National Provider Identifier Standard (NPI)

The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification Standard. The NPI is a unique identification number for covered health care providers. Covered health care providers and all health plans and health care clearinghouses must use the NPIs in the administrative and financial transactions adopted under HIPAA. The…

PA Productivity

By Tricia Marriott Are you considering a production-based compensation package? Do you have full access to your production data? Unless you can thoroughly ascertain that all of your work is attributed to you, is appropriately valued and is incorporated into the data used to calculate your productivity, you may sell yourself short. Proceed with caution.…

Calculating Your Worth

A competitive and attractive compensation plan acknowledges the professional value of your expertise and your contribution to the practice. A fair compensation plan has several key features: ■■ It is part of a written and mutually agreed-to employment contract ■■ It has a market-competitive base salary guarantee ■■ It describes the expectations for performance and…