Introduction - The hidden costs of hiring a new staff member can be extremely high and the cost of making a mistake can be even higher. Participants will learn effective techniques for recruiting qualified candidates, interview techniques, strategies for getting honest references, pre-employment testing and how to make an offer that attracts the best candidates. Despite the best of efforts, every manager and physician will face a time when an employee must be disciplined or even terminated. Find out how to have fair and effective programs of progressive discipline and how to terminate employment if the circumstances call for it. This program is designed for managers and physicians.

This Practice Management Audiocast Presentation includes ...

• This Audiocast is of a recent Live Webconference presented by Economedix;
• Your registration fee covers the ability for you and your practice to view this presentation for one year along with various course handout materials;
• The ability for ACS Fellows and practice managers to e-mail follow-up questions to Economedix Practice Management Advisors for personalized responses;
• Co-Sponsors - The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and The Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM).
Course Objectives - Completion of this Practice Management Course will provide:
• Understand various strategies for recruitment, interviewing, hiring and discipline;
• Understand the basic regulatory issues governing employment relationships;
• Use forms and letters to be used in the recruitment and hiring process;
• Create a set of a basic personnel policy manual that can be customized to your practice;
• Understand how a progressive disciplinary process can improve employee relations and limit potential liability.
Accreditation - The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education to physicians.
Credits - The American College of Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. PAHCOM has pre-approved this educational activity for 1 CEU towards the PAHCOM CMM designation. To earn the credit, participants must complete the combination Evaluation / CME - CEU Form, that is included in the course materials, and FAX this form back within seven days following the date of the teleconference.
Faculty - The faculty for the course is Mr. Tom Loughrey, MBA, CCS-P. Mr. Loughrey is Chairman of Economedix and a noted practice management consultant to physicians, medical offices and medical societies. For over a decade, Mr. Loughrey has provided consulting services to the College as a part of the Consultant’s Corner at the annual ACS Clinical Congress and regularly is engaged by ACS to speak and teach at meetings and workshops throughout the country.