Comments on: What Does a Medical Practice Manager Do?

By: Mary Pat Whaley

Mary Pat Whaley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:21:18 +0000

Hi Gary,

What a great question! Hiring a manager who does not have any direct experience with third-party payers could be considered a risk if the practice is relying completely on the manager to negotiate contracts, monitor payer performance and go toe-to-toe with the payer when the contract terms are being abused. No manager is strong in every aspect of practice management so often a practice will augment a manager’s experience with some additional training or education, or will bring a specialist on board (an experienced billing manager) or use a consultant.

Tell me about asking this question – what has your experience been?

Best wishes,

Mary Pat

By: Gary Peterson

Gary Peterson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:22:38 +0000

Hello Mary,

Great article. I have a question though. In your vast experience with practice managers, what is the downside to hiring someone with military experience only as a practice manager?

From what I have read here and my knowledge and backgraound as a Navy Hospital Corpsman, the only significant difference is the volume of Third Party Reimbursement activities between military and civilian practices/ medical organizations.

What are your thoughts?

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By: Mary Pat Whaley

Mary Pat Whaley — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:32:50 +0000

Hi Mary,

I’m glad to hear it was helpful. Let me know if I can help you in your journey.

Best wishes,

Mary Pat

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:26:59 +0000

Thank you for posting. I’m thinking about becoming a healthcare manager, and you post is very helpful!

By: kjh

kjh — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:19:07 +0000

Love it…unfortunatly it is true

By: Mary Pat Whaley

Mary Pat Whaley — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:13:48 +0000

Hopefully a manager wouldn’t have to do everything on that list in one day, but some days it does feel like it!

Best wishes,

Mary Pat

By: stephaniethum

stephaniethum — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:38:00 +0000

This is a fantastic primer for building an understanding of a “day in the life of.” Thank you!

By: Mary Pat Whaley

Mary Pat Whaley — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:38:40 +0000

Thanks, Brandon. Putting it altogether like this made me both proud to be in this profession, and amazed at what we do!

Mary Pat

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:02:16 +0000

Wow Mary, pretty comprehensive list. When people ask me what I do as a practice manager, I tell them that my job is to make sure the office runs smooth. Now, I can just point them to your blog.