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Would you like to transform your waiting room from a place where patients wait for healing to a place where healing begins?

For whatever reason, the author says, many physicians appear to be afraid of the phone.

First impressions are lasting.

Commercial payers can be inconsistent with reimbursement processes, which can lead to a significant administrative burden for your practice.

Demonstrate benefits of EHRs to reluctant physicians.

On April 18, primary care practices around the country began attesting to meaningful use of an electronic health record system in hopes of earning $44,000 over five years from the CMS.

As a physician practicing family or internal medicine, you are more likely than your colleagues in other specialties to qualify for Medicare or Medicaid-related incentives for achieving meaningful use of electronic health records.

Learn about rollovers and penalties related to IRAs.

Unfunded mandates, lack of health insurance, standardization and too many incentive programs add costs and inefficiencies to physician practices.

Discover how to split IRA into smaller accounts.

Letters discuss working outside the box, modeling the behaviors you promote to patients, and pay-for-performance initiatives.

The author discusses building trust with new patients.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer wants residents who are obese and smokers to pay a $50 fee to enroll in the state's Medicaid program.

Understand what to look for in a license agreement with an electronic health record vendor.

Understand the rules regarding online services.

Smiling at and making eye contact with your patients could make them healthier.

Thirty-five percent of physicians reported receiving on-call compensation daily and 21% reported receiving an annual payment for on-call coverage in 2010.

Know what to ask when interviewing someone for tech support.

Various factors combine to influence a practice's stability.

How to address the excuse, "I have no time to exercise."

Discover nuances of purchasing stock pre-2011.

Consumer Reports recently surveyed more than 600 primary care doctors and 49,000 patients to learn what makes the doctor-patient relationship tick.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is stepping up its efforts to help you confront health disparities among your patients stemming from their race or ethnicity.

Coordinated primary care should be at the center of any Medicaid reform, according to the American College of Physicians (ACP).

While Congress and the courts struggle over the future of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, Vermont is moving toward a single-payer healthcare system.

A majority of physicians believe more doctors will choose employment over independent practice in the next two to three years, according to a new study by ModernMedicine.com and McKesson.

Time is running out for you to settle any outstanding billing disputes with Blue Cross Blue Shield under the terms of a class action settlement reached with the insurers four years ago.

Office-based practices like yours supported 4 million jobs nationally in 2009, according to a new report from the American Medical Association (AMA).

Your Medicare data billing will be online for all to see if a bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate becomes law.

If you've adopted electronic health records (EHRs), you can now take the next step toward receiving Medicare's EHR incentive payments.