Increased billing automation and more reliance on electronic health record (EHR) systems are costing billers, billing managers and medical records clerks their jobs, according to a survey from
Physicians Practice.
The survey, which measured salaries for the staffs of physician practices, reflects the evolution of employment needs of practices getting more electronic. That’s creating problems for practices keeping the remaining workers motivated, according to the survey’s director.
One job that’s on the rise at physician groups is care coordinator, likely a response to the coming move toward quality-based care.
Crystal Run Healthcare, a practice and accountable care organization (ACO), is a case in point, as noted in a recent
Part B News story. Nearly one in five practices now has one, with titles that include nutrition counselor and social worker. Nurse practitioners are also being hired with greater frequency than physician assistants, though the survey notes that there has been a PA shortage.
As for the salaries themselves, they’ve stayed flat with the exception of nurse managers, who are earning an average of 10% more. The volume of nurse managers being employed is also up 25%, according to the survey.