Re: Administration Needed?

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and others in need of administrative help: I know that each of you has administrative tasks from billing, collections,and appointment scheduling just to name a few. I was wondering if you would like to think out of the box for awhile? I do most of my administration as well, but I clearly cannot afford to add a full time staff member at this point. Would it make sense to consolidate our needs and organize resources to hire off-site administration? If we could develop a protocol for those and other tasks, we could develop practice management services other IMPs would need as well. We might be able to contract for needed services and eventually establish a type of PHO for staffing, supply, billing, and collections. Each memeber would select the services he or she needed.

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I think this sounds like a neat idea! I'm OK for services right now, but always paranoid about the future. You know, even phone answering/message-taking/appointments could be off-site, with wuse of an on-line appointment calendar and faxes or email to shoot messages to a doc.  and others in need of administrative help: I know that each of you has administrative tasks from billing, collections,and appointment scheduling just to name a few.  I was wondering if you would like to think out of the box for awhile?  I do most of my administration as well, but I clearly cannot afford to add a full time staff member at this point.  Would it make sense to consolidate our needs and organize resources to hire off-site administration?  If we could develop a protocol for those and other tasks, we could develop practice management services other IMPs would need as well.  We might be able to contract for needed services and eventually establish a type of PHO for staffing, supply, billing, and collections.  Each memeber would select the services he or she needed.    __________________________________________________

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,This is a very interesting concept, and I wonder if it already exists somewhere. I would prefer to keep things local, since I have a specific person in mind. But let's say a scheduler/biller makes about $15-18/hr (that's an average rate I saw advertised on CraigsList.com). If 4 doctors contract with one administrative person at say, $20/hr or even $24/hr, that works out to $5-6/hr per doctor/practice. This person might have to keep longer hours if dealing with different time zones, or else contract only with doctors in the same time zone. Appointment scheduling would be difficult to coordinate without some kind of software intermediary. Medical billing is easier since it's mostly electronic now anyways. SetoSouth Pasadena, CA and others in need of administrative help: I know that each of you has administrative tasks from billing, collections,and appointment scheduling just to name a few.  I was wondering if you would like to think out of the box for awhile?  I do most of my administration as well, but I clearly cannot afford to add a full time staff member at this point.  Would it make sense to consolidate our needs and organize resources to hire off-site administration?  If we could develop a protocol for those and other tasks, we could develop practice management services other IMPs would need as well.  We might be able to contract for needed services and eventually establish a type of PHO for staffing, supply, billing, and collections.  Each memeber would select the services he or she needed.    __________________________________________________

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We run two different schedules on different software on one computer in our office with a single phone receptionist - she just opens the correct window for that practice.  One person does the phone and scheduling for 5 people (luckily not all of them are MDs!),This is a very interesting concept, and I wonder if it already exists somewhere. I would prefer to keep things local, since I have a specific person in mind. But let's say a scheduler/biller makes about $15-18/hr (that's an average rate I saw advertised on CraigsList.com). If 4 doctors contract with one administrative person at say, $20/hr or even $24/hr, that works out to $5-6/hr per doctor/practice. This person might have to keep longer hours if dealing with different time zones, or else contract only with doctors in the same time zone. Appointment scheduling would be difficult to coordinate without some kind of software intermediary. Medical billing is easier since it's mostly electronic now anyways. SetoSouth Pasadena, CA and others in need of administrative help: I know that each of you has administrative tasks from billing, collections,and appointment scheduling just to name a few.  I was wondering if you would like to think out of the box for awhile?  I do most of my administration as well, but I clearly cannot afford to add a full time staff member at this point.  Would it make sense to consolidate our needs and organize resources to hire off-site administration?  If we could develop a protocol for those and other tasks, we could develop practice management services other IMPs would need as well.  We might be able to contract for needed services and eventually establish a type of PHO for staffing, supply, billing, and collections.  Each memeber would select the services he or she needed.    __________________________________________________

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Cool idea .

G

At 01:57 PM 6/10/2006, you wrote:

I think this sounds like a neat

idea!

I'm OK for services right now, but always paranoid about the future. You

know, even phone answering/message-taking/appointments could be off-site,

with wuse of an on-line appointment calendar and faxes or email to shoot

messages to a doc.

and others in need of administrative help:

I know that each of you has administrative tasks from billing,

collections,and appointment scheduling just to name a few. I was

wondering if you would like to think out of the box for awhile? I

do most of my administration as well, but I clearly cannot afford to add

a full time staff member at this point. Would it make sense to

consolidate our needs and organize resources to hire off-site

administration? If we could develop a protocol for those and other

tasks, we could develop practice management services other IMPs would

need as well. We might be able to contract for needed services and

eventually establish a type of PHO for staffing, supply, billing, and

collections. Each memeber would select the services he or she

needed.

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[Guest guest]

I find appointmentquest on line scheduler far superior to a full time employee- hard to beat at $21/month. (no connections! ). Similarly, billing myself is easier than the communication hassles I used to have with a billing service. Gwen Hanson Seto wrote: , This is a very interesting concept, and I wonder if it already exists somewhere. I would prefer to keep things local, since I have a specific person in mind. But let's say a scheduler/biller makes about $15-18/hr (that's an average rate I saw

advertised on CraigsList.com). If 4 doctors contract with one administrative person at say, $20/hr or even $24/hr, that works out to $5-6/hr per doctor/practice. This person might have to keep longer hours if dealing with different time zones, or else contract only with doctors in the same time zone. Appointment scheduling would be difficult to coordinate without some kind of software intermediary. Medical billing is easier since it's mostly electronic now anyways. Seto South Pasadena, CA and others in need of administrative help: I know that each of you has administrative tasks from billing, collections,and appointment scheduling just to name a few. I was wondering if you would like to think out of the box for awhile? I do most of my administration as well, but I clearly cannot afford to add a full time staff

member at this point. Would it make sense to consolidate our needs and organize resources to hire off-site administration? If we could develop a protocol for those and other tasks, we could develop practice management services other IMPs would need as well. We might be able to contract for needed services and eventually establish a type of PHO for staffing, supply, billing, and collections. Each memeber would select the services he or she needed. __________________________________________________

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RE Outsourcing.

Sounds like independent contracting for services, using bargaining power of several docs to get best rate.

OR, you could hire answering service, billing service, employment agency, on your own, hiring quality people nearby??

Question of confidentiality of course.

Not to be a total naysayor, but reinventing the wheel over and over and over...

Just my opinion...

Dr Matt Levin

FP, solo since Dec 2004

Residency completed 1988

Pittsburgh, PA

SOAPware user since 1997

Re: Administration Needed?

Cool idea .GAt 01:57 PM 6/10/2006, you wrote:

I think this sounds like a neat idea! I'm OK for services right now, but always paranoid about the future. You know, even phone answering/message-taking/appointments could be off-site, with wuse of an on-line appointment calendar and faxes or email to shoot messages to a doc.

and others in need of administrative help: I know that each of you has administrative tasks from billing, collections,and appointment scheduling just to name a few. I was wondering if you would like to think out of the box for awhile? I do most of my administration as well, but I clearly cannot afford to add a full time staff member at this point. Would it make sense to consolidate our needs and organize resources to hire off-site administration? If we could develop a protocol for those and other tasks, we could develop practice management services other IMPs would need as well. We might be able to contract for needed services and eventually establish a type of PHO for staffing, supply, billing, and collections. Each memeber would select the services he or she needed. __________________________________________________