Last updated Mar 8, 2019 at 9:42PM | Published on Dec 16, 2016 | Marketing, Technology, Urgent Care
Do Prescription Discount Cards really work? It seems most of the prescription discount cards you see advertise up to 75-80% off prescription drug prices. But what does that really mean? For many patients who have a good pharmacy benefits plan and a fixed co-pay of...
Published on Dec 23, 2015 | Urgent Care
Thirty plus years ago urgent care centers emerged as an alternative to emergency room care and “regular” physician office visits (I was there). The main “USPs” – Unique Selling Propositions that paved the way for the urgent boom...
Published on Dec 15, 2015 | EMR/EHR, Urgent Care
Once upon a time, the urgent care center’s claim to fame was access: extended hours, open on weekends and holidays, available when your family doctor wasn’t… Now? There’s a second urgent care center right down the street. And a third one after that. Access is simply...
Published on May 19, 2014 | DOT Exams
I may have made a data entry error when submitting DOT physical information on the NRCME site. Do you know the procedure to correct possible data entry errors? Correcting a data entry error on the NRCME website Here is a video that illustrates the process to correct...
Last updated Jul 20, 2018 at 6:57AM | Published on Jun 8, 2013 | Urgent Care
The manager of several hospital affiliated urgent care centers asked me for some advice about his staffing model. The centers are open 7 AM to 10 PM M-F, and 8-5 on weekends. Staffed with mostly NPs, they rotated through the centers, alternating 7-3 and 3 – 10...
