As part of our mission to promote a culture of collaboration and effective patient management across the entire continuum of care; to produce exceptional clinical outcomes, reduce costs, and consistently achieve the highest level of patient and family satisfaction while enjoying a distinction for value within the community and across the region we continually strive to provide our Practice Partners with opportunities to become more efficient and profitable.
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RCMP is a full-service Practice Management Company where your bottom line is our bottom line; we will make your Practice more profitable. RCMP shares in the same principles of quality, integrity and profitability. RCMP customizes its a la carte services to fit your specific needs and takes total responsibility for the financial health of your practice. On average, RCMP increases Monthly receipts between 10%-22%.
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Doctors reopening offices with safety measures in place
As part of the reopening plans for her practice, Dr. Kerry Giedd had to figure out what type of disinfectants would kill the virus that causes COVID-19 but wouldn’t damage the eyewear on display at her optometry practice.
“Eyewear is much like jewelry. It's expensive and there's a high cost of goods to us,” said Giedd, founding partner and president of Eola Eyes in downtown Orlando. “We want to provide a perfect product to our patients that doesn't have any flaws or damage.”
She also had to reconfigure how the retail corner of the practice is set up to prevent the spread of the virus. Patients can only browse the area with an appointment, and every frame is disinfected before and after a customer wears it.
Since May 4, when Gov. Ron DeSantis lifted the ban on elective and non-essential procedures, medical practices across Central Florida are implementing a variety of infection-control practices at their offices to prevent the spread of COVID-19
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Most practices are now screening patients via phone before scheduling the office visits. They’re asking patients to check in by phone and wait in their cars for their appointment. Many are placing plexiglass guards at the reception desks and are asking patients to wear masks. Some are taking patient temperatures and limiting the number of individuals who can accompany patients.
The
American College of Radiology has recommended that radiology and imaging practices assess the risk versus benefit of scheduling procedures and to implement safety measures, such as screening patients during scheduling and at entry, universal masking, minimizing time in waiting rooms, cleaning and decontamination of patient care areas, and preventing symptomatic visitors from accompanying patients.
“We’re not calling them guidelines, because each area of each state and each practice is a little different, but we’ve certainly tried to crowdsource with our members some of the best lessons learned and how to do this successfully,” said Scott.
Giedd, for instance, has installed shields on the microscopes that optometrists use to examine the patients’ eyes.
“It creates somewhat of a barrier so we’re not breathing on each other,” she said.
She is also postponing some non-urgent cases that require more one-on-one contact and touching, such as patients who want contact lenses as an alternative to glasses.
Dr. Jan Parrillo, a physician at Family Medical Center in Orlando, said his practice has curtailed walk-ins for now, a feature for which the practice has been known.
His practice has also implemented universal masking,
giving patients masks once they arrive in the office. Patients are also screened on the phone. Those who could potentially have COVID-19 are offered telemedicine visits.
“The problem is patients who you bring in the office who could be asymptomatic carriers and that’s why we wear masks and wash our hands and we clean the office,” Parrillo said.
Dr. Venkatesh Nagalapadi, a geriatrician at CFP Physicians Group, has also been encouraging patients to use telemedicine. Patients are screened by phone and symptomatic patients who need to be seen are brought in through a different doorway at his office building where they’re cared for by staff members wearing full protective equipment.
“Even in our waiting rooms, we have social distancing precautions. We’ve put tape on every two chairs and we have staggered the visits so not all patients come in at the same time,” said Nagalapadi, medical director for Orlando Health – Health Central Park and Orlando Health Center for Rehabilitation.
Doctors and hospitals have voiced concern about a potential surge of sicker patients because many have been delaying routine care for fear of catching the virus.
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recent report showed that more people in South Florida are dying at home because they’re afraid to call 911. Oncologists worry about patients who have delayed routine preventive screenings such as mammograms and colonscopies, according to
Modern Healthcare.
“The same thing is going to happen in some cases in optometry where relatively mild cases of something could become much more serious,” said Scott.
Giedd, the optometrist, said although her practice has a long list of patients who are waiting to come in, there are some who are deferring their visits to a later time.
“Quite honestly, it’s really probably best for everyone in society to go out and attend those needs that really need to be addressed and defer things that can be comfortably and safely deferred,” she said. “But I want patients to know that we have done our research and we’re taking every measure that we can to protect their health and safety when they visit us.”
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