The last few years have seen a rise in office co-pays, with some going as high as $40. Patients silently express their frustration with this by bucking the system and self-diagnosing their illnesses. They take the $40 in healthcare dollars that they would have spent at a physician’s office and hand it over to Walgreen’s and other drugstores with the hopes that the over-the-counter “weekly special” will cure them.

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We have all seen practice managers that do little extras at work that they don’t expect to get kudos for but it helps the practice run a little more smoothly or efficiently so they just do it. These are the types of actions that show you that person views his or her position as a career not just a job. Here is your chance to nominate them for PracticeManager of the Month. Submit a paragraph telling us what this manger has done that was above and beyond the call of duty. Maybe they did something to help the budget or compiled all the Red Flag Rules for your office. We will publish the best story and send that practice manager a $50.00 gift card.