December 30th, 2011
Recently, our trusted partner, Lisa Shock, completed a case study on the utilization of a nurse practitioner in a single physician practice. The details reveal the impact on patient capacity, practice charges, and loss mitigation when the physician encountered a personal crisis.
May 9th, 2011
I was excited to see that our CompHealth trusted partner and friend Lisa Shock was published this last week in HealthNewsDigest.com. Lisa wrote a fantastic article: Things Doctors should know about hiring a Physician Assistant.
April 21st, 2011
Running a medical practice may feel like that new Nissan commercial where the woman is carrying a stack of items taller than her car, and her precariously balanced pile contains everything from fresh flowers to her 5-year-old daughter dressed for karate class. She manages to get it all together very neatly, and you can do the same by ensuring that your mid-level providers are reimbursed properly.
January 28th, 2011
Medical groups around the country are increasingly recognizing the revenue-generating potential of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. These tips will help you decide how to hire the best person for your practice, and get them up to speed quickly.
September 22nd, 2010
Having been in the midlevel market my entire CompHealth career (over 5 years), I have come to get to know the abilities and strengths of mid-levels that, ironically enough, many of our clients and major hospital chains that we serve are (for the most part) unaware.
The mid-level position in general has been around for a very long time, and seems to have just started to scratch the surface in regards to the acknowledgment of what a mid-level can do as well as how they can, and should be, effectively utilized within a medical setting. In fact, the mid-level position, specifically the position of a Physician Assistant, is always one of the largest and fastest growing fields according to CareerBuilder.