Practice Perfect 690
Surgical Consent: Are You Really Doing It Correctly?

Surgical consent can be seen as either another legal hoop we surgeons are required to jump through, or a meaningful step that you take with your patient in the planning of their surgery. How much do you tell them? How much will they understand? Read on…

Jarrod Shapiro, DPM Practice Perfect, January 21, 2020

Disappointed Docs Say: MIPS Is Not Worth It!

Many physicians and practice managers across the country are coming to recognize that the 1.68% bonus given from the government's payment program may not be worth the time and resources required to participate.

Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC Opinion, January 16, 2020

Practice Perfect 689
Lights, Camera, Action…Playing Your Role as a Doctor

Every single patient encounter we engage in is a performance where we play a role. So often, the difference between patient compliance or not is how well you play the role. In this blog, Jarrod Shapiro, DPM examines this aspect of podiatry practice.

Jarrod Shapiro, DPM Practice Perfect, January 14, 2020

Residency Insight
Fulfillment of Expectations After Foot and Ankle Surgery – A Review

Expecting the unexpected? This review covers a novel parameter for evaluating patient expectations before and after foot and ankle surgery. Patient satisfaction was examined in a new use of data, which may help improve pre-operative patient counseling.

Brittany Mammano, DPM Residency Insight, January 13, 2020