How to boost your bottom line with an office procedure.

practices’ expenses continue to grow at a faster pace than revenues, physicians are under greater pressure to do more with less. While working harder and seeing increasing numbers of patients each day is an option, finding methods to work smarter is becoming an attractive alternative. One viable strategy for your practice is to increase charges per unit of time. Performing more procedures is a simple and successful way to achieve this goal. As you are probably aware, not all procedures are created equal. Some procedures (e.g., flexible sigmoidoscopy) are reimbursed very poorly considering the time they require. Other procedures (e.g., skin biopsy and excisions, colposcopy/biopsy and exercise treadmill testing), though reimbursed more handsomely, may require significant amounts of physician and nursing time, significant up-front costs to the practice and extensive training. However, there is another category of procedures well worth your time and effort – joint and soft-tissue injections. Here are some of the benefits of adding joint and soft-tissue injections to your clinical armamentarium: • Patients appreciate their primary care physicians offering services that traditionally require a referral to a specialist. • Patients avoid treatment delays. • Physicians’ satisfaction improves when a variety of procedures are integrated into their daily schedules. HOW TO Boost Your Bottom Line WITH AN OFFICE PROCEDURE