Neil H. Baum, MD

Neil H. Baum, MD, Clinical Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School, discusses the business of medicine and some important numbers that urologists need to know. Highlighting the need for doctors to improve their business skills in order to survive in today’s market, Dr. Baum goes over five important metrics that will help doctors truly understand the value of the service they are providing. These numbers include charges and receipts, accounts receivable, charge lag, denials, and new patient percentages. He talks about what these numbers look like in a perfect world versus reality and what doctors can do about them. Dr. Baum emphasizes that doctors need only spend five minutes every month monitoring these metrics in order to become more involved in the business of their practice.

In Part 2 of his presentation on efficiency in the urologic practice, Neil H. Baum, MD, Clinical Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, offers five more ideas about how urologists can be more productive. He reviews the current problems facing urologists which make them less efficient. He explains why patients should complete their forms at home before coming into the office, as well as why it is important to obtain prior authorization. He emphasizes the benefits of using scribes and discusses the best way to use them. He also highlights how telemedicine can help improve efficiency by using it to fill no-show gaps in a urologist’s schedule. Finally, Dr. Baum talks about how important improving scheduling is and explains that the best way to stay on time is to build a 15-minute buffer into the schedule that can be used to deal with any emergencies that crop up.

Neil H. Baum, MD, clinical professor of urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, discusses the importance of efficiency and how urologists can improve their practice’s efficiency. He highlights why there is a lack of efficiency in most urologic practices which translates into most urologists working so hard that they will miss dinners with their families. Dr. Baum offers five easy to implement solutions for how urologists can improve the efficiency of their practice that will mean they get home for dinner. His solutions include: prioritizing punctuality, utilizing video technology and checklists, improving patient education and finally managing time with pharmaceutical reps.

Neil H. Baum, MD, Clinical Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, continues his discussion around the importance of urologists creating balance in their personal and professional lives. He offers five more suggestions for how urologists can create this balance and explains why it is so necessary, emphasizing the importance of controlling one’s finances, finding a life partner, limiting screen time, having fun, and exercising.

Neil H. Baum, MD, Clinical Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, discusses how important it is for physicians to create balance in their personal and professional lives. Dr. Baum offers five suggestions for how urologists can do this in order to avoid burnout. He highlights why doctors have such problems balancing life and career and discusses what happens when they are out of balance. The solutions that Dr. Baum offers are: continue learning, be ethical, set priorities, just say no, and make a difference.