Group Medical Appointments

Group Medical Appointments offers medical group managers, private practice clinicians, nurse executives, and behavioral health professionals vital information for increasing patient's and health professional's satisfaction and level of care. This must-have resource details the plethora of possibilities afforded by group medical appointments, including a wider range of support, greater focus on the individual's care, as well as more efficient, cost-effective treatment.

DeeAnn K. Schmucker has published a comprehensive book that introduces the reader to the concept of Group Medical Appointments, gives compelling reasons to begin doing GMA's and data to support those reasons. This book also includes financial cost analysis, step-by-step instruction, tools, scripts and marketing materials, to help the provider create a GMA that best addresses the needs of the practice.

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DeeAnn K. Schmucker, MSW, LCSW, graduated from Hesston College in Hesston, KS. She received a bachelor's degree in social work from Bowling Green State University and completed a Master of Social Work Degree, specializing in health care, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Throughout her career, DeeAnn has created focused therapies for a wide range of populations. She has worked in long-term care facilities, neonatal intensive care units, in-patient acute and rehabilitation hospitals and a variety of outpatient settings.