Bill Southwick, Chief Executive Officer of QualDerm Partners, a company that creates market-leading dermatology practice partnerships through acquisition and de novo development, will be a featured speaker at the 12th Annual Healthcare Provider Conference. On Tuesday, September 12 at 2:45 p.m., Southwick will participate in…
Preserving Patient Access to Dermatology
The wait time for new patients to get a dermatology appointment is at its highest levels since Merritt Hawkins first began tracking this metric. According to that organization’s 2017 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times, 32 days is the average wait time for a routine…
Cumberland Skin Surgery & Dermatology Joins QualDerm Partners
QualDerm Partners, a company that creates market-leading dermatology practice partnerships through affiliations and de novo development, today announced Cumberland Skin Surgery and Dermatology has joined the company as an affiliate practice. Cumberland Skin Surgery and Dermatology, with offices in both Hermitage and Lebanon, Tennessee, provides…
Physician Tiering: Dermatologists’ Need for Data
Physician tiering is another method payors are utilizing to stem rising healthcare costs. This system ranks physicians based on quality and cost. Depending on physicians’ rank, patients’ out-of-pocket costs can widely vary. Attempts to drive down costs will most likely continue. According to a report…
Center for Surgical Dermatology & Dermatology Associates Joins QualDerm Partners
QualDerm Partners, a company that creates market-leading dermatology practice partnerships through affiliations and de novo development, today announced the Center for Surgical Dermatology & Dermatology Associates has joined the company as an affiliate practice. Based in Westerville, Ohio, the Center for Surgical Dermatology & Dermatology…
QualDerm-affiliated Dermatologist Discusses Team Building Tips in the Dermatology Times
Teams don’t happen; they’re built. And they don’t work unless they run smoothly. “I think, as is the case with any line of work, [the team] has to run smoothly or the simplest tasks become difficult,” says Kevin Stein, M.D…
Narrowing Networks: Positioning Dermatology Practices for Success
U.S. healthcare costs have skyrocketed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) places the figure at $3.2 trillion for 2015. That equates to $9,990 per person. CMS also projects these costs will continue to grow at a rate of 5.6% annually between 2016 and…
REPORT: The Growing Risk of Patient Data Breaches
The WannaCry Ransomware attack wreaked havoc on organizations worldwide. This attack impacted more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries. While WannaCry is the latest headline-making attack, cybercrime is a continuous and growing threat. Cybercrime costs the U.S. an estimated $108 billion per year, according to…
QualDerm Partners’ Bill Southwick to Speak at the Business Owner Symposium in Nashville
Bill Southwick, Chief Executive Officer of QualDerm Partners, a company that creates market-leading dermatology practice partnerships through acquisition and de novo development, will be a featured panelist at the Business Owner Symposium: Preparing for Transition event. During the event, Southwick will participate in the Business…
Succession Planning: A Pro-active Approach for Dermatologists
Succession planning is a hot-button issue for many dermatologists. According to a 2015 report by the Association of American Medical Colleges, 43.5% of practicing dermatologists are age 55 and over. That means that within a decade, almost half of today’s practicing dermatologists will either have…
Consolidation: What it looks like in dermatology
It seems as though merger and acquisition announcements in healthcare are happening weekly, as payers, hospitals and more join forces to become more powerful players in an increasingly complex healthcare environment. What’s happening with the big corporations has trickled down to private physician practices. The…
Dermatology: The Changing Landscape
The number of solo dermatology practices has steadily declined in the last decade. In 2014, just 35% of dermatologists practiced solo, according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). There is a generational divide among dermatologists who practice solo and those who choose an alternate…
Industry Consolidation: The Impact on Dermatology
Industry consolidation continues to make headlines in the healthcare world. A recent Health Affairs report showed consolidation of both commercial payors and physician practices significantly impacts reimbursement rates. According to the report, reimbursement rates for office visits are reduced by almost 20% when a payor’s…
QualDerm Partners’ Bill Southwick to Speak at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting
Bill Southwick, Chief Executive Officer of QualDerm Partners, a company that creates market-leading dermatology practice partnerships through acquisition and de novo development, will be a featured speaker at the American Academy of Dermatology’s 2017 Annual Meeting. On Saturday, March 4 at 1:00 p.m., Southwick will…
MACRA, MIPS, and APMs: How Dermatologists can get Compliant and Optimize Reimbursement
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) went into effect January 1, 2017. The final MACRA ruling offers two tracks for compliance: 1) Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS); and 2) Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs). However, only MIPS may be used in 2017. For…