Portions of this article were originally published in BC Advantage Magazine March 5, 2019
A whopping 25 to 31 percent of total health care expenditures in the U.S. are administrative costs, according to a time-driven, activity-based costing study published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)1. These are huge margins for healthcare providers already squeezed by insurers and increasing costs of care. You may wonder if the grass is greener on the other side.
Topics: Practice management, CMOM, PMI Certification, Certified Medical Office Manager, medical office manager topics, medical practice issues, medical billing
Maintaining compliance in a medical office is one of the most significant challenges that office managers face. With new regulations coming down the pipe, new employees to train, and policies to implement, it can be unnerving to stay on top of it all. To avoid healthcare fraud and abuse in the practice, the medical office manager must be knowledgeable and current with compliance laws and be equipped to manage issues when they arise.
Topics: Practice management, PMI Certification, medical office manager topics, cmom certification, medical office compliance, medical practice issues
How high are you setting the bar for patient care in your medical practice? Their health is in your hands, and they expect quality personalized care. Quality assurance is more important than ever. This article offers medical office managers insights for measuring quality assurance in your office. Read further and learn the “how” using two common tasks that can be easily improved when quality assurance is top-of-mind.
Topics: CMOM, PMI Certification, Certified Medical Office Manager, medical office manager topics, cmom certification, quality assurance
The time clock is ticking the moment patients enter your waiting room. How soon do you greet them? How long will they wait until they are called to the back? Respect for a patient’s time is perhaps among the most highly valued attributes of the patient experience. It’s also very frequently overlooked. So why is time management in a medical office so hard to control, and what can be done about it? Let us count the ways.
Topics: CMOM, PMI Certification, medical office certification, Certified Medical Office Manager, medical office, time management, cmom certification
Your patients love your doctors and there’s rarely a slow day in your medical office’s busy waiting room. But recent communication problems with front and back office staff are causing scheduling backlogs, and patient complaints are on the rise. It’s time for swift corrective action.
Topics: CMOM, PMI Certification, Certified Medical Office Manager, time management, medical office manager topics
Want to improve engagement at your next medical office staff meeting? Best intentions don’t always result in successful outcomes. You can become a better team leader with good preparation and a little ingenuity. Read on for tips that will help you turn a sub-par meeting into a forum that meets objectives. The formula is simple: start with "why", create your outline, and stay focused.
Topics: Practice management, CMOM, PMI Certification, medical office certification, Certified Medical Office Manager, medical office