2022 Medical Practice Mid-Year Strategy Survey

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* 3. What is the one thing that has had the greatest positive impact on your revenue in 2022? Please explain.

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* 4. What is the one thing that has had the single greatest negative impact on your revenue in 2022? Please explain.

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* 5. Which of the following has been your biggest expense in 2022?

Data security

Equipment and supply costs

Infection control

Insurance (business, malpractice)

Payroll

Recruitment and retention

Training and education

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Which of the following best describes your current operating situation?

We have fully returned to pre-COVID office hours

We are operating at lower capacity than pre-COVID

We are now a mix of in-office and telehealth visits

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What percent of your coding/billing staff is now fully remote?

Less than 10%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

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* 8. What percent of your coding/billing staff now works a hybrid schedule?

Less than 10%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

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* 9. Which of the following best describes your involvement with risk-adjustment coding?

We do not do any risk-adjustment coding

We do a small amount of risk-adjustment coding

We do a lot of risk-adjustment coding

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* 10. Select which value-based payment models you are involved in, if any.

Accountable care organization with private payer

Patient-centered medical home

Shared Savings accountable care organization

Other Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) payment model

None, fee-for-service only

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Which of the following best describes your current staffing situation?

Have just enough staff to operate

Have more than enough staff to operate

Turning patients away due to insufficient staff

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* 12. Which of the following tactics have you found to be the most effective in improving recruitment and retention efforts? (Choose your top 2.)

Better benefits

Flexible scheduling

Sign-on bonuses

Retention bonuses

Weekend bonuses

Employee referral programs

Using Indeed and other recruiting websites

Better orientation and training

Listening to feedback from employees through survey, small group meetings, engagement surveys, etc.

Focus on improving organizational culture

Staffing agencies

Investment in talent acquisition/HR team

Employee reward/recognition programs

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Which positions do you have the hardest time filling?

Billing

Coding

Front office

Practice manager

Physician

Mid-level provider

Compliance

Other (please specify)

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* 14. What is the biggest challenge you are facing related to recruiting and retaining staff?

Retaining quality staff

Receiving responses to open positions

Finding qualified/quality applicants among job pool

Providing adequate time and resources for on-boarding

Offering competitive wages

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Which of the following does your practice currently use to supplement in-person visits? (Choose all that apply.)

Telehealth

Remote patient monitoring

Audio visits

None

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* 16. Which of the following do you plan on using in the next 12 months to supplement in-person visits? (Choose all that apply.)

Telehealth

Remote patient monitoring

Audio visits

None

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* 17. Please list the vendor/s you use for telehealth/remote patient monitoring.

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* 18. Has the practice’s owner expressed an interest in selling your practice in the next 12 months?

Yes

I don't know

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* 19. How will the proposed 4.4% Medicare reimbursement cuts impact your practice in 2023?

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* 20. What type of organization do you currently work for? (Check all that apply.)

Academic faculty practice

Ambulatory surgery center

Billing company

Health system

Hospital

Hospital-owned medical practice

Multispecialty medical practice

Practice management company

Single-specialty medical practice

Solo practitioner

Other (please specify)

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* 21. How many physicians and non-physician practitioners work in your practice/organization?

2-5

6-10

11-20

21-50

51-100

101 or more

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* 22. Which specialties does your practice cover? (Check all that apply.)

Anesthesiology

Cardiology

Critical Care/Intensivist

Dermatology

Endocrinology

Gastroenterology

General Surgery

Hematology/Oncology

Neurology

Ob/Gyn

Ophthalmology

Orthopedic Surgery

Otolaryngology

Pain Management

Pathology

Pediatric

Plastic Surgery

Podiatry

Primary Care (i.e., family practice, general practice and internal medicine)

Radiology

Urology

Other (please specify)

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* 23. Thank you for participating! Please provide your name and email address below so we can enter you in the drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card.

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Organization

City

State

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* 1. Which of the following is the biggest challenge your practice is facing right now? (Choose top 2.)

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* 2. How has your year-to-date 2022 revenue compared to the same period in 2021?

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* 3. What is the one thing that has had the greatest positive impact on your revenue in 2022? Please explain.

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* 4. What is the one thing that has had the single greatest negative impact on your revenue in 2022? Please explain.

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* 5. Which of the following has been your biggest expense in 2022?

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* 6. Which of the following best describes your current operating situation?

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* 7. What percent of your coding/billing staff is now fully remote?

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* 8. What percent of your coding/billing staff now works a hybrid schedule?

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* 9. Which of the following best describes your involvement with risk-adjustment coding?

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* 10. Select which value-based payment models you are involved in, if any.

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* 11. Which of the following best describes your current staffing situation?

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* 12. Which of the following tactics have you found to be the most effective in improving recruitment and retention efforts? (Choose your top 2.)

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* 13. Which positions do you have the hardest time filling?

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* 14. What is the biggest challenge you are facing related to recruiting and retaining staff?

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* 15. Which of the following does your practice currently use to supplement in-person visits? (Choose all that apply.)

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* 16. Which of the following do you plan on using in the next 12 months to supplement in-person visits? (Choose all that apply.)

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* 17. Please list the vendor/s you use for telehealth/remote patient monitoring.

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* 18. Has the practice’s owner expressed an interest in selling your practice in the next 12 months?

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* 19. How will the proposed 4.4% Medicare reimbursement cuts impact your practice in 2023?

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* 20. What type of organization do you currently work for? (Check all that apply.)

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* 21. How many physicians and non-physician practitioners work in your practice/organization?

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* 22. Which specialties does your practice cover? (Check all that apply.)

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* 23. Thank you for participating! Please provide your name and email address below so we can enter you in the drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card.