2007 Medical Office Personnel Salary/Benefits Survey Available

Watkins Uiberall, PLLC is proud to announce the results of their sixth annual Medical Office Personnel Salary and Benefits Survey.  Each year this survey compares local salaries and benefits for medical office personnel.

The annual survey is received and utilized by many physicians and administrators in the Memphis area, many of whom use it as part of their budgeting process.  This year's report lists local wages and benefit information for all practices that participated for the year ending in 2007.  Each segment is broken down into the low, average, and high salaries for all possible employee types.  The survey is highly sought after and seen as a critical benchmarking tool for the area's healthcare industry.

The results of the last three years’ salary surveys are now posted online at http://www.wucpas.com/industries.asp. You can pick from 2007, 2006, or 2005 by clicking on that year in the blue box to the right.  Participants in the survey will receive a hard copy of the results at no charge.  Additional copies may be obtained through Watkins Uiberall at a cost of $125.00.  For a copy of this year's salary and benefits survey, contact Mary Ann Lucas of Watkins Uiberall at 761-2720 or mlucas@wucpas.com. 

Watkins Uiberall is one of the largest local Certified Public Accounting and Financial Advisory Firms in Memphis.  The firm's Healthcare Consulting Group, led by Ben Watkins, assists hospitals and physician groups with accounting, regulatory issues, strategic planning, revenue enhancement and cost controls.

Q-Source offers e-prescribing Grant Opportunities in Tennessee

There is a national movement underway to improve the quality of healthcare through the use of health information technology (HIT). QSource is administering a grant to cover the start-up costs of implementing HIT, specifically ePrescribing, into your practice.

The Tennessee General Assembly has authorized funding for a Physician Connectivity grant to accelerate the use of ePrescribing. The State will reimburse actual costs not to exceed $3,500 per Tennessee licensed physician and actual costs not to exceed $6,000 per treatment site to develop the infrastructure to connect to the Tennessee eHealth Exchange Zone. Funds are intended to cover expenses related to the first year of broadband service. All grantees are expected to participate in ePrescribing for two years through RxHub or SureScripts.

Eligible physicians must be licensed in Tennessee, actively practicing and in good standing with the licensure board. The following types of practices have been designated for priority disbursement: Family Practice, General Practice, Internal Medicine, Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health and General Preventative Medicine, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine/Pediatrics.

For additional information about the grant, please contact:

Jennifer McAnally

HIT Program Manager

Q-Source

3175 Lenox Park Blvd Ste 309

Memphis, TN  38115-4291

901-273-2635 or 1-800-528-2655, ext. 2635

jmcanally@qsource.org