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Managing Budgets

• The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) . See pages 9-16 for specific budget templates. January 12, 2009.
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AFP)
  "Once you know how to read it, your balance sheet will tell you volumes about the financial health of your practice." Arnow and Xakellis, Fam Pract Manag. 2001 Jun;8(6):27-31.
• The AAN's Department Chair Toolkit: Finances and Spreadsheets

Negotiation

Discover negotiation suggestions and strategies from various sources.

•  March 28, 2014 Inside Higher Ed. by Elizabeth H. Simmons
• The AAN's Department Chair Toolkit: Salary and Compensation

Recruiting/Interviewing

• The AAN's Diversity Officer Workgroup held a webinar titled "" in which they discussed the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the neurology workforce and recruitment. Posted March 30, 2021.
•  July 2013 Vol. 88 Issue 7 p. 960-966
• The Chronicle of Higher ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú has April 8, 2010, by Michael C. Munger
• The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Vol. 9 No. 5 December 2009
• Sample from the Nebraska Department of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú
• The AAN's Department Chair Toolkit: Recruitment and Retention

Retention/Productivity

•  Academic Medicine: November 2005 - Volume 80 - Issue 11 - pp 1054-1063

•  American Association of University Professors (AAUP) October 24, 2005 Euben and Lee

• Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) offers a provincial framework for March 2013. Although these documents have specific points for other jurisdictions, the approach to dealing with disruptive physician behavior with a goal of improving the workplace for all, including the physician, is relevant for leaders.

• The AAN's Department Chair Toolkit: Recruitment and Retention

Volume vs. Value-based Health Care

The industry as a whole-from Medicare to commercial payers-is moving away from fee-based volume of care to reimbursement for improved outcomes of care or value-based care. View resources for transitioning.

• The AAN has a variety of resources on Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 ("MACRA") which affects your Medicare payments.
• Transitioning Toward Value-based Payments 2014 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú
• Sample Becker's Hospital Review February 10, 2012, by Rachel Fields

Workforce and the Value of Neurology

• Narayanaswami Neurology January 13, 2015 vol. 84 no. 2 209-210
• Freeman, Vatz, Griggs, and Pedley Neurology July 30, 2013 vol. 81 no. 5 479-486
• Dall, Storm, Chakrabarti, Drogan, Keran, Donofrio, Henderson, Kaminski, Stevens, and Vidic Neurology July 30, 2013 vol. 81 no. 5 470-478
• | Neurology Majersik, Ahmed, Chen, Shill, Hanes, Pelak, Hopp, Omuro, Kluger, Leslie-Mazwi 2021 Vol 96 no. 24

Neurology Department Chairs Monthly Webinars

• • A number of studies have highlighted that women in academic neurology are paid significantly less than men, even when controlling for age, experience, gender, NIH funding, number of publications, clinical trials, and Medicare payments. This webinar will explore the origins of the gender salary gap and discuss approaches that Department Chairs and Business Administrators can take to examine gender data, increase salary transparency, determine the causes of inequity, track outcomes, and adjust strategies to achieve equity goals. Posted April 18, 2021.
• • A panel of neurology department chairs and academic neurology business administrators will discuss structuring your divisions, selecting and supporting your division chiefs, and personal experiences of leadership failures and successes. Posted March 11, 2021.
• • Every institution is different, but the importance and approach to strategic planning often follows a similar process. A panel of neurology department chairs and academic neurology business administrators will discuss their approaches to strategic planning including faculty engagement, measurable goals, alignment, and execution to help you embark on your strategic planning during times of uncertainty. Posted February 11, 2021.
• • This webinar focuses on a discussion of faculty compensation models that are among the most difficult and potentially contentious issues faced by chairs of departments of neurology. Yearly salary-setting exercises, including discussions of raises, will be addressed. The information presented is based on previous chair seminars and work focusing on funds flow models that define many of the sources of income for a department; and how these models translate into individual faculty compensation. Posted January 12, 2021.
• • Each year the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases updates to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, including new CPT codes and reporting guidelines. A panel of experts discuss lessons learned from the changes neurology departments faced in 2020 and how to prepare for the changes coming in 2021. Posted December 10, 2020.