Is Your Practice Running You—Instead of You Running Your Practice?
The Pain Point: Too Many Hats, Not Enough Time
You became a physician to care for patients, not to juggle payroll, vendor contracts, or compliance checklists. Yet for many vascular specialists, the reality of running a practice often means wearing too many hats. Instead of focusing on diagnosing PAD or treating venous disease, valuable hours are consumed by tasks like supply chain negotiations, HR issues, or trying to decode revenue cycle reports.
When the business side of medicine starts taking over, the practice runs you—rather than you running the practice.
What’s at Stake for Physicians and Patients
Operational overload doesn’t just stress out physicians; it can impact patient care. When administrative demands pile up, it creates:
- Less face-to-face time with patients
- Delayed decision-making about new service lines or technology adoption
- Staff burn out from unclear processes or inconsistent support
- Reduced patient satisfaction when wait times grow longer or scheduling errors occur
Patients don’t see the behind-the-scenes paperwork, but they feel the effects when operations aren’t smooth.
How AVA Lightens the Load
At American Vascular Associates (AVA), we believe that physicians should focus on medicine while we focus on operations. Our Operational Excellence program is designed to give practices the infrastructure they need without the stress of building it alone.
Here’s how we help:
- Vendor & Pricing Contracts – We leverage national scale to secure cost-efficient contracts, so centers pay less for supplies and devices without sacrificing quality.
- Revenue Cycle Management – From coding to collections, we help practices maximize reimbursements and minimize denials.
- Staffing & HR Support – Guidance for recruitment, onboarding, training, and retention, helping reduce turnover and keep teams aligned.
- Compliance & Quality Oversight – Ensuring that practices meet federal, state, and payer standards while maintaining patient trust.
When these pieces are handled behind the scenes, physicians can spend more time on clinical care and patient relationships.
A Day in the Life, Simplified
Picture two scenarios:
- Without support: A vascular physician spends the morning on procedures but must spend the afternoon reviewing invoices, fixing scheduling issues, and fielding calls from multiple vendors. By the end of the day, they’ve had little time to prepare for tomorrow’s patients.
- With AVA support: The same physician spends the day seeing patients, while AVA’s operations team ensures vendor contracts are managed, HR is handled, and financial reports are tracked. Instead of paperwork, the physician leaves the clinic ready to reconnect with family and community.
The difference isn’t just professional—it’s personal.
Why Operational Excellence Matters in PAD Care
For practices that treat Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), efficiency is critical. PAD patients often present with urgent needs—slow-healing wounds, rest pain, or limb-threatening ischemia. Operational delays can literally mean the difference between saving a limb or losing it.
By streamlining operations, AVA ensures:
- Procedures are scheduled faster
- Patients get timely access to care
- Physicians are supported to focus on outcomes, not paperwork
This is the foundation of better patient experience—and stronger practice growth.
Looking Ahead
Operational challenges will never disappear completely, but with the right partner, they don’t have to consume your time or energy. AVA’s approach is simple: let us handle the management complexities, so you can run your practice on your terms—without it running you.
Call-to-Action
👉 In our next blog, we’ll tackle another common challenge: Community Education & Outreach. Because even the best-run practice can’t serve patients if they don’t know about PAD—or where to turn for help.
