Introduction - Maximizing the time of physicians and staff while providing excellent patient service is a challenge that every busy practice must come to terms with. Participants will learn techniques for evaluating scheduling demands, giving each patient the full amount of time needed, making room for walk-ins and urgent unscheduled patients and keeping room in the schedule to get new patients in without a long wait. You will learn how to use modified wave schedules tailored to each physician and mid-level provider. You will also learn techniques for scheduling rooms and equipment as well as keeping the back-office flow moving at an efficient pace without feeling too rushed for the patient. This program is designed for all staff and physicians.
This Practice Management Audiocast Presentation includes ...
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This Audiocast is of a recent Live Webconference presented by Economedix;
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Your registration fee covers the ability for you and your practice to view this presentation for one year along with various course handout materials;
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The ability for ACS Fellows and practice managers to e-mail follow-up questions to Economedix Practice Management Advisors for personalized responses;
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Co-Sponsors - The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and The Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM).
Course Objectives - Completion of this Practice Management Course will provide:
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Use checklists for evaluating scheduling needs around physician preferences;
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Understand techniques for evaluating how to maximize physician time with patient needs;
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Determine how to schedule staff to complement physician productivity;
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Understand basic design of schedules for physicians, staff and facilities;
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Use templates and other forms for maximizing and documenting staffing and scheduling policies and procedures;
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Understand techniques for handling emergent and urgent scheduling needs as well as techniques for unusual situations.
Accreditation - The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education to physicians.
Credits - The American College of Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. PAHCOM has pre-approved this educational activity for 1 CEU towards the PAHCOM CMM designation. To earn the credit, participants must complete the combination Evaluation / CME - CEU Form, that is included in the course materials, and FAX this form back within seven days following the date of the teleconference.
Faculty - The faculty for the course is Mr. Tom Loughrey, MBA, CCS-P. Mr. Loughrey is Chairman of Economedix and a noted practice management consultant to physicians, medical offices and medical societies. For over a decade, Mr. Loughrey has provided consulting services to the College as a part of the Consultant’s Corner at the annual ACS Clinical Congress and regularly is engaged by ACS to speak and teach at meetings and workshops throughout the country.
