2014 Great American Physician SurveyConducted by Physicians Practice & Sponsored by Kareo

1,131 physicians surveyed

by Physicians Practice

Marketing Your Practice

Rely exclusively on word of

mouth and/or referrals

Practice marketing

applications(Demandforce)

Local advertising

Through our website

Social media sites (Facebook,

Twitter)

40.4%

58.3%

35.0%

19.9%

8.9%

Your Most Valuable Business Partner

Friend

Partner

Spouse

None

Colleague

MyselfAcountant Lawyer Insurance

AgentFinancial Planner

Other0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

34.6%

7.1%

3.0%

23.9%

31.4%

Opinions

How important new patient growth is to your practice

How prepared your practice is for the ICD-10 transition

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

10.5%19.3%

7.6%

19.1%21.7%

33.2%25.1%

17.6%35.2%

10.8%

5 Very4321 Not At All

12.1%

19.2%7.9%

19.2%

22.8%18.8%

Successfully transitioning to ICD-10

Growing our practice/ Attracting more patients

Increasing patient collec-tions

Improving our claims re-imbursement rate

Finding more time to spend with patients

Other

Healthcare

EHRs

Third PartiesRecruiting

Your Practice’s Biggest Challenge in 2014

What do you do for fun?

Gardening 8.7%

Running 6.4%

Movies/theatre 15.0%

Other 33.9%

Watching/playing sports 13.8%

Reading 22.2%

Beach

FishingTraveling

Music

Family

Golf

42.3% of practices surveyed are planning

on accepting healthcare exchange

insurance plans