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How It All Started

Our practice transformation did not happen overnight. Rather, it has been a very slow and progressive process that has completely changed the core of our organization. Beginning to use virtual medical assistants and services ourselves optimized productivity, efficiency, and costs.

It all started about five years ago. At that time, our primary care practice was going through a strong period of growth that required adapting our staff and protocols to newer dynamics.

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It was not unusual for me to hear patients who were complaining of having been on hold on the phone for 20 minutes or longer. Like the vast majority of medical centers, our front desk employees were overwhelmed with phone calls and could not attend to the incoming patients in a courteous and effective matter. Our medical assistants were in an almost constant state of disarray, retrieving voicemail messages and taking care of prescriptions and results delivery between patient visits. That was a defining moment for me and for my staff: we could not succumb to a customer service level that was not acceptable for our patients. I decided to open a centralized call and support center in order to field all the inbound and outbound calls from our three different offices.

We opened a new facility and hired more staff. In the meantime in each office, we consolidated the number of medical staffs, who would now be only dedicated to taking care of the patients on-site. This definitely improved the efficiencies of the practice and created a much more welcoming and professional atmosphere in all the offices. Unfortunately, despite the redistribution of the staff and the utilization of dedicated call center employees, time on-hold was still not acceptable and the overall costs for the practice were becoming truly unsustainable.

Finally, about three years ago I decided to outsource professional Virtual Medical Assistants for the practice. Our international call and support center started with only a couple of employees. After a few weeks, we were able to hire more overseas staff and more virtual medical assistants and we closed our centralized call center. Soon enough we realized that, with the proper training and supervision, the outsourced staff could take over, perform and optimize a vast number of tasks, from the very basic to the most complex, in a much more efficient and cost-effective way.

In the last two years, our very skilled and dedicated overseas staff especially our virtual medical assistants has grown to over 20 employees who handle inbound calls, outbound calls, patient check-ins, reminders, pre-visit planning, insurance verification, prior authorizations, lab transcription, schedule optimization, billing, collections, and many other tasks. Furthermore, our overhead costs have been slashed by almost 70%, our productivity has grown tremendously year over year, and our providers and staff are now able to enjoy a much better work-life balance.

At a time when primary care in America is withstanding the greatest threat from hospitals and insurance organizations and real burn-out is affecting more and more providers and clinical staff members, this has been a true lifesaver for our practice, our employees, and our patients.

Having achieved such success, we have been asked by other practices to help and provide them with auxiliary staff and virtual medical assistants who could implement our enhanced clinical, billing, and patient engagement protocols.

As a practicing physician, I know all too well how hard it is to operate and grow a successful medical practice in today’s adverse environment. It is my goal, my wish, and privilege to extend our experience and expertise to other medical enterprises, big or small, in order to provide them and their patients with the best in terms of practice efficiency, productivity, care quality, and clinical outcomes.

Dr. Fausto Petruzziello
CEO/Medical Director

Executive Team

Dr. Fausto Petruzziello

Dr. Fausto Petruzziello

CEO/Medical Director

Janine Koukos

Janine Koukos

Executive Clinical Coordinator

Sue Torelli

Sue Torelli

Administrative Manager

Paolo Persichetti

Paolo Persichetti

Creative Director

Senior Staff

Judie

Judie

Administrative/Clinical

Operations supervisor
Fatima

Fatima

Clinical

Clinical supervisor
Nicole

Nicole

Clinical

Faxes, documents, lab and imaging results, medication refills
Rlyne

Rlyne

Clinical

Previsit planning, lab transcribing, patient outreach, lab and imaging results, medication refills
Paul

Paul

Administrative

Inbound/outbound calls, patient recalls, special tasks
Fabson

Fabson

Administrative

Inbound calls, faxes, cancellations/reschedules
Emilou

Emilou

Administrative

Inbound calls, patient recalls, scheduling, referrals
Alrey

Alrey

Administrative

Inbound/outbound calls, patient recalls