EVENT: Saving Private Practice - Webinar Series

TITLE: Top 10 Tips to Avoid “Practice Management Hypertension”

DATE: Wednesday, August 16

TIME: 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

REGISTRATION: Free to Physicians and their Office Managers. 

SPEAKER: Debra Phairas, President Practice & Liability Consultants, LLC

CME: 1.0 CME Credit PRA Category 1

Saving Private Practice is a program designed to assist physician members from solo/small/medium medical practices. The webinar series are monthly educational sessions designed to assist with office operations, decision making, and practice management. Each one-hour session will be led by Debra Phairas, President of Practice & Liability Consultants, LLC. This webinar will provide tips to lower anxiety to successfully navigate the business side of the practice. It is just as important to invest in education about the business side of medical practice throughout your career as the clinical aspects.     

Topics Include:

1. “EMR  Hypertension”

2. “Health Care Reform Hypertension”

3. “Cash Flow Hypertension”

4. “Malpractice Hypertension”

5. “Personnel and Labor Law Hypertension”

6. “Medicare Fraud and Abuse Hypertension”

7. “OSHA/HIPAA Compliance Hypertension”

8. “Mergers, Acquisitions, Foundations, Practice Integration Hypertension”

9. “IPA/Health Plan interaction Hypertension”

10. ‘Physician/ Manager Burnout Hypertension” 

Speaker Bio: 

Debra Phairas is President of Practice & Liability Consultants, LLC a nationally recognized firm specializing in practice management and malpractice prevention.  Her background includes medical clinic administration and loss prevention management for NORCAL Mutual, a physician malpractice insurance carrier in Northern California.  Her BS is from Michigan State University and her graduate work at Golden Gate University San Francisco MBA Health Services Administration program.    Her consulting experience includes over 2,300 practices of all sizes and specialties.  Typical engagements include: practice start-ups, practice assessments, mergers, financial analysis, revenue enhancement, overhead reduction, personnel management, over 500 practice valuations, expert witness, partnership issues and recruitment support for hospitals and physician groups.  She has presented seminars and lectures nationwide for state and local medical/dental associations, management organizations and specialty societies. Please view website:  www.practiceconsultants.net 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the California Medical Association (CMA) through the joint providership of Fresno Madera Medical Society and Santa Clara County Medical Association. Fresno Madera Medical Society is accredited by the CMA to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

FMMS designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 hour(s) of AMA PRA Category 1Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For registration assistance, please contact Angelica at angelica@sccma.org