Since 1993, Ellis and Associates has worked exclusively as a healthcare consultant dealing with medical practice start ups, management and operations. The goal: Help physicians define what they want from their career, how they want their practice to function, and provide the strategic business planning to reach the defined targets.
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In short: Let’s find out what you want from your professional practice. Look down the road a few years and put a strategic plan in place to reach your goals. Then work together to achieve those ends.
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“SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO, I DECIDED TO LEAVE A LARGE PARTNERSHIP AND OPEN UP MY OWN PRACTICE. A BIG DREAM WITHOUT THE DETAILS ON HOW TO DO IT! THANKS TO TOM ELLIS, A VERY EXPERIENCED AND SHARP BUSINESSMAN WITH EXPERTISE IN SETTING UP MEDICAL PRACTICES, I WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY PERFORM THE MYRIAD OF DETAILS REQUIRED TO SET UP A PRACTICE.  
HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE DETAILS TOM WILL LEAD YOU THROUGH TO MAKE THAT DREAM COME TRUE:  
• A SOUND BUSINESS PLAN
• ESTABLISH BANK RELATIONSHIPS FOR LOANS AND ACCOUNTS
• FIND A PHYSICAL SPACE TO LEASE OR BUY
• WORK THROUGH A LEASING AGREEMENT
• FIND PERSONNEL
• ESTABLISH A BILLING DEPT FOR YOUR PRACTICE OR OUTSOURCE
• APPROACH VENDORS FOR NEEDED EQUIPMENT
• SET UP AN EMR
• ESTABLISH CONTRACTS WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES
   AND GOVERNMENT PROVIDERS
• OBTAIN CREDENTIALING
• ESTABLISH A PATIENT FRIENDLY WEBSITE
• FIND GOOD NAME BRANDING FOR THE PRACTICE
ETC…. IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING TO SAY THE LEAST AND WITHOUT TOM LEADING THE WAY FOR THIS DOCTOR WHO JUST WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS, I DO NOT THINK THE DREAM WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. SEVENTEEN YEARS LATER, I CONTINUE TO HAPPILY LIVE MY DREAM. THANK YOU, DEAR TOM!”  —J.G., MD​​
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​Over my career I’ve done just that. I’ve worked with experienced physicians and their practices and doctors establishing practices right out of  medical school, handling everything from financial modeling, strategic planning, governance and start up financing to office design, staffing, billing and collections, compliance, branding/marketing, credentialing, and EHR selection. I have valued practices for sale, evaluated practices for efficiency and effectiveness (as well as revenue cycle performance), and advised my clients on hospital relationships, hospital negotiations, and hospital integration. And for six years I was a principle in a medical billing company working both in and out of network models. 

​Here are short lists of the physician categories and areas of activity I’ve dealt with over the years.
​Practice Management and Consulting:
  • Family Practice
  • Internal Medicine
  • Obstetrics/Gynecology
  • Orthopedics
  • Concierge Medicine
  • Functiona Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Psychiatry
  • General Surgery
  • Pediatrics
  • ENT
  • Dermatology
  • Primary Care
  • Mental Health
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Nurse Practitioner Start-ups
Areas of Activity:
  • Practice Start-ups and Mergers, including financial modeling, operational structure and implementation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Governance
  • Marketing
  • Employment Agreements and Negotiations--
    ​Physician on-boarding and departure
  • Physician/Hospital Relationships
  • Risk Management
  • Revenue Cycle Management:  Payer analyses and coding
  • Daily Operations/Back Office Structure and Efficiency
  • Patient Satisfaction and Relations
  • Practice Sales
  • Practice Evaluations
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If you think it’s time to take a look at your practice click on the phone number below (to text me) or the email address to send me a note. 
​Let’s talk,  214-228-5443
[email protected]