Neil H. Baum, MD

Neil H. Baum, MD

Tulane University School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical School, Vanguard Communications Group

New Orleans, Louisiana

Neil H. Baum, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also a retired urologic surgeon. Additionally, Dr. Baum serves as the Medical Advisor to Vanguard Communications Group. Dr. Baum is the author of Marketing Your Clinical Practice - Ethically, Effectively, and Economically, which is in its 4th edition, has sold over 175,000 copies, and has been translated into Spanish. He also wrote The Complete Business Guide to a Successful Medical Practice, which was published in 2015. Dr. Baum was the columnist for American Medical News for more than 25 years. Dr. Baum also wrote the popular column, “The Bottom Line,” for Urology Times for more than 20 years. He is a requested speaker each year to the Practice Management Seminar for the American Urological Association (AUA), where he discusses techniques for making urology practices more efficient and more productive. He has written more than 9 books on practice management and over 250 peer-reviewed articles on various urologic topics. Dr. Baum is also the medical advisor to Vanguard Communications Group.

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Talks by Neil H. Baum, MD

Numbers to Know

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.

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Home for Dinner (Part 2 of 2)

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.

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Home for Dinner (Part 1 of 2)

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.

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Creating Balance in Your Personal and Professional Life (Part 2 of 2)

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.

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Creating Balance in Your Personal and Professional Life (Part 1 of 2)

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.

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