EVENT: Saving Private Practice - Webinar Series

TITLE: Top 10 Strategies to Lower Overhead Costs in Your Practice

DATE: Wednesday, June 21

TIME: 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

REGISTRATION: Free to Physicians and their Office Managers. 

SPEAKER: Debra Phairas, President Practice & Liability Consultants, LLC

CME: 1.0 CME Credit PRA Category 1

There are only three ways to improve net income in your practice: Raise fees, increase productivity or decrease overhead. Given the complexities of managed care contracting, raising fees can be difficult to accomplish. Doctors may already be working at maximum capacity, so increasing productivity may not be an option either. Therefore, greater profitability may only be achieved by controlling and reducing overhead expenses while improving efficiency. This session will discuss the best ways to reach this goal.

Topics Include:

• Reducing staffing costs
• Re-evaluating benefits
• Office Space utilization
• Advanced Practice Clinicians
• Office and medical supplies savings
• Saving on Legal and Accounting fees
• Going green and eliminating clutter
• Financial policies and AR
• Savings on office and medical  equipment
• Telephone and scheduling management

Debra Phairas is President of Practice & Liability Consultants, LLC a nationally recognized firm specializing in practice management and malpractice prevention.  Her background includes medical clinic administration and loss prevention management for NORCAL Mutual, a physician malpractice insurance carrier in Northern California.  Her BS is from Michigan State University and her graduate work at Golden Gate University San Francisco MBA Health Services Administration program.    Her consulting experience includes over 2,300 practices of all sizes and specialties.  Typical engagements include: practice start-ups, practice assessments, mergers, financial analysis, revenue enhancement, overhead reduction, personnel management, over 500 practice valuations, expert witness, partnership issues and recruitment support for hospitals and physician groups.  She has presented seminars and lectures nationwide for state and local medical/dental associations, management organizations and specialty societies. Please view website:  www.practiceconsultants.net 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the California Medical Association (CMA) through the joint providership of Fresno Madera Medical Society and Santa Clara County Medical Association. Fresno Madera Medical Society is accredited by the CMA to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

FMMS designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 hour(s) of AMA PRA Category 1Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For registration assistance, please contact Angelica at angelica@sccma.org