title: Turning your practice around.
abstract: The techniques of managing a medical practice are no different from those required to manage any other business. Planning is the first step, and establishing a realistic budget is essential to creating a successful plan. Knowing your patients and the sources of your revenue are next. Understanding the weaknesses within your practice and developing courses of action to correct them is essential. This includes developing ways to increase revenue as well as control expenses. Once a plan has been developed a basis for monitoring that plan is required. We suggest tracking financial performance monthly. If these basic management techniques are put into place, the actions discussed above will become both easier and more effective.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Clapp
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D002017:Budgets / Q000379:methods; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000379:methods; D009515:New Jersey; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D012017:Referral and Consultation