Guest Contributor: Ruth Peterman, CMPE – Practice Administrator Want to talk about an adventure? Two years ago, I made the switch from medical operations manager to OMS administrator. I had no idea what to expect; but somehow, I expected more. I felt like I’d gone back in time. I had walked out of a highly […]

Guest Contributor: Scott Graham, CEO, OMS Consulting Firm Being an OMS practice administrator for over 19 years, I am always happy to take phone calls or answer emails from younger colleagues. I enjoy speaking with admins just entering the world of OMS practice management, seeing sage advice. They’ll come at you with a plethora of […]

By David Nye, Guest Contributor Practice Administrator, Center for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Aiken, SC Want to know the easiest way to get an OMS administrator stuck in a tireless hamster wheel of confusion and questions? Ask them about insurance. You’ll most likely spark an interesting conversation with countless tales of head-scratching, phone calls, emails, […]

Unlike large corporations or health systems, most OMS offices don’t have access to massive human resources departments staffed with experts and specialists. The burdens can fall on the shoulders of administrators who find themselves ill-equipped in one or more ways to handle these situations.  There’s no time to feel helpless when faced with yet another […]

By Lacey Heftka, Guest Contributor If there’s one thing I can say about 99 percent of practices in oral & maxillofacial surgery (OMS), it’s that most of them don’t have an official human resources (HR) person in their office. What usually happens is this: The HR duties end up falling into the lap of the […]

By Ruth Whitehurst You’ll probably agree that in the OMS practice, net cash receipts is the most crucial piece of the financial equation, but how can you measure it while managing all of the accompanying variables? Unfortunately, I’ve never found a system generated report that facilitates tracking overtime and reporting in a way that “tells […]

This is a transcript of episode 101 of our podcast Oral Surgery Admin’s Time Out Podcast: Practice Management Success Tips, which you can listen to below or find wherever you listen to podcasts. If you enjoy it, please leave a 5-star review. Host Audra and Guest Linden discuss how the Society of OMS Administrators rebranded […]

By Terry Kolb It’s no secret that administrators are busy bees around the office, every single day. One of the most significant roles or jobs we take on to help our practice run smoothly and efficiently is handling the day to day ordering of supplies while also maintaining beneficial, positive relationships with our vendors who help […]

Do you struggle with human resource issues in your OMS office? If you answered yes, just know you’re not alone. In fact, we could write a blog every week about the human resource challenges and triumphs OMS administrators face regularly. We all know it’s difficult because we’re dealing with real people, real personnel issues, and […]

Every OMS practice will have a unique approach to marketing based on things like the size of your office or the community you call home. If there’s one thing we can probably all agree on, it’s that we are in a referral-based business, so it never hurts to have a few local marketing techniques you […]