title: Benefits of profit centers for cardiology medical groups.
abstract: This article describes the benefits that profit centers provide to cardiology medical groups in the areas of pricing strategy, cost management, and quality enhancement, plus shows how an annual profit objective can also be implemented to internally generate funds for making capital investments.
authors.affiliation: IPA, Irvine, CA, USA.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Colucci
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods; D002309:Cardiology / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000379:methods*; D004465:Economic Competition; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000191:economics*; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D016526:Workload