HPA 490Physician Practice Management

3 credits · Health Policy and Administration · Penn State

Development of skills needed to effectively manage physician practices. Practice management may be defined as the body of knowledge and skills necessary to manage the multiple elements of a specific practice of a physician. These elements include organization, administration, communication, marketing, and patient care. This course provides students an opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in the growing field of physician practice management. Topics include management of tasks and responsibilities, supervision and training, practice marketing, service scheduling, accounting processes, benchmarking and receivables, reimbursement and billing related to the physician practice Upon successful completion of the course, the student will have: 1) A historical knowledge of the origins and evolution of physician practices; 2) An awareness of the legal entities which make up physician practices; 3) A working knowledge of the governance, performance domains, hiring processes, revenue cycles, medical record keeping, and common quality measures used in physician practices.