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Everything you need to create, build, maintain and
nurture a thriving and rewarding mental health practice!
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Practice
Management Consultation Services
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As President of Professional Practice
Management, Margaret Sears has been
helping mental health professionals create, build, maintain and
nurture thriving and rewarding practices for over seventeen years.
Prior to beginning Professional Practice Managment in
1989, she was the Administrator of the Oregon Psychological
Association beginning in 1979 and she continues to be involved as
a Corporate Member. Her academic background is in Tax,
Accounting and Psychology. She believes our culture and our
communities need excellent mental health services and she has a
passion for helping you make that so. She has the years
of experience, the skills and the vision to assist you with
nearly any problem or question related to the
business of mental health practice. She knows your
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A Sampling of Frequently Asked Consulting Questions
Professional Practice Management Can Answer for You How do I choose an office? Should I sublet or lease an office on my own? Should I have an office alone or with a group of other professionals? How much should I expect to pay for office rent? Should I buy an office building or lease space? What kind of forms should I use in my practice? What office policies should I have? What about HIPAA? What should I charge for my services? Should I join insurance or managed care panels? How do I join insurance or managed care panels? How do I resign insurance or managed care panels? How should I market my practice? How do I handle billing my patients and their insurance companies? What should I do if my patients don't pay? Should I use a collection agency? How should I organize my patients' files? How can I keep track of insurance company authorizations?
| What can I do to get control of the paper monsoon in my office? How can I take home more money from my practice? Should I provide all my own support services? Or should I hire employees to help run my office? Or should I outsource tasks like billing, collection, accounting and transcription? How can I choose good billing, collection accounting and transcription services? How can I find a good employee? What should I expect to pay for a good employee or outside support service? Once I do hire an employee or outside support company, how do I monitor their performance? How do I write a professional will? How do I prepare to wind down my practice as I plan for retirement? Should I try to sell my practice when I retire? Should I ask patients to pay in full at the time of service or should I collect only co-pays? How can I develop a cash practice? How can I avoid burnout?
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Margaret
Sears writes a regular column
for The Oregon Psychologist: Bulletin of the Oregon
Psychological
Association entitled "The
Business of Psychology." Recent articles
are below: The
Business of Psychology: You will Need Adobe Reader to Read the Above
Articles.
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Contact Us
Margaret Sears, President of Professional
Practice Management, IncMental Health
Practice Management Consulting,Patient and
Insurance Billing,Organization/Systems Design Secretarial
Support ServicesPSY-Collect
Mental Health Debt Collection Corporate
Member of the Oregon Psychological Association Serving Mental
Health Professionals in Oregon, Washington,California,
the West Coast, & Nationwide Toll Free: (866)
896-9980 |
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