishields

Health Connect South

Complying with MACRA

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Complying with MACRA

MCCI (Medical Care Consortium, Inc.) is a physician owned Medical Group who partners with Humana to engage Primary Care Provider offices successfully transition to a quality or value based model of care by providing practice support around quality related activities such as appropriate documentation and coding, care coordination, Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), closing Preventive Health and Quality gaps, etc. and now MACRA.

More info soon!

Transition to MIPS – Top Docs Radio

July 29, 2016 by angishields

Top Docs Radio

Transition to MIPS - Top Docs Radio

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Transition to MIPS

On this week’s MAG episode, I hosted Dr. Adrienne Mims, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Medicare Quality Improvement for Alliant Quality, to talk about the transition to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

Adrienne Mims, M.D., MPH, is the vice president and chief medical officer for Alliant GMCF. Board certified in family medicine and geriatrics, she has more than 30 years of primary care, consultative and home care geriatric experience. Dr. Mims serves on a number of boards, including the American Health Quality Association (the trade association for Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations), the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, and the PCPI (the national organization that develops quality measures for all specialties).

In addition, the MAG member serves on the NCQA Geriatric Measurement Advisory Panel and the NCQA Clinical Programs Committee. Dr. Mims was the medical director of the Georgia Medicaid Management Program, and she was the director of prevention health promotion and research with The Southeast Permanente Medical Group in Atlanta.

Dr. Mims completed her undergraduate training at George Washington University, her medical school at Stanford University, her residency at the Martin Luther King Jr./Charles Drew Medical Center, and her geriatric fellowship at the West Los Angeles VA. She also has an MPH in epidemiology from UCLA. It is imperative for medical practices to make a successful transition to Medicare’s new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

Instead of the EHR (Electronic Health Record) or the PQRS (Physician Quality Reporting System) or the Value-based Payment Modifier programs, the government will employ a single payment platform

– which is the result of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) that was signed into law in 2015. The new payment model will be based on a 100-point MIPS Composite Performance Score. That CPS will determine your Medicare payment adjustment – either up or down.

This is scheduled to commence in 2019, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will use the 2017 calendar year as the basis for the initial reimbursement – keeping mind this is not an optional process.

Special Guest:

Dr. Adrienne Mims, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Medicare Quality Improvement, Alliant Quality

Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections

July 25, 2016 by angishields

Health Connect South

Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections

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ebola — Jay Shaffer isn’t afraid of Ebola

Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections

Jay and I sat down with Sam Perkins, CEO of Pūrgenix™, a company that has developed a technology that enables healthcare organizations to contain, and in fact, reduce rates of occurrence of hospital-acquired infections. It is well known that pathogens such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile are challenging to treat and equally challenging to eradicate from a care environment once they have taken hold. The Pūrgenix™ platform addresses a component that is often overlooked in dealing with these dangerous organisms—the air.

Sam shared how they saw a need for a new solution to eliminating illness-causing organisms from the hospital environment, ultimately developing a system that is custom-designed and installed to be installed into the building’s air handling units. The Pūrgenix™ system employs powerful UV lights that use energy to kill air-borne organisms as they pass into the air handler from the return and again on the way back to the environment on the downstream side.

He shared some use-case examples where client hospitals were able to successfully reduce occurrences of infections for their patients, as well as experiencing a measurable reduction in absenteeism among their employees due to illness.

Sam also explained that deposits, including bioburden that is created by bacteria, as thin as a micron (a piece of paper is ~6 microns thick) can significantly reduce the cooling efficiency of a building’s air handling unit. By preventing a build-up of bacteria within the unit on the cooling coils, the deposit of bioburden is eliminated, leading to marked increases in energy cost to condition the environment of the building.

Pūrgenix™ creates PūrHospitals™, an environment in which patients and employees experience a purer

environment where they can heal and work. Hospitals deploying the system can advertise their status as PūrHospitals™, letting patients in the community know their environment is safer with less risk of hospital-acquired infection. As Mark Haney, President at WellStar Paulding Hospital, said about the Pūrgenix™ solution at the launch of their new hospital: “…we still have to do the basics, but we have the building working for us now.”

Special Guest:

Sam Perkins, CEO, Pūrgenix™