Is Your Practice Thriving? Get a Revenue-Boosting Annual Check-Up

Course Description:

You schedule an annual physical for yourself, why would you not have an annual physical for your business? Businesses should necessitate a periodic evaluation, so medical and dental practices are no different. What areas should be evaluated? What benchmarks are used to evaluate and compare your business? How do you determine which benchmarks make sense? How often is the evaluation to be completed? Who should perform the evaluation? What should be done with what has been learned from the evaluation? All of this information is provided and the answers are given to you so that you can ensure your business is running at optimal performance.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how often this should be done
• You will learn what areas are to be evaluated
• What benchmarks are important
• How do you conduct the check-up?
• Who should be the one performing the check-up?
• What should you do with the information?
• Should others be involved with the check-up?
• Who should be informed about the check-up?

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Practice performance
• Accomplishments of practice
• All areas that should be evaluated
• Compliance
  • Compliance Plan
  • Required training and education annually
  • Chart reviews & documentation
• Facilities
  • Maintenance schedules
  • Budgeting
  • Vendors
  • Work flow
• Financial
  • Monthly financial review
  • Budget
  • Return on Investment calculations
  • Benchmarking
  • Practice metrics
• Operations
  • Policies & procedures
  • Patient satisfaction
  • Staffing levels
  • Morale
• Management
  • Roles & responsibilities
  • Right people in position
  • Process improvement
  • Performance evaluation
• Revenue Cycle
  • Claims review and submission
  • Knowledge assessment of team
  • Contracts & Fee schedules
  • Assignment of benefits
• Human Resources 
  • Handbook
  • Legal postings
  • Duties & responsibilities
  • Reviews
• SWOT
  • Last time performed
  • How often
  • Who is involved?
  • Honesty in decision making
• Live Q&A Session

Suggested Attendees:

• Healthcare CEOs
• Healthcare CFOs
• Healthcare COOs
• Office Managers
• Owners
• Consultants
• Providers
• Administrators
• Billing Staff and Companies
• Physicians and Other Providers
• Healthcare Consultants
• Compliance Officers
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Practice Manager
• All Practices

About the Presenter:

David J. Zetter, PHR, SHRM‐CP, CHCC, CPCO, CPC, COC, PCS, FCS, CHBC, CMUP, PESC, CMAP, CMAPA, CMMP, CMHP, is the founder and President of Zetter HealthCare, LLC in Mechanicsburg, PA and has over 30 years of operational and healthcare experience. David is nationally recognized for his presentations and expertise. He is well-versed in regulatory requirements, revenue cycle management, credentialing and contracting, compliance, coding and documentation. He is considered an expert on Medicare, not only by his clients but his consultant colleagues across the country. He has evaluated existing ambulatory care facilities and practices with respect to patient flow, operations, marketing, fee structures, use of ancillary services and financial considerations; developing strategic plans to improve profitability and productivity. His activities in management and compliance include physician practices, IDTFs, hospitals, ASCs, pharmacy, DME and other facility types, including coding and broad‐based regulatory issues. David has also conducted chart audits on behalf of Medicare contractors and Blue Cross/ Blue Shield early in his career, so he has knowledge of what the expectations are from the payers. David’s firm works with healthcare professional clients and facilities coast to coast, in all areas of practice and facility management including start‐ups, buy‐ins, compensation, exit strategies, reimbursement enhancement, practice financial modeling, governance documentation, policy and procedure development and implementation, credentialing and contracting, human resources staffing and management, compliance, coding and chart reviews, physician education and many other areas. David has helped to maximize both profitability and reimbursement of physician practices, facility and ambulatory practices, re‐engineered operational and human resources, and addressed coding and billing issues for providers to curtail fraud, abuse, kickback, OIG, and IRS issues. He is also an original member of CMS’ PECOS Power User Group, CMS Compliance Focus Group and MIPS Design Lean Work Group which provides feedback and recommendations to Medicare’s Center for Program Integrity and Provider Enrollment Operations Group on design and improvements to the PECOS enrollment environment, as well as, NPPES and MIPS and conducts beta testing of the EHR/ HITECH user interfaces and environments at the request of the Office of e‐Health Standards & Services Director. David is also on the CMS contracted team awarded the PECOS 2.0 contract to rebuild PECOS from the ground up. David has conducted practice management, human resource, coding and compliance education and seminars in many states over the past twenty‐five years. David speaks often on a variety of practice management subjects at hospital residency programs, the National Society for Certified Healthcare Business Consultants, the Medical Management Group Association, the American Academy of Professional Coders, AHIMA, Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Florida Medical Society, many other venues and is often called upon by the MGMA, HFMA, DecisionHealth, Part B News, Part B Insider, and many others, to conduct audio conferences and webinars. He has been published in Medical Economics and interviewed and quoted in many publications including Report on Patient Privacy and Report on Medicare Compliance. 

Additional Information:

After Registration: You will receive an email with login information and handouts (presentation slides) that you can print and share with all participants at your location.

System Requirement:

• Internet Speed: Preferably above 1 MBPS
• Headset: Any decent headset and microphone which can be used to talk and hear clearly

Can’t Listen Live?

No problem. You can get access to an On-Demand webinar. Use it as a training tool at your convenience. For more information, you can reach out to the below contact:
Toll-Free No: 1-302-444-0162
Email: care@skillacquire.com

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