Faculty Group Practice

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Faculty Group Practice

• Introduction for New Faculty

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What Does FGP Do?

• Bills and collects all professional fees
• Negotiates, prepares and monitors all third party
  payer contracts
• Monitors liability risks and potential claims
• Interface between providers and referring
  physicians
• Monitors and oversees compliance activities

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Who is a Member?

• UAMS part time or full time faculty who provide
  professional services in any location.
• Principles and rules of operation

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How are we organized?

• FGP is an unincorporated group within the College
  of Medicine designed to serve, and monitor,
  faculty professional practice
• FGP Executive CommitteeDean, 4 elected chairs, 4
  elected non chairsmeets monthly
• FGP BoardAll clinical chairs executive
  committeemeets bimonthly

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Organizational Units

• Debra Fiser Executive Committee and Board Chair
• Charles Smith FGP Director
• Staff coordinator Margaret Ward
• Paula White FGP COO and head of billing
• Melanie Meyer Physician Relations
• Rose Ann Cato Managed Care Contracting
• Terri Brame Compliance
• Kemal Kutait Risk Management
• Physician Call Center Donna Williams
• Financial Analysis Robert (Trey) McCorkindale

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Committees

• Compliance Oversight
• Professional Standards
• Professional liability and risk management
• Managed care contracts
• Childrens FGP
• Revenue cycle
• Fringe benefit

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Goals/Priorities for Year

• Primary Care enhancement PCMH
• Offsite practice
• Ambulatory care improvement
• Bundled payment initiative
• Cost reduction
• Patient centered care

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Contact Number

• Charles Smith, MD
• 686-8153
• Melanie Meyer
• 686-8206
• Terri Brame
• 614-2184
• Kemal Kutait
• 614-2082