Identifying and addressing the root causes of your administrative burden can help you relieve your staff and focus on what matters most: patients.
Reducing time spent on administrative tasks is a constant battle for all physicians. The healthcare landscape is constantly evolving, and there are more responsibilities to run a medical practice than in the past.
However, balancing administrative tasks and providing patients with the best care can lead to physician burnout and reduced patient visits. Leveraging reliable methods to reduce administrative burden can help improve administrative efficiencies, elevate patient experience, and increase revenue.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) recommends healthcare organizations establish a framework for physicians to identify and address the root causes of their administrative burdens. Identifying and having an action plan to address them can help your medical practice in multiple ways such as:
- Mitigate the effects of burnout or prevent it altogether.
- Increase revenue.
- Optimize your processes.
- Improve patient satisfaction.
The complex and ever-changing administrative tasks that physicians take on distract them from what matters most. For instance, time spent taking care of payments, filling out forms, making appointments, and all the paperwork can erode the time spent seeing patients or personal time spent with friends, family, or hobbies.
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Consider hiring an experienced outsourced partner
Outsourcing medical billing-specific functions can give providers and practice administrators peace of mind regarding RCM and reporting. This allows providers and other staff to reclaim time to focus on patient care.
Claims submission and follow-up work done by an experienced, outsourced billing company can take a massive weight off your shoulders. It also allows you to concentrate on the clinical aspects of patient care and the overall patient experience.
Free your staff and assign them tasks related to quality care. Ultimately, create the patient-centered care environment you are striving to provide to each of your patients. Happy patients who feel important to you, your staff, and your practice will help you strengthen your business over time.
To learn why you should consider outsourcing to a trusted partner, read our blog 5 reasons to outsource your medical billing.
If you are ready to relieve your administrative burden and get back to the joys of practicing medicine—and your life—contact us at Health Prime or email us at [email protected]. We can set up a meeting to discuss how we can help you get back to what matters most: your health and your patients.
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