by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 18, 2009 | A Career in Practice Management, Social Media
So you’ve been trying to become employed in healthcare, or you’ve tried to enter healthcare management, or you’re trying to move from one job in healthcare to another. You’ve read my post about my search for a job in healthcare and have been...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 20, 2009 | A Career in Practice Management, Innovation
I wrote this post for the MGMA In Practice Blog and have republished it here for my readers. I resigned from my job managing an orthopedic group on Jan. 20, 2009, and I remember thinking, Who leaves a job during a recession? Well, I did, and what follows is what I...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jun 3, 2009 | A Career in Practice Management
I hope that I am fortunate enough to have been missed by my readers while on an unintentional sabbatical these last several weeks. I have been moving to my new home in North Carolina and starting a new job. Our house temporarily has no television, no land line, no...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 9, 2009 | A Career in Practice Management, Leadership
Whether the title is manager, medical practice manager, physician practice manager, administrator, practice administrator, executive director, office manager, CEO, COO, director, division manager, department manager, or any combination thereof, with some exceptions,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 23, 2009 | A Career in Practice Management, Electronic Medical Records, Learn This: Technology Answers
I wrote this article for the Physician Office Managers Association of America (POMAA) March/April 2009 Newletter. If you don’t know POMAA, check out their website. Each of us have areas of expertise based on our experience, our education and what we find...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 18, 2008 | A Career in Practice Management, Leadership
Most people who ask what I do have never heard of managing medical practices. Many people say “I didn’t know there was a job like that.” Medical Group Management Association’s (MGMA) definition of medical group practice and medical practice...