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Reblogged: Writers I Read – Writing in English, Essentially Vietnamese
Posted by neihtn2012 in Books, Village Teacher
Audrey Chin, book, novel, Vietnam, Vietnamese, village teacher
The following is reblogged from Audrey Chin's blog at: http://oddznns.com/2013/09/13/writers-i-read-writing-in-english-essentially-vietnamese/
Nguyen Trong Hien is the author of Village Teacher, a novel which offers a refreshing look at a Vietnam rarely featured in English language fiction.
Why I chose to interview Hien
Village Teacher struck me immediately as a different and exquisite piece of Old Vietnam.
Set in the early years of French colonisation, it is on its surface a love story about a virtuous village scholar, Tam, and Giang, a spirited half-French daughter of the Hue elite. But, the book has many layers. Under the skin of the love story , however, is a recounting of the Vietnamese people's first grappling with the West. And at heart, the whole work is a quiet tribute to Vietnamese men of letters and the prevailing spirit of the Vietnamese language (whether in Chinese ideograms or French invented alphabets). Although probably unintended, there is also a larger moral lesson about how countries, not just Vietnam, can be won or lost if change is not embraced appropriately.
The work was thoroughly imbued with the ethos and mindset of the period. The story, which unfolded operatically with all the elements of a traditional cai-luong, had such an old-school Vietnamese sensibility I was prompted immediately to connect with the author, to find out who this English language writer who could so evoke Old Vietnam was.
About Hien
Nguyen Trong Hien, is a Vietnamese man who now lives in Princeton NJ. Born in North Vietnam, Hien moved South with his family when the country was divided in 1954. He went to college in America, and subsequently returned to Vietnam in the late 1960's and early 1970's to work as a professor, a writer of textbooks, a soldier and a technocrat.
Hien is multi-talented. Although trained in Engineering and Industrial Administration, and working primarily now in IT, he maintains a wonderful blog filled with great photographs. And of course, there is this book, Village Teacher, a four year labour of love written at night and on weekends.
Our interview
During my e-interview with Hien about the beginnings of his book and his writing practice, I discovered that the unconscious may influence our writing as much as the conscious. I also realized how much we older writers have been practicing, even when we thought we were simply getting along with the rest of our lives.
I asked Hien what prompted him to write a Vietnamese novel set in the late 19th century instead of one about the war or the diaspora.
He revealed that a reason was because one of his great-grandfathers had been a huong su or village teacher in a town in the highlands of North Vietnam. But, he confessed, he hadn't known much about the old gentleman except that he led a frugal yet well respected life. More importantly, Hien said, he was influenced by the pro-independence writer Ngo Tat To's novel, Leu Chong (Tents and Pallets. Published in 1952, the novel which is about the difficulties of scholars travelling to the imperial capital for their exams and the difficulties they encountered, made a great impression. Encouraged by his father to read in while a teenage, Hien recalls reading it again at least twice since then.
When I prompted Hien about other early experiences that might have been influential, he shared an incident which might actually have been central to his decision to write about an examination candidate who'd been unjustly disqualified.
This is the recollection in Hien's own words – "Even though I had no formal schooling until the age of 7, my father decided to have me take the entrance exam at one of the elite schools in Ha Noi, a Frenchlycée. He had me prepare for it by buying a French textbook and telling me to take a crack at it, with some help from him when he came home from work.
"When the time came, I went and took the exam, with hundreds of other young boys about my age. I was so nervous I came home sick, but I told my father that I did well. However, when the results were published, my name was nowhere on the list of those accepted to the lycée. I had failed!
"My father came home and queried me again about how I did in the exam. I didn't know what to say and I was running a fever, but I told him what questions were asked and how I answered them. He went back to the school and asked to speak to the principal, a Frenchman. I don't know what he said, but the principal had his staff look for my exam papers. It turned out I had actually passed, but was somehow failed for no reason. Not only did I pass, my actual grade was so high the principal ordered that I be allowed to skip one level.
"My father later told our family that they did it to admit someone else, probably some scion of a well-connected and wealthy family."
I find it telling that Hien forgot to share this incident initially. There are clearly parallels between the injustice he suffered as an 8 year old newly arrived to the metropolis Hanoi and those experienced by the hero in Village Teacher. Was it this experience that allowed him to identify so closely with Ngo Tat To's Tents and Pallets? I can't know … Hien and I didn't discuss this.
What I've learnt from this exchange is that sometimes the roots of our story are so deeply hidden we ourselves don't know how we're inspired. What I wonder is how much richer our writing lives might be if we set time aside to mine the ore of our own experiences.
Hien has been writing from his earliest years "polishing school benches". His first attempts at producing published work were in college in the United States, when he was selected to be the political editor of the school paper. For a year, he wrote an editorial or column on political, social and economic issues almost every day. It was a practice, he is still grateful for because it taught him how to write fast and communicate clearly.
After graduation, Hien's writings in English and Vietnamese, both in the US and Vietnam, were primarily on technical, economic, or social subjects. In the back of his mind though, he always wanted to write a novel, something less dreary and perhaps more challenging. Hien was not to know that by writing all that dreary material, he was honing his craft in preparation for when he would actually sit down and write Village Teacher.
Writers read, and so does Hien. He likes history, fictional or otherwise, and believes strongly that "a good book should always allow you to gain some knowledge about things that you didn't know beforehand."
He admires all the writers of the Tu Luc Van Doan group, a 1930's pro-independent literary group founded in colonial Vietnam. In English, John Steinbeck has always been a favourite.
While Hien does not proactively avoid any type of writing, with time being a constraint, he doesn't actively seek out non-history related works.
As for his current writing practice – Hien is researching highland people in South Vietnam for his second novel. He starts the day very early, arriving at work at 7 AM and trying to get as much done as possible before everyone else starts to trek in around 9 AM. At 4 PM he goes home and exercises for about an hour. Then after dinner, he starts on his book and keeps at it from about 7 PM till 9 or 10 PM.
Writing takes discipline. But Hien also knows to give himself slack.
When the office is too stressful or when he must spend a few extra hours there to deal with problems, he will skip the book and spend time with woodworking or painting. And when he feels lazy, he watches a classical music concert or a movie on disc.
"Life is not so bad, actually," he writes me with a
Still a writer working alone
Hien confesses he hasn't managed to make the acquaintance of younger Vietnamese American writers like Aimee Phan, Andrew Lam, Andrew X. Pham and Monique Truong.
That's a pity.
Hien wrote Village Teacher in English because he wanted to make it accessible to younger Vietnamese in the diaspora, who may not read Vietnamese. He also wanted to reach out to American friends who encouraged him to write. It is his hope that both of those groups will find the novel interesting and learn things about Vietnam that they cannot find anywhere else.
I hope that indeed the new generation of Vietnamese-American writers will pick up Village Teacher. And of course, I hope that Hien will find some time to read these younger authors works. I can see a great deal of inter-generational cross-fertilization happening between someone like Hien, who is fluent in English and yet deeply rooted in Vietnamese literature and culture, and the younger generation of Vietnamese Americans writing in search of identity.
Perhaps …. After this interview goes live, there might be a reaching out.
Village Teacher can be found on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Village-Teacher-neihtn/dp/1475101635
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My niece, MT, graciously allowed me to use one of the photos she took in 2007 during a visit to Huế. Here's how it looks for the Kindle version of the book, and the cover for the print version is almost the same:
I had no idea where she had taken the shot, until a friend of mine, NVH, sent me the following photo which he said was taken at Emperor Thiệu Trị's library. Note the mandarin statue on the left side of the photo.
Finally, today he sent me another photo to put everything in perspective. You can barely see it, but look at the left corner of the lower roof.


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CBGA, the "mother of all cannabinoids", reduces seizures more effectively than CBD
CBGA, the "mother of all canna...
CBGA is converted into more well-known cannabinoids as a cannabis plant matures
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New Australian research is systematically investigating the anticonvulsant effects of a number of rare compounds in cannabis. A new study is reporting cannabigerolic acid (CBGA), informally known as the "mother of all cannabinoids," may be more effective at reducing seizures than cannabidiol (CBD).
"From the early nineteenth century cannabis extracts were used in Western medicine to treat seizures but cannabis prohibition got in the way of advancing the science," explains Jonathon Arnold, corresponding author on the new study. "Now we are able to explore how the compounds in this plant can be adapted for modern therapeutic treatments."
There are dozens of unique compounds in cannabis plants. Known as cannabinoids, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are perhaps the most well-known. Others compounds such as tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP) have only just been discovered.
In 2018 a CBD formulation called Epidiolex became the first cannabis-derived medicine to be approved for any medical use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Epidiolex was found to reduce seizure frequency in severe forms of childhood-onset epilepsy.
"However, many childhood epilepsy patients continue to be treated with unregulated artisanal products extracted from the cannabis plant, often due to high expense and limited availability of Epidiolex and, in some cases, a preference for extracts containing a 'full spectrum' of multiple phytocannabinoids and terpenoids rather than isolated CBD," the researchers write in the newly published study.
For several years pharmacologists at the University of Sydney have been studying the individual anticonvulsant effects of a number of rare cannabinoids. This new study reports on the effects of seven cannabinoids, with a particular focus on cannabigerolic acid (CBGA).
CBGA is often referred to as the "mother of all cannabinoids" because it is the precursor to many more well-known cannabinoids, including CBD and THC. Every cannabis plant contains CBGA, but as the plant matures this compound is converted into other cannabinoids. This means CBGA levels are often very low in mature harvested cannabis, as it already has been transformed into other chemicals.
"The cannabinoid acids are abundant in cannabis but have received much less scientific attention," notes Arnold. "We are just beginning to understand their therapeutic potential."
The study tested the anticonvulsant effects of CBGA in a few different preclinical seizure models. In several, but not all, models CBGA was found more effective than CBD at reducing seizures. Lead author Lyndsey Anderson says CBGA didn't reduce seizure activity in all animal models suggesting it probably isn't as versatile as CBD, but it was a superior anticonvulsant in models such as hyperthermia-induced seizures.
"We found that CBGA was more potent than CBD in reducing seizures triggered by a febrile event in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome," says Anderson. "Although higher doses of CBGA also had proconvulsant effects on other seizure types highlighting a limitation of this cannabis constituent. We also found CBGA to affect many epilepsy-relevant drug targets."
Most interesting is perhaps the next stages of the research, which will begin investigating the anticonvulsant effects of different combinations of cannabinoids. This touches on a controversial idea known as the entourage effect.
The entourage effect argues the therapeutic benefits of cannabis are not solely the result of single cannabinoids such as CBD, but instead are influenced by the broader interactions between different compounds in the plant. Researchers have yet to clearly demonstrate the entourage effect in clinical studies, but Anderson believes it is possible novel combinations of cannabinoids could lead to more effective treatments than any one single compound.
"We have assessed the cannabinoids one by one and now we are exploring what happens when you put them all back together," says Anderson. "There remains a real possibility that all these individual anticonvulsant cannabinoids might work better when combined."
The new study was published in the British Journal of Pharmacology.
Source: University of Sydney
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Sex-dependent selection differentially shapes genetic variation on and off the guppy Y chromosome
Erik Postma*, Nicolle Spyrou, Lee Ann Rollins, Robert C. Brooks
Department of Biological Sciences
Because selection is often sex-dependent, alleles can have positive effects on fitness in one sex and negative effects in the other, resulting in intralocus sexual conflict. Evolutionary theory predicts that intralocus sexual conflict can drive the evolution of sex limitation, sex-linkage, and sex chromosome differentiation. However, evidence that sex-dependent selection results in sex-linkage is limited. Here, we formally partition the contribution of Y-linked and non-Y-linked quantitative genetic variation in coloration, tail, and body size of male guppies (Poecilia reticulata)-traits previously implicated as sexually antagonistic. We show that these traits are strongly genetically correlated, both on and off the Y chromosome, but that these correlations differ in sign and magnitude between both parts of the genome. As predicted, variation in attractiveness was found to be associated with the Y-linked, rather than with the non-Y-linked component of genetic variation in male ornamentation. These findings show how the evolution of Y-linkage may be able to resolve sexual conflict. More generally, they provide unique insight into how sex-specific selection has the potential to differentially shape the genetic architecture of fitness traits across different parts of the genome.
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Postma, E., Spyrou, N., Rollins, L. A., & Brooks, R. C. (2011). Sex-dependent selection differentially shapes genetic variation on and off the guppy Y chromosome. Evolution, 65(8), 2145-2156. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01314.x
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Senator Warren aims to change rules on bank crypto offerings
By Hilda A. Pool on August 4, 2022 Non Believer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is circulate a letter among his Senate colleagues who would withdraw legal advice for banks holding and trading cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg News reported on Aug. 4.
The letter would call on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to work with the Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) to replace some Trump-era regulations on crypto custodial services with more consumer-centric ones. approaches.
Quoting an assistant to the senator, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, Bloomberg indicated that the senator collects signatures from her colleagues before the final version is sent to the OCC.
Known details of the letter show that Warren is concerned that the OCC has not properly managed the risks associated with crypto banking, according to Bloomberg.
The letter would have a series of questions for the OCC, including the names of regulated banks currently offering crypto-related services and the estimated total volume of such activities.
The acting controller responds.
When asked about the issue, Acting OCC Comptroller Michael Hsu said he hadn't received any letters, although it would be an interesting topic to answer, Bloomberg reported.
When asked at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's Sixth Annual Financial Technology Conference on Thursday, Michael responded by saying:
"I believe that everything that goes into crypto banking should be safe, sound, and fair, and we will do what is necessary in a way that is sustainable, sustainable, and robust. I think we are doing a good job. A whole bunch of things just happened, and the banking system is in pretty good shape, knock on wood. I think part of that is the actions we've taken.
US Stance on Banks Offering Crypto Custody Services
In the last year of the Trump administration, the OCC established that a national bank could provide cryptocurrency custody services on behalf of customers and authorized banking services to any legal business they choose, including cryptocurrency businesses, as long as they manage risk effectively and comply with applicable law, Bloomberg reported.
This Biden administration reportedly clarified that rule when new acting comptroller Hsu explained that a bank needed written notification of no objection from the oversight office.
Banks interested in offering crypto custody were also required to demonstrate their willingness to conduct such activities securely by having proper and appropriate risk management systems in place.
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Year: R-Jr.
Hometown: Anadarko, Okla.
High School: Anadarko HS (Oklahoma State)
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2016-17)
Played in 23 games for the Golden Eagles and made 10 starts ... Competed for a total of 651 minutes and scored 273 points ... Had a 41.8 percent field goal average with a 42 percent three-point average ... An 85 percent free-throw shooter ... Scored 23 points in team's win at Arkansas, went 5-6 from three-point range ... Scored game winning three-point bucket at Omaha.
JUNIOR (2015-16)
Sat out the season after transfering from Oklahoma State.
SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Played in 25 games as a sophomore with eight starts for Oklahoma State … Averaged 10.8 minutes per game a 2.7 points per game … Finished with a season-high 14 points at Kansas State hitting four three-pointers in a one-point loss for the Cowgirls … Shot 31 percent from the field and was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw as a sophomore … Was a 31 percent three-point shooter as well and averaged 1.2 rebounds per game and 0.9 assists per contest.
FRESHMAN (2013-14)
Saw action in 11 games during her first season with the Cowgirls … Finished with a season-high 11 minutes against Lamar while tallying six points on a pair of three-pointer and pulled down four rebounds … Matched a season-high with two three-pointer against Northern Colorado … Scored five points in first Big 12 action at West Virginia … Appeared in NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game against Notre Dame.
A PARADE All-American at Anadarko and a McDonald's All-American nominee after receiving the Gatorade Oklahoma Girls Basketball Player of the Year after the 2012-13 season … As the point guard she averaged 20.1 points, 5.6 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game as a senior … Led the Lady Warriors to a 27-2 record and to the Class 4A semifinals .. Earned First Team All-State honors and was named MVP of the Tournament of Champions … Finished with 2,032 career points while also helping Anadarko win the Class 4A State Title as a junior … Also rank track for the Lady Warriors for two years.
Daughter of George and Michelle Beatty … Has three sisters, Ryan, Ashley and Nichole … Sister, Ashley, signed with ORU and will be a sophomore in 2016-17.
Points: 14 at Kansas State – 2/7/15
Rebounds: 6 vs. Texas Southern – 11/16/14
Assists: 4 twice, last at Iowa State – 1/31/15
Steals: 2 at Texas Tech – 2/28/15
Field Goals: 5 at Kansas state – 2/7/15
3-point Field Goals: 4 at Kansas State – 2/7/15
Free Throws: 2 four times, last vs. Baylor – 3/8/15
Minutes: 37 at Kansas State – 2/7/15


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ANDERS GRØNLIEN
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Diploma Work Akademy of fine arts in Prague / MFA 2009
National Gallery Prague, Veletrzni Palac
Start Point Award, Galerie Kaltovy Klenova
Art as atmospheric experience
My diploma work was composed by elements drawn from a series of installations, photo documentation and digital collage realized in the exhibitions:
Hyperspace Module 1.0 - playing with space (Galerie AVU)
Year Future 2.0 - the leap of faith (Meetfactory)
Warp Exit 3.0 - isolated steps (Entrance gallery)
Illuminated Hideout 4.0 - the quarantine (ETC gallery)
These projects were realized in collaboration with French artist Michael Gimenz through-out 2008-2009.
My diploma work was an individual reflection of these projects where I saw these exhibitions as a working process leading up to the realization of my diploma work.
The reason for developing my diploma work this way was to be able to experiment and study a form of installation that would not be possible to realize in the working atmosphere of my AVU studio because It would disturb the other students working process.
For my diploma work I drew elements from each of the exhibitions mentioned in the attempt to make a fusion of these projects for my final work.
From the documentation and digital photographic material collected throughout the year, I have realized 3 digital photographic compositions where I joined elements from each of the preceding projects. These digital collages were realized using mirror reflex digital cameras (Nikon D80 & Canon eos e450), edited and composed in Adobe Photoshop cs3 and printed using the RA-4 developing process for Kodak color negative photographic paper which produces a Type C-print. (also called Light-jet or lambda print).
The photographic material used in the digital collages are extracted from moments which represent key areas of study during a 16 month long working process.
These compositions are an attempt to visualize my work during my final year as a whole (as an atmospheric experience).
The compositions were be mounted each on one side of a triangular room which the audience can enter and see an installation composed from sculptural and interior elements adapted from my previous projects.
I see my final work as an investigation into my practice to better understand the link between a series of site-specific installations realized at different places at different times.
Since each of the preceding projects were realized as ephemeral, site specific work, the compositions of these elements transcends the different spaces to visualize them together as a working atmosphere.
In this artwork I am sought to reform space into a scenario where the audience has a physical as well as audio-visual experience of the artwork. The installation was arranged as an environment where the spectator, by entering into it, becomes the main actor.
By reading the signs of their surroundings the audience could contemplate the meaning of their presence in connection to the artwork. This can be linked to existentialist ideas , where the artwork as an ephemeral situation, echoes the coming and going of the visitor.
The installations make use of elements inspired by science fiction, special effects, and film set scenography. These elements are included to model the installation as an illusionary setting that challenges the audience perception of space and lingers in an area between fiction and reality.
In this situation the audience can experience a psychological displacement I would describe as an atmospheric experience of art.
The projects leading up to my diploma work aimed to investigate the possibilities/ limitations of joining the exhibition space with the work presented. By studying each exhibition space and inviting the gallery staff to participate as actors in the development of each project, we created scenographic installations that would completely surround the audience.
In the process of creating each installation we would focus on the architectural construction of the exhibition space, it´s light sources, sound application and the natural movement of the spectators through the space.
By redefining these elements we developed scenographic compositions using visual elements inspired from science- fiction to be integrated with the natural structure of the space. The result of this was a integration of the spectator, the artwork, the space and the gallery staff in an unfolding theatrical setting.
An interesting aspect of the work was seeing how our method would apply to each of the exhibition spaces. Since all of the spaces were supporting the young Prague art scene, with their individual directions, it was a focus for us to push the limits of how artwork can be presented in these showcases. In this method the act of presentation, development and realization of the artwork merge into the same process, using the exhibition space as material as a studio and gallery.
In doing so we were posing the question if it is possible to include the place of presentation as an element in the work presented? By including the place of presentation what new borders between artwork and the space it occupies are being defined?
By repeating this process according to 4 different exhibition spaces, a part of the project was to explore what the visual connection would look like by seeking answers to these questions and to find solutions to problematic moments gained from our experiences.
When developing my diploma work it became apparent that it would be impossible to apply this method directly to a presentation in school because it would disturb the presentation of the other students and raise a conflict of interest.
A solution to this problem was to design a space that would fit an installation formed by elements taken from each of the preceding projects. In this way I would be able to realize a situation in relationship with my former projects as well as it being mobile enough to be repositioned for the diploma exhibition. (In the light of this my diploma work is also fitted to the way the formal proceedings of diploma work presentations are organized.)
While working on these projects I made an extensive study of filmmakers and artists which make use of similar elements. I would seek out films which make use of scenography & special lighting in smoke filled atmospheres to create different effects. Biggest inspirations have been the films, Star Wars (1977) dir. George Lucas, 2001 a space odyssey (1968) dir. Stanley Kubrick), Logans Run (1976) dir. Michael Anderson, Blade runner (1982) dir. Ridley Scott, Kiss me deadly (1955) dir. by Robert Aldrich, Holy Mountain (1973) dir. Alejandro Jodorovsky, ET (1982) & Close Encounter of the 3rd kind (1977) dir. Steven Spielberg.
Similarities to these film sets can be seen in contemporary art in the installation works of artists such as Pierre Huyghe, Børre Sæthre, Olafur Eliasson, Anthony Macall and James Turell.
These artists' work has been a big inspiration for me in the way that they make use of a scenographic approach to installation. In my opinion the similarities of the work of these artists to sci-fi movies from the 70s and early 80s can be seen as an appropriation of scenography into contemporary art as a 3 dimensional visual experience. Other sources of inspiration have been science fiction books from writers such as Aldous Huxley, William Burroughs and Phillip K. Dick.
In the process of working on these projects we have also been in contact with The Štefánik Observatory researching the methods used in astronomy to produce visual illustrations of astronomical studies as well as special effects artists for the film industry.
I see my diploma work as representing the working atmosphere which I have been involved in for the past year and as a chance for me to review my activities and inspire new ideas for further development in the future.
Atelier Malba II
Academy of fine arts Prague
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MGMA's 'Successful Medical Groups'
Laird Harrison
Conference | MGMA
Administrators got together at the Medical Group Management Association's Annual Conference to share best practices for running an outstanding practice.
Attention to the details of population health management, patient experience, and accounts receivable can a transform a troubled medical group into a high-performing one.
That's the experience of administrators from three medical practices designated as "successful medical groups" by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), who were part of a presentation at the organization's 2016 Annual Conference in San Francisco, Calif.
"If I can [solve problems], any of you can do [the same], because trust me, I have my challenges," said Alicia Vaughn, practice manager of Dawson Pediatrics in Dawsonville, Ga. Vaughn's practice struggles with low reimbursement provided by Medicaid, which covers 64 percent of its patients.
When Vaughn started as practice manager, Dawson was being audited by CMS for not complying with EHR requirements and other discrepancies. The person in charge of billing had no experience with billing. Vaughn paid for the billing person to attend coding school. And, she explored the alternatives to fee-for-service reimbursement that CMS was offering, finally settling on the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model.
This approach fit into the work she did on improving the practice's EHR system; Vaughn found she could take some of the documentation burden off the practice's providers and also identify patients in need of more care.
The practice began to call patients in more frequently for wellness visits, identifying those whose chronic diseases were not under good control. For example, if a patient called to request an albuterol rescue inhaler this might suggest his asthma was not well managed, so the practice would schedule an appointment with the patient.
The practice also increased routine screening for conditions such as lead poisoning and tuberculosis. "We are projecting in one year a little over $200,000 increased revenue," Vaughn concluded.
For Jennifer Souders, practice administrator of Hilltop Family Physicians in Parker, Colo., the key to success has been improving the patient experience.
When she came to the practice 17 years ago, a patient who called in with a sore throat would be scheduled for an appointment later in the week. "That's not OK," she said. "If you're sick, you need to be seen that day." Hilltop now reserves half of every day for same-day appointments.
Next, Souders analyzed every step of the patient visit, from the front desk to checkout, making sure that the staff was on top of details such as collecting the right payer information.
The practice has streamlined its patient satisfaction surveys to just six questions, and is getting high marks on all of them. It keeps track of which payer is associated with the patient filling out the survey. "We can go to a payer with this, and maybe get our payments increased," Souders said.
Michael Shadley, practice administrator of Illinois Gastroenterology Institute, in Peoria, Ill., focused on making sure his practice gets properly reimbursed for each patient visit. The process starts with carefully tracking details about each patient's insurance coverage and details of each visit. Illinois Gastroenterology Institute collects copayments before the patient sees the doctor. "They pay a lot better on the front side than on the back side," Shadley said.
The practice will accept payment installments as small as $50, but only if patients agree to have the money automatically deducted from their bank accounts by a collection agency. "The people who aren't paying you are taking up spots from people who are willing," he said.