$3.$ Four processes are activated for thoracic practices to be paid for their services: Obtain Insurance Authorisation, Billing, Collect Payments and Resolve Collection Disputes. How does FMMG compare to other practices?. What should FMMG do$?$Table $4$

Breakdown of Reimbursement Processes

$\backslash$table$[[$Practice #$,1,3,7,$FMMG$,\backslash$table$[[$Database$],[$Average$]],$Exp. Abbvn$],[$Obtain Insurance Authorization $-$ Expense Line Items$],[$Staff salaries$-$administrative,$$12,646,$$$5,172,$$$4,803,$$$21,501,$$$8,551,$Sal$-$Adm$],[$Staff salaries$-$clinical,$$0,$$$4,351,$$$0,$$$0,$$$2,400,$Sal$-$Clin$],[$Office supplies & postage,$$4,733,$$$1,264,$$$324,$$$0,$$$4,707,$Ofc Sup$],[$Sustain business$*,$$$9,898,$$$2,814,$$$1,852,$$$11,574,$$$6,281,$Sust Bus$],[$Maintain facility$*,$$$14,520,$$$3,821,$$$2,143,$$$12,855,$$$7,052,$Facility$],[$TOTAL$,$$$41,797,$$$17,422,$$$9,122,$$$45,930,$$$28,991,],[$Billing $-$ Expense Line Items$],[$Staff salaries$-$administrative,$$18,646,$$$10,102,$$$11,803,$$$29,564,$$$17,425,$Sal$-$Adm$],[$Staff salaries$-$clinical,$$0,$$$0,$$$9,533,$$$0,$$$2,853,$Sal$-$Clin$],[$Office supplies & postage,$$4,825,$$$1,564,$$$3,783,$$$6,617,$$$5,262,$Ofc Sup$],[$Sustain business ${?}^{**},$$$11,723,$$$2,814,$$$7,473,$$$15,914,$$$8,765,$Sust Bus$],[$Maintain facility$*,$$$16,390,$$$3,738,$$$8,409,$$$12,855,$$$11,047,$Facility$],[$TOTAL$,$$$51,584,$$$18,218,$$$41,001,$$$64,950,$$$45,352,],[$Collect Payments $-$ Expense Line Items$],[$Staff salaries$-$administrative,$$8,235,$$$2,512,$$$26,435,$$$26,876,$$$17,223,$Sal$-$Adm$],[$Office supplies & postage,$$563,$$$0,$$$323,$$$0,$$$864,$Ofc Sup$],[$Sustain business$*,$$$4,178,$$$1,242,$$$3,569,$$$14,467,$$$3,412,$Sust Bus$],[$Maintain facility$*,$$$3,790,$$$2,691,$$$5,432,$$$12,856,$$$4,735,$Facility$],[$TOTAL$,$$$16,766,$$$6,445,$$$35,759,$$$54,199,$$$26,234,],[$Resolve Collection Disputes $-$ Expense Line Items$],[$Staff salaries$-$administrative,$$3,253,$$$2,817,$$$17,541,$$$29,564,$$$12,633,$Sal$-$Adm$],[$Staff salaries$-$clinical,$$0,$$$0,$$$15,632,$$$0,$$$1,240,$Sal$-$Clin$],[$Office supplies & postage,$$313,$$$247,$$$520,$$$0,$$$890,$Ofc Sup$],[$Sustain business$*,$$$3,743$