Geriatric Practice Improvement, or Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me When I Started
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Upon completion of these modules, the learner will gain novel and necessary information to establish an efficient and effective geriatric practice or to improve their present geriatric practice. The focus of the modules includes improvements in office efficiency, cost effectiveness, geriatric billing and coding, and innovations in practice. CME credit is available for this product. For more information, please contact the author.
Module One Upon completion, the learner will be able to describe and implement an effective and efficient system and process to care for complex elders in office-based practice through use of: 1) Pre-evaluation questionnaires 2) Delegation of tasks 3) Office processes Module Two Upon completion, the learner will be able to: 1) Describe appropriate billing and coding used in geriatric care 2) List and utilize underused CPT codes 3) Describe criteria to select appropriate category and level of code for service Module Three Upon completion the learner will be able to: 1) List the key elements of a successful practice caring for the elderly 2) Describe successful, innovative, nontraditional geriatric practice types 3) List the pros, cons, and caveats of contracting your services 4) Describe the process of performing an analysis of a practice site
Eighteen practicing NPs, physicians, pharmacists, and PAs have completed this product as Blackboard distance-based learning as part of a minifellowship in Geriatrics. Implementation: 1) For lecture presentation: there are no special implementation requirements other than familiarity with the technology to use PowerPoint. Presenters should be comfortable enough with content to facilitate a robust discussion. 2) For use in distance learning: the material was originally adapted to Blackboard learning systems; however, using the Power Point system as we have, it can be adapted to many distance-based learning systems. We recommend for optimal learning that the presentation have speaker voicing (audio) to explain the slides and that the learner also have the ability to read the lecture notes. Benefits and practical tips: 1) For lecture and self learning: the 15-20 minute modular format is concise and partialized, allowing presenters to select the most relevant information for their audience. 2) For use in distance learning: our feedback is that the 15-20 minute segments are popular, learners cite that it less intimidating to do, the questions at the end create a break and closure, and the 1 hour credit for completion of the three module unit is attained "painlessly".
Comments
I have found this helpful for teaching medical residents (PGY3), and it also has been quite useful for new physicians who are joining our practice. Thanks for putting this up!
Some excellent resources! I agree that caring for the elderly can be so rewarding, but as noted, is seldom very lucrative! You can't measure job satisfaction in dollars.