Medical Practice Assessments

Medical Practice Assessments

You and your staff work hard to maintain your medical practice, and your income should show it. However, at DoctorsManagement, too often we see our clients leaving income on the table — sometimes even half of their earning potential! So, how can you be sure your financial and operational standings are in order? And what should you do if they aren’t?

With DoctorsManagement, your solution is as simple as reaching out and requesting a medical practice assessment. The advantages of medical practice evaluations can reinvigorate an operation and put your staff’s focus back where it belongs — on taking care of patients.

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What Is a Medical Practice Assessment?

A practice assessment is DoctorsManagement’s way of taking a “snapshot” of your financial and operational standing and assists us in identifying ways to improve productivity, reduce patient wait times, increase patient satisfaction, and more. We oversee finance, operations, growth, and marketing strategies to help pinpoint where your medical practice can improve.

Our assessments start with an evaluation of your current practices, including:

  • Scheduling and patient flow
  • Operational best practices
  • Non-physician providers and extenders
  • Ancillary service opportunities
  • Marketing strategies

From there, we can get to work, offering solutions that encourage compliance, streamline practices, and organize operations. This may involve:

  • Business re-structuring
  • Financials and relative performance (e.g., benchmarking)
  • HR management and staffing considerations
  • OSHA, HIPAA, and regulatory compliance
  • Coding and documentation review

Our Medical Practice Evaluation Services

Some physicians reach out to us with a previous understanding of where a trouble area lies, and some are completely in the dark. A practice assessment from DoctorsManagement is completely customizable to target the whole scope of your practice or hit a specific area.

As part of the practice assessment, we can:

  • Review financial and operational data from your practice.
  • Compare revenue, overhead, reimbursement, and productivity to others in your specialty.
  • Provide a specialist to examine OSHA, HIPAA, and regulatory compliance.
  • Provide a compliance expert to review your coding and documentation.
  • Analyze and assess your management and organizational chart and give feedback on HR and staffing considerations.
  • Provide insight on scheduling and patient flow, operational best practices, non-physician providers and extenders, ancillary service opportunities, and marketing for your practice.
  • Spend scheduled days onsite at your practice meeting and interviewing your staff and reviewing the medical facilities to give us a view into the overall culture.

Following the practice assessment, we will present providers with a practice-customized short- and long-term strategic plan. This plan is delivered during a formal presentation of findings and recommended action items at the conclusion of the assessment to key stakeholders. We commit to working with you and your team on implementing our findings, correcting deficiencies, and setting practice operations and financial goals. The initial plan is the starting point for constantly going through a “Plan, Do, Check, Act” cycle (PDCA).

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The Advantages of Medical Practice Evaluations

The positive financial impact of performing the practice assessment has historically resulted in an increase in revenue (or cost savings) of three to five times the assessment fee. Additionally, it can help you gain:

  • A clear “snapshot” of your financial standing
  • Insight on how to increase productivity and reduce the feeling of “physician burnout”
  • New ideas to turn frustrated employees into staff who are excited about coming to work every day
  • Patient flow techniques that can decrease patient wait times and increase patient satisfaction
  • A better understanding of how and when you can retire
  • Ways to enjoy time away without being stressed about what’s going on back at the office

Frequently Asked Questions

Still unsure of whether this evaluation is right for you? Learn more about practice assessment benefits:

Do I Need a Medical Practice Assessment?

Almost every practice can benefit from a comprehensive evaluation, but it is most important when you:

  • Purchase a practice, bring on a new partner, or transition a retired partner.
  • Add ancillary services or non-physician providers to your practice.
  • Are practicing HIPAA, OSHA, and/or CLIA laboratory compliance.
  • Are interested in learning about your practice’s billing, coding, accounts receivable, and other common sources of revenue leakage.
  • Need to overturn an OIG or commercial payer demand letter.

Will Medical Practice Evaluations Work for Me?

Every practice is different, and each of our clients sees different results from our assessments. However, these statistics can give you a good idea of what you have to gain:

  • 95% of all owners saw an increase in earnings
  • The average increase in earnings is about $320,000
  • Practice owners note an income that is 66% higher than the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) averages
  • Many owners saw a decrease in patient wait times and an increase in satisfied ratings

Start Working With Medical Practice Assessment Experts Today

At DoctorsManagement, our focus is on simplifying the complexities of medical finances so your practice can do what it does best — treat patients. Our full-service consulting firm prioritizes exceptional performance, guided growth, and actionable accountability, allowing us to innovate practical solutions to your most pressing concerns.

What would your practice look like if you could eliminate the stress of the business side? Find out and put your facility on the path to a more productive future. We invite you to connect with us today to start your assessment.

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