office manager

First Congratulation's on your possible upcoming job.

I have been an office Manager before and it does not matter how many providers you have there are some basic tasks that must get completed on a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

There are quite a few skills you need with I assume billing one of the highest. You need to know what codes you can legally bill and how to bill. I suggest you get a workshop class before you start for if you have a hard time with billing then you will fail. There are a lot more items you need like CLIA certification (lab), like HR issues, if this practice performs surgery in office then you need autoclave tracking, supplies/tracking supplies ordering supplies. I am thinking I would not want to work as a RN part time and office manager part time unless it is only a office with not more than 1 provider. If it is greater than 1 provider I would suggest a part time billing person (20 hours weekly) would lift the burden off your shoulders.

I would look at the job descriptions of each person that works in a provider office and see what you need training on. It is not as seamless as you think it would be. You have to think like a lab assistant, claim biller, AR/AP billing office person, RN, HR, Medical Records...and then who is going to clean the office you too? Too much unless I am invested in this business too.

Good luck you will need to be highly organized just to be stretched thin in what ever you are doing.

Thank you so much. At first it will just be me and the surgeon.

Any suggestions on where to find workshops for billing? I have googled a few times but it just gets to be overwhelming the info that is out there and not sure what exactly I need. I have been trying to find some good resources that I can refer to or that can help me point me in the right direction.

Thank you for your suggestions.