The next meeting of the Physician Leadership Cabinet will be held on Monday, June 29, when members will discuss topics related to Service Line Growth Strategies – Centers of Excellence Identified in Conjunction with Top 10 in 10 PHC Strategy. ... [read more]
Jun
15
Leigh Hamby, Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer of PHC... [read more]
Jun
15
Effective Monday, June 15, 2009 new functionality to access patients through the MEDITECH PCI (Patient Care Inquiry) module will be implemented for all providers.... [read more]
Jun
15
Please click here for the June Doc-U-Tips newsletter from Herb Wienmann, M.D., documentation consultant for Piedmont Hospital and Piedmont Fayette.... [read more]
Jun
15
To accurately reflect work performed and secure appropriate reimbursement, specific terminology MUST be used when describing wound treatment.... [read more]
Jun
15
Led by GHA Chairman and Piedmont Healthcare System CEO Tim Stack, six GHA hospital member CEOs from a broad cross-section of Georgia spent the day at our Nation’s Capitol last week to deliver the message “Protect Georgia’s hospitals, physicians, and patients” during the current health reform debate. ... [read more]
Jun
15
Educational meetings regarding RAC will be held across the system from now until August. These meetings are not exclusively for physicians, but physicians and their office staff are welcome to attend. CME credit will be given for attending.... [read more]
Jun
15
As mentioned in previous eBrief postings, we have been eliminating generic network IDs throughout the Piedmont organization. This process is the outcome of an audit conducted by the OIG that found that Piedmont’s use of generic network IDs (meaning, the use of an ID that is common to many computers and not unique to you) created risks and potential exposures to our network and data. ... [read more]
May
21
ATLANTA - May 21, 2009 - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGA) and Piedmont Healthcare announced today that they have reached agreement on a three-year contract, effective August 1, 2009.... [read more]
