decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2009 Issue 5 (May)
Benchmark of the Week: Allocation of staff for nonclinical purposes, 2006
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Article Overview
This article reviews a benchmarking chart on how nonclinical full-time equivalent staff allocated time to billing, reimbursement, and related administrative functions in a medical group setting. It is based on a Health Affairs report and highlights the data source, the measurement context, and the general distribution of staff effort across major nonclinical activity categories. The article is useful for readers comparing administrative workload patterns, revenue-cycle support roles, and health information technology-related staffing in physician organizations.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps practice administrators, revenue-cycle leaders, and health services researchers understand how nonclinical labor may be distributed in medical group operations and how benchmark data can be interpreted in context.
What You Will Learn
- What the benchmark measures at a high level
- How nonclinical staff time was categorized in the report
- What source report and data context the chart is based on
- Why the chart is relevant to billing and reimbursement operations
Who Should Read This
- Practice administrators
- Revenue cycle managers
- Medical group leadership
- Health services researchers
- Coding and billing professionals
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