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Jon Powell

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Tips to retain clinical talent through high-performance teams

In the complicated healthcare system in the U.S., one thing remains clear: retaining the clinical talent needed to deliver high-quality patient care is essential.


Dana Alexander

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Tips to retain clinical talent through high-performance teams

In the complicated healthcare system in the U.S., one thing remains clear: retaining the clinical talent needed to deliver high-quality patient care is essential.


Eugene H. Eisman

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How I learned to love my EHR and spend more time with patients

One of my favorite consultants is an orthopedist. His reports consist of five lines or less.


Karen Zupko

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5 mistakes doctors make that can cause big problems

Poor cash controls are still one of the most common risks we discover during our consultations.


Lorna Collier

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Should patients be allowed to record their doctors?

Smartphones are transforming professional conversations.


Sarah Poggi

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Borrowing from the theater to aid your practice's patient relations

I’ve never acted but I enjoy the theater, and so in order to make each second with my obstetrics patients count, I’ve come to think of them as patrons at a show watching a short play.


Jeanine Joy

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Floridas suicide ruling puts physicians at risk

Decision could hold doctors liable for something they have little control over


John Campanelli

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Understanding the need for long-term disability insurance

Securing LTD coverage can be complicated, confusing and expensive. But insurance experts, advisers and physicians who’ve suffered injury or illness all agree: Doctors need it.


Rebekah Bernard, MD

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Physicians Taking Back Medicine: Is there an emergency physician in the house?

Too many emergency departments in U.S. hospitals don’t offer 24/7 physician coverage.


Scott Bates, CPA

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Here is the key to maintain a thriving practice

Healthcare is unique in the limits physicians have to predict practice revenue from a variety of payer models.


Karin Ratchinsky

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How will health IT trends evolve in 2017?

Waves of predictions about the health IT industry roll in at the end of every year. But how accurate were they in 2016?


Bird Blitch

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4 reasons to consider automated patient payments

With no sign of slowing, it’s essential for practices to develop strong, automated patient payment strategies to stay financially healthy.


Michael Enos, CPC, CPMA

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Find the hidden gems in your Medicare billing: Under-used codes that can generate revenue

Are you billing these often-missed new codes, or leaving money on the table?


Seth Swenson, MBA

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A shot of adrenaline for your retirement savings

Physicians who want to adequately fund their retirement must consider a cash balance plan.


Mike Palmer, CFP

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Understanding behavioral finance

A 3-step program to better investing


Hannah Shehata, MBA

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How to use scribes to get off the computer and in front of patients

Electronic health records (EHR) have the ability to transform the current healthcare system into a place of efficiently executed, high-quality, and patient-centered medicine, but only if physicians know how to use these systems to their maximum potential.


Ashlee Amparan

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How to use scribes to get off the computer and in front of patients

Electronic health records (EHR) have the ability to transform the current healthcare system into a place of efficiently executed, high-quality, and patient-centered medicine, but only if physicians know how to use these systems to their maximum potential.


Gerardo Hizon, MD, FAAFP, CAQSM

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How to use scribes to get off the computer and in front of patients

Electronic health records (EHR) have the ability to transform the current healthcare system into a place of efficiently executed, high-quality, and patient-centered medicine, but only if physicians know how to use these systems to their maximum potential.


Art Gross

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Leveraging advancing care information to lift MIPS scores

Choosing the option of completing the Advancing Care Information (ACI) section of Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) offers physicians one clear path through the complex thicket of guidelines that define the program.


Ed Rabinowitz

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Do You Know If Your Practice's Website is ADA Compliant?

Is your practice website compliant with guidelines set down by the Americans with Disabilities Act? Depending on the website content, it may or may not have to be. But even if you have no legal obligation, don’t you want to be known as a good business partner in your community?


Keith J. Roberts

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How physicians can limit their risk in healthcare marketing

Healthcare professionals must be careful when hiring marketers because of complex laws that could result in fines and criminal penalties.


Julie Knudson

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How to protect your practice when data breach hits a partner

Good cybersecurity also means protecting patient data when it’s held by a business associate


Shannon Carroll

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How physicians can limit their risk in healthcare marketing

Healthcare professionals must be careful when hiring marketers because of complex laws that could result in fines and criminal penalties.


Christopher Mann

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Top 4 tips for succession planning

While retirement or a reduced role in the practice might feel like a long way off, the reality is that positioning yourself and your practice for a smooth transition takes time and thoughtful planning.


Vincent Cucuzza, CFP

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Get your estate planning done now

There are plenty of reasons for people to get their estate planning done despite, or even because of, potential future changes from Congress.


Gary Herschman

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Navigating primary care partnerships

Strategic considerations and transaction trends


Kevin Malone

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Despite White House shake-up, value-based pay is here to stay

Commercial payers, large employers and leading provider systems across the nation have fully embraced this transformation and they will not simply revert back to the fee-for-service system of healthcare delivery and reimbursement.


Heidi Moawad

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Top 8 worst administrative hassles according to physicians

Physicians, especially primary care physicians (PCP), often bear the brunt of what many consider to be excessive regulatory requirements associated with patient care. Here are the most common administrative burdens, according to physicians.


David Nowels, MD, MPH

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To increase access of palliative care, turn to primary care

America is facing an epidemic of chronic illness.


Wendy Johnson

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Warning signs to look for to avoid practice embezzlement

Theft and embezzlement is widespread, and it occurs more often in healthcare than in most other industries