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Archive > November, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 11

Is Your GI Service as Efficient as It Can Be?

Don't wait for 2008. Here?s how to move faster and increase profits.

Kent Steinriede, Associate Editor

There's no news in saying that Medicare reimbursement rates for GI procedures will drop 40 days after Thanksgiving. However, what is news is that dozens of GI centers across the country have already set out on a path to increase their efficiency. We talked with several GI center owners and administrators who aren't fretting what's to come because they've already improved how they manage their staff, schedule, equipment and materials.

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