QUALITY PHYSICIAN SERVICES AND SOUTHERN PAIN INSTITUTE JOIN FORCES

March 12, 2007 (Press Release) -- QPS will provide comprehensive practice management services for Southern Pain Institute, enabling the medical staff to focus on providing quality care to their patients. Contracted services include billing, collections, managed care contracting, coding/compliance, credentialing, payroll, accounting, staff management and information systems. “Our goal for Southern Pain Institute, is to take care of many of the majority of the business activities for the practice so that they can put more time and energy toward caring for patients,” explained QPS COO, William “Billy” Abbate. “Because we utilize proven medical practice methods, we also anticipate increasing Southern Pain’s reimbursement rates and streamlining some of their processes.”
Southern Pain Institute is a multi-disciplinary pain management center under the direction of Dr. Anthony T. Clavo, MD, RPh. Dr. Clavo is double Board Certified in both Pain Management and Anesthesiology. The Peachtree City-based practice focuses on degenerative disk disease, sciatica, cancer pain management, fibromyalgia and acute injuries. Dr. Clavo and his team utilize non-surgical treatments, including pharmacology, and therapies such as spinal cord stimulation and acupuncture. “We are excited about the partnership with QPS because I believe they will help us improve business processes which impact patient wait time and overall practice efficiency,” said Dr. Anthony Clavo. “By having QPS take care of the practice management, we will be able to focus on providing quality diagnosis, care and treatment for our patients.”
Quality Physician Services (QPS) is a full-service medical management and service organization. QPS provides consulting and practice management assistance to medical practices throughout the Southeast. The firm specializes in employing technologies that streamline operations effectively and immediately. All QPS professionals have many years of "real world" clinical and business experience that enable them to help health practices experience significant growth. www.QualityPhysicianSvcs.com.