The Medical Operations blog https://themedicaloperations.com/blog.html Notes on running the non-clinical side of a United States medical practice. en-us Why a practice ends up with four vendors who have never met https://themedicaloperations.com/blog-four-vendors-who-have-never-met.html https://themedicaloperations.com/blog-four-vendors-who-have-never-met.html Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Nobody designs a practice's operations. They accumulate, one purchase at a time, and the gaps between the purchases become the practice manager's job. This is how that happens and what it costs. What to have running before the first patient is booked https://themedicaloperations.com/blog-before-the-first-patient-is-booked.html https://themedicaloperations.com/blog-before-the-first-patient-is-booked.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Opening a practice is a list of non-clinical work with a hard date on it. This is the order the work should happen in, and why the order matters more than the list. Prior authorization: where the time goes, and which parts a machine should do https://themedicaloperations.com/blog-prior-authorization-where-the-time-goes.html https://themedicaloperations.com/blog-prior-authorization-where-the-time-goes.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Prior authorization is two kinds of work wearing one name. Separating them is the difference between a queue that is managed and a queue that is only ever survived.