It’s common for serious, professional types to question the role that social media plays in the world. However, as trivial as one may deem it, social media stands to incentivize family practice physicians to partake in resolving one of the world’s biggest healthcare crises - the physician shortage.
Social Media and Family Practice: A Newfound Reason to Consider Locum Tenens Work
Posted by
VISTA Staffing on Mar 10, 2015 12:25:00 PM
Topics: Physicians
Evidence suggests there is a dire physician shortage in not only the US but the world as a whole. To some, the Affordable Care Act is a piece of legislation that contributed to the increased patient demand and therefore the resulting physician shortage. Yet many of the forecasts of the past are under revision due to promising, untested alternatives about how to solve the physician shortage issue.
Topics: Industry Updates
The tale of the medical provider enthralled by wanderlust, who takes an adventure to a foreign area in pursuit of work in a locum tenens role, is no longer a tale of risk so much as it is one of the positive results.
Topics: Physicians
How to Bill for Locum Tenens Physician Services
Posted by
VISTA Staffing on Feb 12, 2015 11:17:00 AM
There are two ways to bill Medicare when using a locum tenens provider, depending on the situation.
One is to set up the locum tenens physician with their own NPI and the other is to use the NPI of the physician they are replacing, plus the Q6 modifier code.
Topics: Physicians
Despite six-figure salaries and plenty of perks, more and more doctors are falling victim to preventable financial mishaps near the end of their careers. Although resolvable, this issue raises questions about how these situations are best mitigated and changed.
Topics: Physicians
Planning a career in medicine? We have compiled a list of the top five physician jobs for 2015, based on a number of different criteria, from compensation to workplace stress.
Topics: Industry Updates
While many physicians accept full-time jobs at hospitals and other medical facilities, some choose to work in locum tenens positions. This term translates to “one holding a place,” but many think of a locum tenens job as simply a temporary position, because that’s what it is – these are short-term jobs that professionals take for a number of different reasons.
Topics: Physicians
Healthcare reform has brought with it a number of changes that affect how healthcare services are delivered and accounted for. Among the most complex changes in the implementation of the ICD-10 coding and billing standards. The new standards will eventually be required on all healthcare providers covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Topics: Industry Updates
Minnesota Board of Medical Practice Ceases Operations
Posted by
VISTA Staffing on Jan 6, 2015 12:01:00 PM
VISTA Staffing Solutions wants you to know that if you are applying for or renewing a license in the state of Minnesota; the state government shutdown will affect you.
Topics: VISTA
Whenever I go to places on locum tenens assignments I love to immerse myself in the culture.I have loved reading about New Mexico.The history in the area is unbelievable. Kit Carson was one of the early pioneers of Taos, New Mexico.We live about two blocks from the Kit Carson House.The town still maintains a very historic look.It’s quite an authentic looking Western town.
Topics: Stories From VISTA Physicians
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VISTA Staffing Solutions has over thirty years of experience providing award-winning customer service to clients and providers alike. Headquartered in Salt Lake City with additional offices in Atlanta and Houston, and employs approximately 1,000 people between corporate staff and field clinicians and contracts with over 2,500 physicians across 60+ specialties and subspecialties. VISTA helps U.S. hospitals, medical practices, and government agencies optimize their physician staffing, ensure quality and continuity of care for patients, and maintain financial stability. As a leading provider of U.S. Locum Tenens and Permanent Physician Search Services, VISTA also operates VISTA Select, a first-of-its-kind technology and services solution utilizing advanced data and analytics to provide healthcare organizations with customizable workforce optimization solutions.
