Pinnacle Physician Resource Group: Simplify success in healthcare In today's healthcare environment, it's more challenging than ever for physicians to sustain financially healthy practices. The Pinnacle Physician Resource Group understands the unique needs of medical offices and how to bring clear direction, operational efficiency and enhanced business performance to today's practices.
We provide experienced business consulting and comprehensive medical practice management services, including:
Practice Management & AnalysisMedical office start-up assistance (new group and merger) Establishing a medical practice is a carefully orchestrated series of steps. We eliminate the uncertainty of this overwhelming process with tested techniques and step-by-step templates based on our strong history of successful launches. Take your organization from theory to operation with our assistance in:
• Licensing
• Credential and contracting
• Location (Ownership or Lease negotiation with services available from CORE)
• System selection (buying to your needs)
• Hiring and organizing staff
• Fee schedule set-up
• Getting the most from your contracts
• Office procedures
• Compliance issues (including HIPAA)
• Patient communication
Physician practice management services
Pinnacle offers administrative and management services for both office-based and hospital-affiliated practices. Our team works together with your advisers (including legal and accounting) to provide ongoing management leadership.
Compensation and productivity analysis We analyze physician productivity and compare that to market benchmarks to create reasonable productivity and compensation ranges for physicians.
Financial and operational practice analysis Our financial and operational analysis of your medical practice combines comprehensive reviews of financial data and operational procedures with detailed studies of staffing, overhead, revenue cycle (A/R, fee schedule, coding, billing, etc.), and office workflow. We'll help you manage costs, increase profits and enhance physician productivity.
Medical practice technology integration The average healthcare organization reinvests less than 4% of earnings into IT compared to 10% in other industry sectors. Whether you rely on one vendor or several "best of breed" partners, we can assess your technological needs and help plan for future expansion or upgrade scenarios. Our expert assessment of your technology and investment options can help expose you to cutting edge technology, influence key stakeholders and strategically align patient care delivery and business management IT needs.
Medical Billing & Coding Medical Billing and Practice Automation -
Pinnacle Medical Billing - Success Promised Results Delivered Our experienced revenue cycle management team’s service and commitment create an extension of physician practices that is focused on service excellence. We deliver success through leveraging extraordinary technology, efficient workflow design, while creating accountability for us and our client. Our relationships with clients go beyond the terms of any contract to create a shared commitment to mutual success. Our current and prospective clients must embrace change and accountability so that we may share success. Benefits of a partnership with Pinnacle Medical Billing:
1. Guaranteed return on investment for EMR initiatives
2. Guaranteed collection performance
3. Real-time eligibility verification (Know whether patients are covered for most payors)
4. Real-time claims adjudication (Submit and post claims at the time of service select payors)
5. Monitor and manage reimbursement trends
6. Benchmark practice revenue performance against peer group
7. Enjoy the practice of medicine again
Medical billing and coding audits
Billing and collections are the lifelines of medical practices. Yet, they're often difficult to effectively monitor and manage. Our team of revenue cycle management experts will review your processes, technology, personnel and performance against 150+ evaluation points. We'll determine where you can increase revenue by improving reimbursement capture, optimizing coding and recommending other practical and effective changes for your organization.
Electronic medical records consulting With roots in billing and practice management, Pinnacle Physician Resource Group can help you implement electronic medical records through Ingenix Caretracker EMR. Unlike a larger provider who might offer overseas customer support, we'll work directly with you to integrate the EMR system with your billing system and to train and support your staff during the transition and beyond. If you want to be on the leading edge of healthcare reform, the Pinnacle Group can help.
