Business acuity assessment
Free. 12 to 15 minutes, no need for financial statements.
A 26-question review of how your practice operates as a business, scored across six areas: workforce, financial health, clinical activity, infrastructure and tenure, governance, systems and digital readiness, and strategic intent.
What it covers
Six areas, weighted by how much each one moves the value and the risk of the practice. The score is out of 100.
Workforce
The GP age profile, ownership structure, room use, owner dependence, the practice manager, staff turnover, recruitment capacity and workforce stability.
Financial health
Staff cost ratio, occupancy cost ratio, pathology sublease dependency and billings per consulting hour. Proxy measures, so no financial statements are required.
Clinical activity
Chronic condition management capture, the billing model, the pathology referral pattern and procedural billing.
Infrastructure and tenure
Lease term and security, room adequacy, and the capacity to take on another GP.
Governance, systems and digital readiness
Performance reporting, software currency, meaningful use of your data, PIP QI clinical data reporting and cyber-security basics.
Strategic intent
Profitability awareness and how far ahead you are planning.
What it asks for
The assessment asks how the practice operates, and most answers will come from memory, your practice software or your accounting dashboard. You do not need your accountant: the questions use proxy measures, not your financial statements.
Before you start, the tool asks for your state and postcode and the number of full-time-equivalent GPs. Your MMM classification, the number of consulting rooms and a practice name are optional. If you enter a practice name, it stays in your browser and appears only on your report. We do not retain it.
What you get
A score out of 100 and its band, a score for each of the six areas, and a prioritised action for each gap, starting with the largest. Each action names what to change and where the work sits.
Your first score is a baseline. Retake the assessment after you make changes and the next score shows what moved. If you want help closing the gaps, the GP Business Acuity Program covers the same six areas over 12 weeks, or a consultant can deliver a scoped tune-up of the areas that scored low. If a sale is in view, the baseline carries into sale preparation.
What this is not
It is not a valuation and puts no price on your practice. It does not audit your books. It shows where the business is strong, where it is exposed and what to do about each.
What it costs, and what we ask
This assessment is free. A practice name is optional. Your answers are stored against a random number, not against you or your practice.
At the end you can tick to have the report emailed to you, to be reminded to re-score, to receive the benchmark once enough practices have completed the assessment, and to hear from us. Each is a separate tick, and you can leave with your report and enter no details.