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Practice management companies improve practices' financial position.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10174772     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To maintain control over healthcare delivery and financial decisions, as well as increase access to capital markets, some group practices are forming their own physician practice management companies. These companies should be organized to balance the expectations of physicians with the values of capital markets. This organization should include retained earnings, financial reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), predictable earnings and cash flow, physician ownership and leadership, and incentives for high-quality management. Three large, primary care and multispecialty clinics that merged to form a new physician practice management company increased their access to capital markets and improved their overall financial position, which will help them achieve long-term survival.
Authors:
T Dupell
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association     Volume:  51     ISSN:  0735-0732     ISO Abbreviation:  Healthc Financ Manage     Publication Date:  1997 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-01-26     Completed Date:  1998-01-26     Revised Date:  2000-12-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8215859     Medline TA:  Healthc Financ Manage     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  56, 58-60     Citation Subset:  H    
Affiliation:
Physician Partners, Inc., Portland, OR, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Accounting / standards
Capital Financing
Financial Management / standards*
Group Practice / economics*,  organization & administration
Leasing, Property / economics
Negotiating
Oregon
Organizational Case Studies
Planning Techniques
Practice Management, Medical / economics*,  organization & administration
United States

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