A welcoming and attentive front office can turn a difficult time for your patients and their families into a caring, positive experience. Small changes in the way your staff connects with new, established, and prospective patients can have dramatic results.
3
165 min
$239.00
This is a beginner-level course. New employees and their supervisors are encouraged to attend. Participants will review difficult patient communication scenarios, address practice workflow challenges, gain skills to improve collection efforts, and more.
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Shawntea GordonMBA, FACMPE, CMOM |
Shawntea "Taya" Gordon, MBA, FACMPE is the CEO of Atlas & Perpetua Healthcare Consulting, an organization dedicated to enhancing healthcare practices through fractional Chief Revenue Cycle Officer (CRO) services and comprehensive revenue cycle assessments. A recognized subject matter expert in healthcare compliance, organizational governance, process optimization, and revenue cycle management, Taya also serves on the CUMC Bergan Mercy Hospital Community Board.
With extensive experience in senior-level executive roles across private practices, collaborative institutes, and national care coordination organizations, Taya now focuses on educating and consulting healthcare leaders on operational excellence. Her expertise spans performance improvement, quality enhancement, risk reduction, and transitioning to value-based payment models. She also serves as an adjunct professor for the Howard University and University of the District of Columbia’s joint Revenue Cycle Management Course.
Taya is an active voice in healthcare thought leadership. She serves on the Medical Group Management Association's (MGMA) Government Affairs Council and E/M Workgroup, has co-authored two revenue cycle management books for MGMA, and contributed insights to HIMSS Voices of Innovation Publications, a collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic. She is also the co-host of RevDive, one of the nation’s higher-ranked healthcare podcasts.
A sought-after speaker and author, Taya frequently shares her expertise through organizations like HealthLeaders Media, the Practice Management Institute (PMI), MGMA, and Medical Economics. Her leadership has earned her recognition as the Past President of the HIMSS Nebraska Chapter, former Chair of the Membership and Corporate Development Maryland MGMA Chapter, and a Midland Business Journal "40 Under 40" Executives & Entrepreneurs Award Recipient (2019).
Taya is deeply committed to physician advocacy, community outreach, and healthcare process improvement. She has actively participated in government affairs and legislative committees, lobbying for healthcare reform, and supported community initiatives with Habitat for Humanity Omaha.
This program will benefit anyone seeking or currently employed in a front office role in a healthcare practice.
Digital companion materials are provided with helpful resources and links for use beyond the classroom. No additional materials are required.
This is a foundation course covering the complete scope of operations in the medical front office. The instructor will accentuate the quality of care on the front line as an important benchmark of the practice performance and success.
Highlights:
Self-paced online program includes unlimited review of previously recorded instruction and digital companion materials for 6 months.
Comments from past participants:
“Instructor did a great job of explaining everything; very easy to understand.”
“Great presentation. I thought it was well organized.”
“Excellent. The presenter is very informative and knowledgeable.”
“This course was wonderful for my new employee and a great refresher for my long term employees.”