Do you ever feel that there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done? Join the club! These days, more and more office managers and/or administrators express that despite supposed electronic efficiencies, they are drowning in all the added work being thrown at them. In addition to juggling the daily demands of running a busy practice, regulatory and other changes – in addition to maintaining patient satisfaction – can frazzle even the most talented leader. Outsourcing may be just the thing to lower your stress level and improve your practice’s performance.
Although the most common service to outsource is your medical billing, services that can now be outsourced range from “patient education counseling to credentialing to legal advice, and even weekend staffing,” reports Shelly Schwartz. Consider the time and effort that certain activities take and explore if outsourcing makes sense for your practice. It may not work for every office but after reading this article, you will be in a better position to decide if this could be a good fit for your business.