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DeeAnn

DeeAnn, having recently published a comprehensive book on GMA’s, brings integrity, a proven track record, collaborative spirit, compassion, intuitiveness, vision, persuasiveness, and a genuine and generous spirit to this new and exciting health provider opportunity. DeeAnn can provide your organization with the needed expertise to implement a successful GMA for your organization.

Associates

Our associates offer excellent track records in creating efficient organizational structures and processes that maximize staff productivity. Our experienced and knowledged associates can assist you in implementing a successful GMA.

Patients

Research indicates that GMA’s can improve patient health care quality by providing patients with a greater degree of health care satisfaction. Improve the quality of health care your organization provides by offering patients the opportunity to participate in a GMA.
 

Physicians

Physicians who have conducted GMAs highly recommend the implementation of GMAs. Rediscovering the joy and satisfaction in providing healing care for patients, physicians are sure to recognize the positive impact of successfully implemented GMAs. Additionally, physicians who desire to provide high quality medical care for their patients will also find GMAs as a solution to the ever increasing demands of improved health care.
 


A group medical appointment (GMA) is a customized, extended appointment with a patient’s doctor and a behavioral health professional.

Four things to know about GMAs:

1. GMA’s are medical appointments! They are not support groups, classes or therapy groups although support, education and therapy are often experienced by GMA patients.

2. GMA’s are provider driven. It is up to the provider to define the parameters of their group, train others on these and enroll patients.

3. The potential of GMA’s are as large or small as your imagination.

4. A GMA is one new tool that works effectively with chronic disease. We need more tools and treatment ideas in order to provide treatment and facilitate the management of chronic disease.
 

Financial

Costs incurred with GMA’s such as facilitator salary, benefits and training, marketing, etc., are more than recovered through the incremental revenue generated by a GMA program.

Benefits

  • Improve Quality of Care

  • Increase Revenue

  • Improve Time Management

  • Increase Patient Visits

  • Enhance Human Interaction

  • ...GMAs are Fun!

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