Practice Management Institute Forges New Partnership with Lamar State College to Bring Affordable Medical Practice Specific Training to Port Arthur and Jefferson County, TX
Practice Management Institute and Lamar State College Port Arthur have forged a partnership that will result in localized continuing educational courses for the region’s medical practice staff. Areas of concentration will be in patient experience, coding, billing, reimbursement, compliance, and the nationally recognized PMI certification tracks.
“There is an identified need for local in-person and online continuing education opportunities for area medical office teams,” Dr. Ben Stafford, Vice President of Workforce Training at LSCPA. “Aside from that availability, these courses address the need for an affordable alternative when it comes to continuing education in Southeast Texas.”
According to PMI, rules and regulations safeguarding the business of medicine are numerous and in constant flux, especially those relating to reimbursement. “The partnership between PMI and LSCPA is meant to create ongoing educational opportunities that will improve training accessibility, which, in turn, leads to healthcare worker success and enhanced patient care.”
Training will begin in June with PMI’s “Medical Practice Front Desk Success: How to Shine on the Front Line and Patient Collections/AR Management” session. Students will learn the complete scope of operations in the medical front office with the instructor accentuating the quality of care on the front line as an important benchmark for the practice performance and success. In the Patient Collections and A/R Management session which covers A/R as well as compliance and practice management efforts, students will learn to improve insurance data collection, eligibility verification, and patient communication to reduce payment problems that can crush the bottom line of the medical practice.
For information on taking these continuing education courses, email the Workforce Training and Continuing Education department at workforce@lamarpa.edu, or contact counselor Donna Thomas at abramsdl@lamarpa.edu.