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David N Gans

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PubMed2003

Don't suffer the consequences. Prepare your office for bioterrorism response.

In a low-level bioterrorism attack without mass casualties, physician offices will stand at the front line for diagnosis and treatment. Lacking preparation, those offices can suffer some of the first casualties. Physicians and their administrators in ambulatory practices must be able to recognize and plan for a potential bioterrorism attack.

Bioterrorism↗
PubMed2002

A comparison of the performance of hospital- and physician-owned medical group practices.

This study compares the financial and productivity performance of hospital- versus physician-owned medical group practices. Nineteen hospital-owned and twenty-three physician-owned family practices were matched by location (state) and size (full-time equivalent providers). The data were obtained from the 1998 Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Cost Survey database. The focus of this study is on the "bottom-line" performance of the organizations as well as the production costs of the different type of practices. Analyses of these data consider staffing differences, charge and revenue differentials, productivity factors, and differences in patient volume and procedure volume. When comparing the hospital-owned and physician-owned family practice groups, the statistical analysis of these data suggest that the underlying distinctions are driven by differences in the volume of patients and volume of procedures.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗
PubMed2002

What doctors do.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗
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The cost of health insurance administration in California: estimates for insurers, physicians, and hospitals.

Administrative costs account for 25 percent of health care spending, but little is known about the portion attributable to billing and insurance-related (BIR) functions. We estimated BIR for hospital and physician care in California. Data for physician practices came from a mail survey and interviews; for hospitals, from regulatory reporting; and for private insurers, from a consulting company. Private insurers spend 9.9 percent of revenue on administration and 8 percent on BIR. Physician offices spend 27 percent and 14 percent, and hospitals, 21 percent and 7-11 percent, respectively. Overall, BIR represents 20-22 percent of privately insured spending in California acute care settings.

California↗