Creating a more efficient physician practice: six steps toward turbo-charged practice revenues
Boggs, K.A.
Journal of Medical Practice Management Mpm 17(4): 178-182
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 8755-0229 PMID: 11873443 Document Number: 546245
Health care providers face reimbursement and expense constraints. They will be helped in streamlining their operations by adopting financial benchmarks and following a six-step formulation to improve and assess their efficiency and effectiveness. These include: revenue and cost analysis; improved staffing and training procedures, attention to scheduling; developing functional patient intake procedures; selecting appropriate information systems; and evaluating the patient encounter by surveys and the examination of financial results.