Your Top Issues in descending order
1. Insurance PPO/Third Party Write-Offs
2. Staff Issues, Motivation, Teamwork, Costs
3. Technology: Costs, Keeping Up, Going Chartless
4. Production Growth, Filling Schedules, “Busyness”
5. Getting New Patients, Marketing
Insurance Participation
Delta Premier (“Regular” Delta) 86%
Delta PPO (formerly Delta Preferred) 31%
Delta 216 40%
HealthPartners PPO 39%
Medica 32%
Premier PPOs 41%
Met Life PPO 23%
Cigna PPO 21%
Aetna PPO 19%
Other 12%
Have you dropped participation in a PPO in the last 12 months? 5%
Do you plan on leaving a PPO within 12 months? 7%
Have you joined a PPO network in the last 12 months? 8%
Do you plan on joining a PPO within 12 months? 1%

 

Production
So far in 2013 (compared to 2012) is your practice production:
Up Down Even
Metro 55% 19% 25%
Outstate 57% 21% 21%
Collections
So far in 2013 (compared to 2012) are your practice collections:

Up

Down

Even
Metro
49%
18%
31%
Outstate
51%
22%
26%
New Patients
So far in 2013 (compared to 2012) are your new patients:

Up

Down

Even
Metro
41%
27%
29%
Outstate
40%
21%
35%
Bonuses:
Do you have a Staff Bonus or Incentive Plan?
Yes
34%
Satisfaction
rating
7.6 (out of 10)
Do you have Production Based Incentive for Hygiene? Yes 9.5%
Have you given or plan to give staff raises in 2013?

Yes

No

Some/not all/variable

Not sure
Metro
49%
23%
21%
7%
Outstate
60%
14%
15%
11%

Doctor, Are You Getting A Raise This Year?

Understandably, your staff people want bigger pay checks every year. But if your expenses have been rising faster than your revenues, you are between a rock and a hard place.

You can attend an endless number of seminars, read countless articles, and still not get action on your bottom line. That is where we can help— because there is no substitute for experienced, hands-on management… and hype is not a substitute for the real results private management consulting can provide for you.

Call Advanced Practice Management today 952-921-3360. It’s time you got that raise!