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The O&P Edge: 2022 Reimbursement Policy Impacts: What You Need to Know
Something the pandemic has taught us is not to get too comfortable with what is required because we never know when we will have to pivot next and then pivot again. With that in mind, I will give a summary of what you need to know about 2022 reimbursement changes and where to find more information about the changes.
The O&P Edge: Resolutions and Goal Setting in the New Year
There’s that feeling that comes with a new year that gives us a vision of a blank slate. A time to look at what we want to improve from the previous year and set our goals for a better version of ourselves. While it’s tradition for most of us do this for our personal lives, why wouldn’t we take a moment to reflect on our business as a blank slate and envision some business goals?
The O&P Edge: The Power of Setting Goals
When done correctly, setting goals can motivate your team and ensure they are moving in the same direction as a whole. Poorly thought-out goal setting, however, leads to frustration and wasted efforts. Here are mistakes to avoid:
The O&P Edge: Take Time to Work on Your Business
The only way to know if your practice needs help is by keeping a finger on the pulse of your practice. This is where working on you practice rather than in your practice makes all the difference. Find out how to do that in this article of the O&P Edge.
The O&P Edge: Dangers of the Unwritten Standard
Without written standards, processes, and procedures to follow, your staff will have to make up their own. What they create may not be satisfactory to you, but the simple fact is that we get what we tolerate. Business managers and owners may tolerate unwritten standards until we’re forced to address them—like when Medicare gets involved or you lose a referral source.
Here are some examples of problems that arose due to a lack of written standards at O&P practices:
