Rio Grande Medical Group

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes the training needs of the Rio Grande Medical Group (RGMG) which is a multi-specialty practice of thirty-five physicians in southwestern Texas. It specifically outlines a training curriculum targeted toward department heads which teaches ways to establish productivity goals, control costs, stay within a budget and mentor staff with respect to patient outcomes and expectations.

Table of Contents:
Overview
Training Objectives
Budgetary Considerations
Faculty Skills Needed

From the Paper:

"Training comes with a price. One of the difficulties apparent at RGMG is the current inability of managers to maintain a budget when operating on a day-to-day basis. This suggests financial planning and strategy sessions are necessary to help managers stay within budget and realize the implications of moving outside of their budget. Financial training may include breaking down budgetary considerations and allocations into various business units and helping managers realize the impacts going outside budgetary constraints will have. Trainers should work on creating realistic budgets that managers and department heads can easily follow that consider not only the needs of department's heads but also the needs of the organization as a whole. Financial planners and human resources agents should work with department's heads to provide guidelines and techniques for staying under budget. Department heads should also realize strict reprimands when they step outside of their budgetary boundaries or exceed budgetary expectations. These reprimands may include reductions in business unit perks or salary bonuses to key members of department."

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