Discussions Weekly Learning Objectives: • Create a policy related to financial payment for a healthcare practice • Evaluate and select a mechanism for billing Use each question as a HEADING in your assignment. Discuss each question separately. Discuss your office written patient financial payment policy. 1. What will your written policy address? 2. Patients’ with an overdue balance; when and how will it…
Week 5 Video Reflection Weekly Learning Objective: Identify areas for improving self and peer learning related to payment policies in the physician’s office Based on your interactions on the Discussion Board (DB) this week with your peers: Use each question as a talking point in your video. Discuss each question separately. 1. What are some things you wrote that you believe…
Weekly Learning Objectives: • Evaluate characteristics of best practices for medical practices • Recommend a course of action to resolve identified problem areas According to data published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), better performing medical practices follow the 14 characteristics on page 60 of your textbook. Two of them are: the entire staff focuses…
Week 1 Video Reflection Weekly Learning Objective: Identify areas for improving self and peer-learning Use each question as a talking point in your video. Discuss each question separately. Based on your interactions on the Discussion Board (DB) this week with your peers: 1. What are some things you wrote that you believe can help or influence your peers' learning?Why?…
Part I: Organization and Operations Due: Week 2, Day 7 Points: 180 For Part 1, you are to provide a Table of Contents using the headings below. Discuss each area this week as part of your Physician Practice Business Plan: USE THESE HEADINGS IN YOUR PAPER Type of Practice/Location/Office Hours/Accessibility (after hours, holidays and weekends; patient mode of…
Discussions Weekly Learning Objectives: • Evaluate an organization’s key requirements for efficient financial management systems • Recommend benchmarks for comparing a healthcare practice performance Financial benchmarking seeks to measure how the medical practice organizational performance and how it stacks up against competitors and where it does not. The end result should be where to focus your efforts. On page 241 of…
Week 3 Video Reflection Weekly Learning Objective: Identify areas for improving self and peer learning Use each question as a talking point in your video. Discuss each question separately. Based on your interactions on the Discussion Board (DB) this week with your peers: 1. What are some things you wrote that you believe can help or influence your peers'…
Part II: Financial Requirements Due: Week 4, Day 7 Points: 200 For Part II, you are to provide a Table of Contents using the headings below. Discuss each area this week as part of your Physician Practice Business Plan: USE THESE HEADINGS IN YOUR PAPER: Fixed versus Flexible Budgets (Explain the difference between fixed and flexible budget in…
Week 6 Video Reflection Weekly Learning Objective: Identify areas for improving self and peer learning Use each question as a talking point in your video. Discuss each question separately. 1. What sparked growth or increased your knowledge the most about the assignment? 2. How will you use this new knowledge in the workplace? 3. What was most challenging or difficult?…
Assignment: Presentation/Peer Review Distributed: Week 6, Day 1 Part 1: Powerpoint Presentation Points: 120 Due: Week 7, Day 1 Two of your fellow classmates are thinking about joining your practice. They are somewhat anxious because they do not know much about your practice. You want to impress upon them the reasons why they should feel comfortable in joining…
