Practice Operations

August is a good time for independent practices to look at the schedule before the fall rush starts. Most practices review collections, payroll, and provider productivity. Fewer review whether the appointment book is quietly creating margin loss. That is a mistake. The schedule determines access, patient experience, staffing pressure, provider utilization, referral leakage, and cash […]

For most medical groups, labor is one of the largest operating expenses and one of the hardest areas to manage. The question is not simply whether a practice is “overstaffed” or “understaffed.” The better question is whether the right work is being done by the right people at the right point in the patient and