You Can Make a Medical Practice Greener
Environmental concerns are on many people’s minds today. Individuals and businesses alike are looking for ways to be “Greener” and to stretch energy dollars. The medical office is no exception, and there are many ways that the Practice Manager can lead the effort in making a doctor’s office more environmentally friendly.
Solving Physician's Practice Problems - What's An Office Manager to Do?
The role of the Medical Office Manager or Practice Manager is varied and complex. The OM basically runs the business side of a medical practice, clinic, or group of physicians. That means he or she is responsible for billing, scheduling of patients and staff, maintaining inventory, balancing the books, complying with Regs, and a whole host of other day-to-day tasks.
Avoiding Staffing Mistakes for Medical Office Managers
As a Medical Office Manager you have no doubt had to deal with your share of difficult employees. These confrontational or other negative personality types can bring the rest of the staff down, and adversely impact not only the morale, but also the overall efficiency of your workplace. HR professions agree that the best way to deal with potential adversarial employees is to try to avoid hireing these types in the first place. But how does the Practice Manager do that? One way is to modify your screening methods.
What Makes a Great Practice Manager?
I am working on a “What makes a GREAT Practice Manager” whitepaper. This will be a collaborative effort of many practice manager contacts to be used for several purposes, including but not limited to: Practice Manager’s teaching a class, Doctors trying to find the perfect fit for a position and a Managers guide to live by. If any of you have any ideas you would like to contribute to this paper please reply these ideas via this blog. All ideas used will be credited to you in the white paper when published. Please also let us know if it is acceptable to have our writer contact you for more information if necessary (interview, or clarification of your idea, etc).
The Role of the Office Manager in Branding and Marketing
“Branding” is a great way to improve any medical practice. Yet, physicians may not be that skilled in the areas of marketing and public relations. That is where a savvy Practice Manager or Office Manager comes into play. As the main point of contact between the medial practice and the public, the PM can be crucial in establishing and maintaining the brand identity for the office and the physician within.
Timesaving With Cloud Computing
As a busy medical office manager, keeping up with the latest gadgets designed to help you “save time” can actually eat up your spare time. With your work computer, home computer, laptop, phone, PDA, or blackberry, trying to keep up with all your data is a challenge. This is especially true when you need to be able to access the latest versions of your files and all your software applications from multiple locations.
Personality Traits of a Successful Office Manager
Having a successful career as an office manager requires a specific skill set. However, knowledge and ability is only half the picture. To really enjoy this job, you need a particular type of personality. Let’s explore some of the traits that will help you thrive in this demanding position. The DiSC assessment talks about 4 types of behavioral/personality based attributes that are helpful in this type of discussion:
Senate Fails to Pass Medicare Bill
SENATE UNABLE TO PASS 6-MONTH MEDICARE PAYMENT PROVISION; CMS TO NOW BEGIN PROCESSING HELD CLAIMS AT -21.3%
The Senate was unable to pass the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213) late Thursday night, despite reducing the length of the Medicare physician payment provision from 19 months to 6 months in order to reduce the overall cost of the bill.
Is Telecommuting an Option for My Practice? A Guide for Practice Managers
Telecommuting, also known as working from home or from a virtual office, is an attractive prospect to many practice managers. Avoiding a lengthy and irritating commute is a top motivator for practice managers who work in large, crowded cities with heavy rush-hour traffic. And working from home often raises productivity by offering blocks of uninterrupted time for completing projects. This series of articles will explore the concept of telecommuting for practice managers.
How to Propose Telecommunicating to Your Owner/Physician
If you’ve investigated the option of telecommuting your practice manager position and think it might work, you’re probably at least somewhat apprehensive about the next step – proposing the idea to the owners/physicians at your workplace. The first and most important rule is to be thoroughly prepared. This article, the second in our series on telecommuting as a practice manager, offers some tips to help you make a presentation to your owner/physician that has the best chance of being accepted.