|Articles|June 6, 2012

Measure Your Medical Practice's Vital Signs

Want to take the pulse of your medical practice's finances? Try this easy-to-use tool to conduct a fiscal check-up on your office.

Looking to monitor the fiscal health of your medical practice? Lucien Roberts, vice president of Pulse Systems, Inc., offers a great check-up for your office using five measures - collections, labor cost, new patient, top five CPT codes, and top five referral sources.

Download Roberts' spreadsheet here and for guidance on how to use this tool, see his article, "5 Vital Signs for Your Practice's Health."

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