Comments on: An FP starts to charge an administrative fee http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/fp-starts-to-charge-administrative-fee.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/fp-starts-to-charge-administrative-fee.html#comment-72079 Anonymous Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:15:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/an-fp-starts-to-charge-an-administrative-fee.html#comment-72079 I am the practice manager for a 2 physician Internal Medicine office in Northern Illinois. We just implemented an "administrative fee" at the $120 level. This will pay for all non-insurance covered services like refills, prior authorizations, parking placards, etc, but will also allow us to purchase and implement an EMR/PM, bring our lab back in-house, and pay our staff at a reasonable level of compensation.<br/><br/>In the week since the letters have went out, only 3 patients have elected to leave. This in a practice base of over 5600.<br/><br/>Good business? I believe so. But you can be damn sure the level of care the providers offer and the staff show is going to set the standard for other offices to emulate. I am the practice manager for a 2 physician Internal Medicine office in Northern Illinois. We just implemented an “administrative fee” at the $120 level. This will pay for all non-insurance covered services like refills, prior authorizations, parking placards, etc, but will also allow us to purchase and implement an EMR/PM, bring our lab back in-house, and pay our staff at a reasonable level of compensation.

In the week since the letters have went out, only 3 patients have elected to leave. This in a practice base of over 5600.

Good business? I believe so. But you can be damn sure the level of care the providers offer and the staff show is going to set the standard for other offices to emulate.

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