Practice Management Committee: Benchmarking Apples to Apples in the Big Apple:

Abstract Each year the AAO-HNS Practice Management Department performs a Socioeconomic Survey of the membership. This survey provides a great deal of valuable information that can be used to benchmark your performance. In this committee presentation, the Practice Management Committee will present the data. An interactive format will be used to survey the audience and probe further into the data. The audience will be stratified by net income and numerous benchmarks will be examined: ancillary services as related to income; number of full-time equivalents, hours worked, and number of patients seen as related to income; style of practice (solo, single-specialty group, multi-specialty group) as related to practice income and areas of subspecialty as related to income. Members of the Practice Management Committee will present suggestions for efficient practices from their personal experiences, and attendees will be encouraged to participate actively in the discussions. An Internet-based ENT benchmarking network will be discussed. We will explore the quality-of-life issues in the current socioeconomic environment and issues related to retirement. Come and learn how your practice compares with other ENTs around the country. Dr Mickey Stewart will also review the basics of outcomes research and evidence-based medicine. Examples will be provided how such information can be used to benchmark the clinical practice of otolaryngology. Both the clinical and practice management aspects of otolaryngology will be integrated into a concept of “Evidence-based practice management.” The audience will participate actively in the interactive format, and with questions that will be addressed by a panel of members from the Practice Management Committee and the Outcomes Reasearch Subcommittee. Come and learn how your practice compares with other ENTs around the country.