Who does what in a practice?
Facts at your Fingertips
By Emily Margosian, content specialist, March 1, 2018
As the daily tasks required to keep a dermatology practice running continue to multiply, who is doing what on a day-to-day basis? According to the AAD’s 2016 Group Practice study, clear patterns emerge among staff at each level. Unlike clinical staff who focus on specific tasks, practice managers and admin staff are involved in almost all aspects of the practice. Dermatologists themselves “own” or share most responsibilities (with the exception of more mundane administrative duties), and overall, coding, large-scale purchases, training clinical staff, and entering quality measures are among their key responsibilities. See below for a more complete delineation of roles and responsibilities within a dermatology practice according to survey data.
