How to Set Reminders for Continual Services (Recall)
Whether you are using an automatic reminder system, or it is someone’s job function to send out reminders; or a combination of both. The below information will be highly beneficial to increase your...
View ArticleStreamlining Your Collections
Tips to Improve Your Performance Patient/Client Billing Those patients/clients who do not pay cash at the end of their appointment must be billed through the mail. Most offices receive a large portion...
View ArticleBuilding a Successful Practice Through Efficient Hiring
To build the most productive and profitable practice, having stable staff that work together to accomplish the mission of the practice is vital. Knowing how and who to hire is a key skill. Losing...
View Article12 Steps to Collect Past Due Accounts
Collecting on past due accounts is a function that the Accounts Manager will find herself/himself having to do. Any contact with a patient/client, even under these circumstances, should be kept on a...
View ArticlePutting New Employees on the Job
Practice owners bring on new employees for a variety of reasons. Often, when practices are undergoing expansion of production and income, they require increased staffing. Or, due to poor past hiring...
View ArticleMarketing and Promotion Ideas for Your Practice
In my nearly 23 years of delivering practice management training and consulting, I’ve found that of all of the marketing techniques available, properly asking for referrals is easily one of the most...
View ArticleOptimize Your Marketing
In today’s economic climate a great deal can be said for the benefits of marketing effectively. There are many mediums for marketing a practice – referrals from existing patients/clients are normally...
View ArticleA Functioning Office Manager
Your Key to Success The primary function of the office manager is to accomplish the goals and purposes of the practice as determined by the owner of the practice. The OM should assist the owner in...
View ArticleDid You Hire the Wrong Person?
A recent survey conducted with practice owners across the US revealed that the number-one management problem they have is personnel issues. Among the problems mentioned by hundreds of owners surveyed...
View ArticleLooking Toward the Future: 10 Steps You Must Do Before Selling Your Practice
In the course of your career, you might decide to sell your practice. There are ten important aspects of your practice that you should consider NOW, so that when the time arrives, you will have...
View ArticleResolving Negativity in the Office
Some time ago, I read this article in the Wall Street Journal – which discussed dealing with feuding employees. There is good information in this article on feuding employees, and anyone having...
View ArticleHow to Properly Correct Employees
It would be wonderful if employees never make mistakes and always do a perfect job. But we’re all human; on-the-job errors are part and parcel of working in a practice. That begs this question: What...
View ArticleLeadership Attributes and Management Qualities
As a practice owner, you should be asking yourself the following questions objectively: Am I a good leader? Do I run from conflict? Am I able to motivate my staff? Is my office harmonious or is it...
View ArticleLooking Toward the Future: How to Make Your Practice Salable
If you are a practice owner, you should know that, in most cases, getting in is easier than getting out. That is, exiting a practice is often more difficult than building it. Exiting is a process, not...
View ArticleWhere is Your Net Profit?
You’ve worked hard all week; the office atmosphere is rife with discipline and brisk efficiency. The staff have been getting along with one another and you are proud of the team spirit they’ve both...
View ArticleTurn a 40 Hour Week Into 30 and Stay Profitable
Do you ever get to the end of the day and realize that you didn’t get half of the things done that you intended to get done? Do you find yourself giving endless streams of orders and then having to...
View ArticleYour Responsibility to Your Staff
Just as your staff has responsibilities to you and your practice, you likewise have several responsibilities to your practice and staff. The complexity of active leadership can be best understood by...
View Article12 Steps to Collect Past Due Accounts
Collecting on past due accounts is a function that the Accounts Manager will find herself/himself having to do. Any contact with a patient/client, even under these circumstances, should be kept on a...
View ArticleGenerating New Patients by Using Surveys
How do you market for new patients in a cost efficient and effective manner? Starting with internal marketing is always the best approach, as it produces the most cost effective return, which is of...
View ArticleHow Do You Hold Employees Accountable for Their Positions?
Surveys show that workers are happiest when they are productive and are contributing to the success of the group in which they work. To boost morale, efficiency and longevity of workers, one must:...
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