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Does your office run efficiently?  Lots of physician's office's can be run more efficiently.  The key is assigning responsibilities to qualified people and making sure they are following through.  We can help you evaluate your staff, their responsibilities, and help to tell you whether they are doing what they should.

Do you collect all you should?  Collecting begins with charges.  Correct coding means highest reimbursement.  Knowing the details will reduce write-offs and adjustments.  If something is denied, efficient follow-up is essential.  The longer the delays, the more likely outstanding balances will not be collected.  Billing personnel, or an outside billing service, and software are the keys to this phase of your practice.  Call us to review your billing system  Articles

Is your overhead under control?  Without cost controls money can be flying out the window.  Do your cost centers compare to favorably to others within your discipline?  Call us and we can look over your costs and tell you.

Is your income at an acceptable level?  Ever ask yourself if you are making as much as you should for all that effort you're putting in?  An overall analysis of your practice can give you an idea if your squeezing out all the profits you can..  Call us and we can help you raise the bottom line.

Is your compensation plan a fair arrangement?  Even if it appears that the practice is running smoothly, there are sometimes disturbing undercurrents as to whether each partner is getting paid fairly for the share he is carrying.  Compensation plans can be structured so there is incentive to produce without destroying the group through unhealthy forms of internal competition.  Competition should be reserved for increasing the group's market share.  We can sit down with you and help you come up with constructive answers.  Articles

Check out the links below for some quick answers.

Is my office running efficiently?
How do we structure a compensation plan for my group?
Are we are coding correctly?
Am I collecting what all I should?
Is my overhead under control?
What are collection rates and how are they calculated?
What is a small balance collection policy?
How do I select the right billing software?
Should I do my own billing or hire an outside billing company?
How should I go about staffing my office?
What should I look for in an office manager?
What kind(s) of benefits should be provided to my employees?

 

 

 
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