Community care gets competitive

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Declining government funding and increasing market competition are forcing community health centers to fight to retain patients. Sixteenth Street Community Health Center in Milwaukee, WI, mobilized employers to intercede on the clinic's behalf when it was cut out of new agreements signed by health maintenance organizations (HMO) and large companies. The health center's ability to display its committment to and understanding of the community were essential to winning contracts with HMOs.

All Other Outpatient Care Centers, Neighborhood Health Centers, Practice, Contracts, Community health services, Sanchez, Armando

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MGMA releases data on 1997 'Better Practices'

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The Medical Group Management Assn chose 16 multispecialty group practices for its 'Better Practices' list in 1997. This list had only 13 practices listed in 1996. These practices have higher staffing levels, higher physician revenues and lower nonsurgical operating costs than other multispecialty practices. These practices also have higher physician procedure performances than other multispecialty practices.

Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Evaluation, Health care industry, Group medical practice

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Pay for senior managers of practices on the upswing

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Medical practice managers' salaries have risen to a median of $46,000, an increase of 26% since 1985, according to a Medical Group Management Association survey. This is comparable to the 23% increase in managerial compensation in other industries reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In group practices the increase tends to be more dramatic because more qualifications are now expected.

Compensation and benefits, Medical offices

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