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A Quick Guide to Patient Reactivation
In the rush to identify and secure new patients, DPMs should make sure they aren’t ignoring existing ones. Shaun Zaken, president of Blue Orchid Marketing, says that reactivating patients who have already visited your practice is “my favorite service to pitch because it prints money.“
Source: Podiatry Management
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RE: recommendations for accurately reading radiology procedures (from 8.12.26)
Please review our radiology information that we provided on 1.25.2026. You can read the entire post here:
The interpretation report must be consistent with American College of Radiology guidelines, see this link: https://gravitas.acr.org/PPTS/GetDocumentView?docId=74
Sincerely,
David J Freedman, DPM, CPC, CSFAC, CPMA
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Cybersecurity Gaps That Could Cost You
2. Encrypt data at rest and in transit
Encryption turns a stolen laptop or intercepted file into unreadable noise. For two decades it sat in the "addressable" column of the Security Rule, which too many practices read as optional. The proposed update moves it firmly into the required column, both at rest and in transit. At rest means the data sitting on your servers, workstations, backups and mobile devices. In transit means anything moving across a network: email, portal messages, file transfers between systems.
Confirm your EHR and billing platforms encrypt by default, then extend it to the devices and drives your team actually uses. Older systems are the trap; some legacy databases were never built to encrypt at rest and need a vendor conversation. Encrypted ePHI also earns a practical reward: a lost encrypted device generally is not a reportable breach.
Source: Keith A. Reynolds, Physicians Practice
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Social Media Post of the Day
From the ABPM’s Facebook page: “We love hearing from our ABPM community! Thank you to everyone who joined our recent ABPM Certification Explored Webinar with Dr. David G. Armstrong! We’re excited to share some of the wonderful feedback from our attendees. Did you miss this webinar? Mark your calendar for our next webinar on October 13th!”
How to Cut Patient No-Shows
9. Find your chronic no-shows and call them personally
No-shows are not spread evenly across your panel. A small number of patients usually account for a large share of missed visits, and you can find them in the data you already have. Pull the patients with repeat no-shows and treat them as their own category rather than lumping them in with everyone else.
For that group, a personal touch beats an automated blast. A short live call to confirm a high-value or clinically important visit, or to understand what keeps getting in the way, does more than another text ever will. Sometimes the fix is as simple as learning that mornings never work, or that a ride keeps falling through. You cannot solve a barrier you have not bothered to ask about.
Source: Keith A. Reynolds, Physicians Practice
From the Magazine:
From Frustration to Satisfaction—Part 2
In part 1 of this article, which ran in our June/July 2026 issue, the author outlined how building consistent phone practices in your office is essential to the success of your business.
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RE: Is US Healthcare Already Mostly Socialized?
Paul Krugman’s article on US healthcare being mostly socialized is just a rehash of Medicare for All. Sure, 100 million Americans are covered by health insurance from our government, at least in part by subsidized insurance programs. But pushing for complete socialized medicine and destroying our present competitive system is not the answer. Why would you cite this author and this article for your podiatry readers? There's a reason he is no longer with the NY Times. He's got an agenda, and I don't think he has any business in the Podiatry Management publication. Our present healthcare system is a mixture of private and public coverage and it needs tweaking, but not more taxpayer subsidies. Our public plans cover the elderly (Medicare), the poor (Medicaid), the military and veterans (via Tricare and the VA), for children in need (CHIPS), and for students and temporary unemployed and people transitioning between jobs (via ACA Marketplace, extended parent or guardian plans through age 26, and student health insurance). Krugman should stick with his tariff trade expertise and his criticism of Scott Bessent’s policies (although I personally agree with Mr. Bessent’s trade policies).
—James J DiResta DPM, MPH
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The Power of PEMF for Podiatry
This technology, well-known for healing fractures, can also be a valuable tool for reducing inflammation and pain.
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