Description
Credit Hours: 3
Operating a medical group practice is not like managing a hospital, nursing home, or retail store. It requires a special set of technical and professional knowledge and skills. The diversity and variety of situations that occur in a medical practice make its managers a unique breed. The medical practice executive must have both a general knowledge of many areas as well as a specific capacity to handle detailed information in many areas. Numerous internal and external pressures affect the operational side of practice management, including regulatory changes, third party payer demands and expectations, patient demands and expectations, staff and physician expectations, and declining reimbursement for services. Successful business and clinical operations management requires a broad range of experience and expertise