Article: Stepping out: a Texas orthopedic practice uses a practice management platform to establish independence. (Internet applications/ASPs: case history).

In early 2001, The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group LLP (TSAOG), an orthopedic practice composed of 14 providers and four locations in the greater San Antonio area, wanted to become independent from a larger orthopedic group in Houston of which it had been a member for three years. The physicians were dissatisfied with the 45-member group's mainframe practice management system that required excessive training, was not user-friendly and processed claims poorly, producing an unacceptable 120-day accounts receivable (A/R) rate--almost twice the industry average of 72 days. The system was so difficult to use that the Houston group had one of the highest turnovers in support staff ...

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