Practice Management

Management consists, primarily, of setting goals and then designing procedures to ensure their accomplishment.  A good manager is one who purposely acts, instead of reacting, to events and circumstances.  IMS provides essential information, available in both report and graph formats, that allows the doctor to effectively manage the practice.  Following is a summary of some of the most important reports and the information that they contain.
 
PRACTICE SUMMARY: One page gives all the vital statistics for the practice.

  • Delinquency
  • Future Contracts and total accounts receivable
  • New charges added to the system (production)
  • Payments
  • Adjustments
  • Exams, Consults, and StartsNumber of active accounts, paying accounts, and accounts in retention

 
YEAR-TO-DATE ANALYSIS:  One month's data is inconsequential if it cannot be compared to previous months.  Therefore, IMS provides vital statistics in the following format.

  • Current month
  • Average for this year
  • The same month last year
  • The average for last year  

 
12-MONTH HISTORY:  This report shows the practice's vital statistics on a month-to-month basis. 

 
 
NEW PATIENT SUMMARY:  This report provides the answers needed to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing methods used by the practice. 
  • Where are referrals coming from?  Patients?  Professionals?  Others?
  • What is happening to the new patients examined?  How many are starting and where are the others going?
  • Where are the starts coming from?  How effective is the recall system?  Pending follow-up?  

 
STAFF UTILIZATION: 

  •   Where are we spending our time?  On what procedures?
  • How can scheduling be fine-tuned to provide enough appointments when they are needed? 
  • Are failed appointments, canceled appointments, and damaged appliances a problem?Are we overstaffed?  Under staffed?
 

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I can't imagine working in or managing a practice that wasn't paperless. Opening my practice with IMS was the best decision I've ever made - they have been more than helpful since the very beginning. I know I can count on the IMS staff for all the support my staff and I need. IMS has been able to grow with my practice, and I love having all of my patient's information in one convenient, paperless location. This efficiency allows me to focus on my treatment, rather than the "Paperwork". Thanks, I ...
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