Ancillary Services
One of the benefits of ancillary services is allowing providers to spend more time with patients. Many physicians believe that the only way to balance out decreasing reimbursements is to increase patient load. When adding ancillary services that often helps diagnosis disease early while it can be treated before it becomes a chronic problem. Patients often pay for diagnostic tests from third parties that claim early detection of disease. Physicians can offset the need to see more patients and spend more time with the ones in the practice. This option can increase patient satisfaction and retention as opposed to tighter schedules and shorter appointments, which threaten patient satisfaction levels and retention.
Physicians know that ancillary services can be a great way to boost revenue and attract new patients while increasing the level of patient care and satisfaction. The challenge, however, is knowing which ancillary services to add. Some of the considerations include whether the service is genuinely in the best interest of the patients, how to add services without disrupting the flow of the practice or taking up valuable space, and how to integrate the services without taxing already busy practice staff.
Our professionals take the guesswork out of adding ancillary services. We continually research the many options available to our clients and have access to the appropriate solutions for ancillary services. We also can help you decide if it is a viable solution for your practice based on the desired level of involvement, of time and space constraints and the patient demographics.
