First look at APCM data: Growth, modest reach, physician turnover for Medicare’s primary care bundle
Primary Care Collaborative leads first major study of uptake of new Advanced Primary Care Management codes.
|Articles|February 19, 2010
Q&A: Assessing your practice's lines of business
Author(s)Michael D. Brown, CHBC
Get your questions answered on what parts of your business to analyze on a yearly basis.
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Q: What should we be doing or looking at in our practice here near the beginning of 2010?
A: As a practice, you need to assess all lines of business. Action items:
You don't know where you are going if you don't reinvest youself, make assessments, and change. Evaluate all points of your vocational and avocational life.
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