This is the most comprehensive guide available on how to select and plan for the addition of a new ancillary service. Topic coverage includes legal and regulatory issues, feasibility studies and demographic considerations, business plans, pre-opening requirements, operations management, and equity structures. This book serves as a practical guide to evaluation, implementation, and management of new services and is a must-have for every physician or practice administrator that is contemplating practice expansion through additional services.
Author Biography:
Jill works in the practice management area as a consultant to medical practices in both operations and system management and solutions. Additionally, she works with the IT Division of Coker in facilitating EMR/practice management implementation, return-on-investment analysis, and pre-implementation operational assessments, a valuable tool for many practices as they transition to new technologies. Mr. Reiboldt's consulting focus is on financial analysis, pro forma projections, practice startups, and strategic planning. Max Reiboldt, Managing Partner and CEO of The Coker Group, a national healthcare consulting firm in Atlanta, GA, oversees and engages in consulting projects with physicians and health systems nationwide. His major areas of expertise include physician employment and compensation, physician network development, business and strategic planning, disengagements of practices and network unwinds, practice operational assessments, hospital-physician services, medical staff development, practice appraisals, and negotiations for acquisitions and sales. He also performs financial analyses for health care entities as well as equity planning arrangements for medical practices. A widely published author and well-known speaker, Reiboldt is frequently asked to speak by professional associations and organizations on financial topics, physician compensation, strategy and planning, personnel management, and a variety of other issues. Mr. Reiboldt is a graduate of Harding University, a licensed certified public accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Healthcare Financial Management Association, and the American Society of Appraisers.