Lessons From Covering Down

These days, this is considered Extreme Leadership: If the team is failing, the leader is failing. As one watches support dwindle, you begin to cover down. To cover down means to taking on the duties of your fallen teammates. In medicine, our medical assistants assist the physician in multiple tasks. Prior authorizations, durable medical equipment,Continue reading “Lessons From Covering Down”

National Health Awareness: April 2022

I am cautiously optimistic that the COVID-19 numbers are staying down in our region. The worldwide data suggest a small uptick and a hybrid variant in the UK appears to be having a slower uptrend (variant was detected in my city the week of 24MAR). We will see what next month brings, but I amContinue reading “National Health Awareness: April 2022”

Right Sizing Your Practice

What should be a simple question of ‘how many patients can a physician safely have on their panel?’ can be exceptionally complex to answer. Classically, practices do this retrospectively after a year or so of practice. Panel Size = Clinic visit capacity / utilization rate Clinic Visit Capacity = Daily visits x days in clinicContinue reading “Right Sizing Your Practice”