Meet Waddles! Waddles joined Munson Healthcare in 2017 to help keep our healthcare teams safe. As you know, northern Michigan winters can be challenging and he wanted to share tips and best practices for safe winter walking. His “Walk Like a Penguin” safety message worked so well with our staff that we saw a significant reduction in slips, trips, and falls. The waddle works! Waddles Introduced throughout Northern Michigan Next, we decided to introduce him to our communities throughout northern Michigan. Over the past couple of years, he has offered up safe walking tips for every season — both

Good Faith Estimate You have the right to receive a “good faith estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees. Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1

Neurology Headache E-Consults The e-consult model will allow patients to receive neurology-guided headache care through a primary care provider (PCP); eliminating the need to be referred to the neurology office for a consult. The e-consult involves a records review by a neurologist with a subsequent written and optional verbal discussion for the referring provider. With an e-consult, the neurologist will work directly with the PCP, and will not have direct interaction with the patient. How does it work? 1. PCP identifies a patient needs a headache e-consult 2. PCP obtains and records verbal

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Ambulatory Referral Management: Education Information and Resources Education resources are organized by role and topic on the left. Click on the down arrow next to each role to access a list of topics. Select a topic to view all material within that section. Education material is located under the role that most commonly performs that workflow. Review all relevant information for your job functions. Important education updates for the January 25, 2025, changes: Ambulatory PowerChart Updates | Munson Healthcare.

Ambulatory Clerical Staff: Education Information and Resources Education resources are organized by role and topic on the left. Click on the down arrow next to each role to access a list of topics. Select a topic to view all material within that section. Education material is located under the role that most commonly performs that workflow. Review all relevant information for your job functions. Important education updates for the January 25, 2025, changes: Ambulatory PowerChart Updates | Munson Healthcare.

Ambulatory Clinical: Education Information and Resources Education resources are organized by role and topic on the left. Click on the down arrow next to each role to access a list of topics. Select a topic to view all material within that section. Education material is located under the role that most commonly performs that workflow. Review all relevant information for your job functions. Important education updates for the January 25, 2025, changes: Ambulatory PowerChart Updates | Munson Healthcare.

Radiology Compendium Munson Healthcare's Radiology compendium will be updated as of Jan. 22, 2025. Please work with your EHR vendor to update your radiology orders list as new orders have been added. Radiology Compendium | Excel (updated 01.25) Radiology Compendium | PDF (updated 01.25) For offices without an EMR or those that use any paper-based ordering: Current Radiology order forms are available online at munsonhealthcare.org/physicianforms. Please use these when ordering radiology exams. Additional forms can be ordered by faxing a Forms Order Requisition to 231-935-8260. If you need a