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Information technology cost medical offices $19,439 per full-time physician in 2012, an increase of 28% since 2008, the Medical Group Management Association reported.

The median IT cost per physician went up a modest 1% from 2011, when it was $19,178. The largest yearly increase since 2008 occurred from 2010 to 2011, when it jumped 24%. Before that, the median cost had fallen from $16,276 in 2009 to $15,452 in 2010 – a decrease of 5%, according to the MGMA’s "Cost Survey: 2013 Report Based on 2012 Data."

Medical practices also reported increases in median staffing costs, as total business operations staff per 10,000 patients increased almost 9% – from 6.56 in 2011 to 7.13 in 2012, the MGMA said in its report, which was based on data from 2,411 group practices.

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Information technology cost medical offices $19,439 per full-time physician in 2012, an increase of 28% since 2008, the Medical Group Management Association reported.

The median IT cost per physician went up a modest 1% from 2011, when it was $19,178. The largest yearly increase since 2008 occurred from 2010 to 2011, when it jumped 24%. Before that, the median cost had fallen from $16,276 in 2009 to $15,452 in 2010 – a decrease of 5%, according to the MGMA’s "Cost Survey: 2013 Report Based on 2012 Data."

Medical practices also reported increases in median staffing costs, as total business operations staff per 10,000 patients increased almost 9% – from 6.56 in 2011 to 7.13 in 2012, the MGMA said in its report, which was based on data from 2,411 group practices.

rfranki@frontlinemedcom.com

Information technology cost medical offices $19,439 per full-time physician in 2012, an increase of 28% since 2008, the Medical Group Management Association reported.

The median IT cost per physician went up a modest 1% from 2011, when it was $19,178. The largest yearly increase since 2008 occurred from 2010 to 2011, when it jumped 24%. Before that, the median cost had fallen from $16,276 in 2009 to $15,452 in 2010 – a decrease of 5%, according to the MGMA’s "Cost Survey: 2013 Report Based on 2012 Data."

Medical practices also reported increases in median staffing costs, as total business operations staff per 10,000 patients increased almost 9% – from 6.56 in 2011 to 7.13 in 2012, the MGMA said in its report, which was based on data from 2,411 group practices.

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