The Value of Toenails
(note: NOT Dr. Tom’s actual toes) When I’m asked to evaluate a practice’s Medicare Advantage performance, one of the first questions I ask of the primes is if they personally trim their patient’s toenails. In a fee-for-service production-based model, doing so makes no sense . . . there are far greater returns on your time in referring trims to the podiatrist or a supervised NP/PA and seeing 1-2 more patients instead. And if...
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