As an office manager, you are reviewing the budget every month to determine what your costs are. When reviewing the budget

week 1 Discussion
As an office manager, you are reviewing the budget every month to determine what your costs are. When reviewing the budget, you see that your payroll is over-budget the last two months. The volume of patients is not higher than anticipated so you cannot say it is due to increased patient visits. Your physician states that you must make changes to bring this number down, without affecting the efficiency of the office.
Discuss what you would do?
Week 2 DISCUSSION
You have worked for Dr. Jones for three years. The practice is doing well but has not generated increased profits in the last two years. Dr. Jones has been talking to another doctor about joining the practice. Dr. Jones comes to you and asks you to do a pro forma for the next year with two physicians and tells you to "make it look good." In addition to adding the new physician, he also encourages you to add other services that would make the bottom line look good. What do you do? What other services can you propose