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From articles to educational programs, ACG provides you tools
and techniques you can use in your practice that will help improve
efficiency and increase profitability. Learn from experts at ACG’s
live educational programs, read what others are doing in their
practice to solve problems they encounter, get your GI coding questions
answered, compare your practice operations to others of similar
size. Many of these resources are available only to ACG Members.
See below for a complete listing of ACG’s Practice Management
resources.
ACG Patient Brochures
Patient Assistance Programs The costs of pharmaceuticals can be prohibitive for our patients with limited income. The Patient Care Committee has developed a user-friendly interface for Patient Assistance Programs for pharmaceuticals. A compilation of telephone numbers and/or web pages for commonly prescribed drugs used by patients with gastrointestinal or liver disorders is listed. Click here for more information.
Clinical Drug Trials
Translation Services
CPT 2008 Update
Gastroenterology PQRI Coding and Documentation Quick Reference Guide
The ACG has negotiated a special rate for ACG Members with a firm called
Health Care Economics. Members with coding questions can contact their
Coding Hotline at 317-558-6038. There is a $25 fee for a single question
related to one coding issue. For complex or multiple questions that require
additional research, the fee will be $25 plus $2 per minute after 15 minutes
(normal rates are $200 per hour). You may also send your question(s) via fax
to 317-558-6186 or via e-mail to reneeh@forumcu.com. Visit HCE's website at
www.forumcu.com/forum1st/healthcareEconomics.aspx
ACG Update Newsletter – Practice Management Committee
Articles
Content only available to members, login if you are a member.
ACG Update Newsletter –GI Coding
Corner Articles
Content only available to members, login if you are a member.
ACG Smart Brief – Practice Management Articles (coming soon)
2008 ACG Practice Management Course,
Friday, October 3, Orlando, FL
Practice Management Committee
ACG 2007 Operating Ratios Report
Are you as profitable as you could be? Get the answers to these
questions and more by participating in ACG's Gastroenterology Practices
Operating Ratios and Practitioner's Guide to Profit. See how your practice
compares with other practices of a similar size. Find out if your operating
expenses are in line with other practices. Your participation in completing
the questionnaire will help ACG compile a comprehensive look at the business
aspect of gastroenterology. Each questionnaire is kept highly confidential
and information is compiled through an intermediary firm of certified public
accountants. No individual practice is recognized in the report. Once all
report information has been compiled, those practices who participated will
receive a complimentary copy of the report. To participate, simply have
your form with its unique identifying number available and log on to the
secure website to submit your practice data. For more information, contact
ACG at info@acg.gi.org.
Content only available to members, login if you are a member.
Medical Links
For the first time in nearly a decade, the ACG, the American Medical Association (AMA), and more than 70 other health care professional organizations, have worked together to coordinate a comprehensive multi-specialty survey of America’s physician practices. The survey will collect up-to-date characteristics of thousands of physician practices from virtually all specialties, and be used in efforts to positively influence national decision makers to ensure accurate and fair representation for all physicians and patients.
Getting our nation’s policy-makers to understand today’s landscape and the requirements for care is critical. These data will allow medicine to articulate the challenges of running a practice that provides expert patient care, while operating a business that is sustainable. The study results will not only help in the short-term but will allow future generations of doctors to continue providing superior care to their patients.
One particularly important section of the study pertains to practice expenses and the amounts that are attributable to you. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have indicated that the results of this study will be used to help determine physician payment. Please encourage your staff to make this information available as the survey’s success depends on accurate and complete data. This information will remain confidential. The survey firm, Dmrkynetec, will not identify any individuals or entities participating in this research.
Dmrkynetec, a survey firm with extensive experience in the area of physician practice finance, has been retained to administer the survey. Dmrkynetec will contact randomly selected physicians and practice managers in order to collect their confidential responses. Please watch for this survey and complete it thoroughly and accurately. Do your part to represent our profession.
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