Practice Finance

What to consider and how to proceed when designing workplace violence prevention programs for healthcare facilities.

Successful practices will review and establish new financial policies, do a better job of educating patients, and consider cash-pay services.

With the right tools, partnerships, and commitment to collaboration, embracing “data utilization” will feel far less overwhelming, and providers will be positioned to enact tangible, positive changes.

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

One of the many dangers of job burnout 

How the system works against you -and what to do about it.

The healthcare industry doesn’t stay still and neither do the health systems within it as they strive to make meaningful progress for their patients and providers. With that, we see several key interconnected trends making an impact in 2019.

Physicians engaging with publicly traded companies, such as serving on boards or as expert advisers, should pay particular attention to the rules around their agreements.

What can happen when a practice needs to cut costs

Telemedicine holds promise, but it is just another tool in a clinician’s care delivery toolbox.

It has certainly been a journey to get there-one that has been worthwhile, with many hurdles and contributors working hard to make sure physicians love their jobs and have an active role in making that a reality.

As physicians, we have given up control and lost the ability to do the job we were trained to do. Our focus has turned instead to serving needs that have become more demanding than those of our patients.

Artificial intelligence can create tangible benefits when it helps facilitate better, more frequent support beyond the four walls of care delivery.

Every year, Medical Economics asks physicians to rate the EHR system they use in their practice on a number of factors ranging from usability to customer service.

We all want to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, but you can’t care for patients if you can’t keep the lights on.

Strategies to increase your collection rate in 2019

What does the shrinking market mean for physicians?

Letters from our readers

Here are the reimbursement trends physicians can expect in 2019.

How to increase revenue by eliminating needless rejections

Physicians should update templates to include info on patients who are at risk or are using opioids.

Physicians should consider these seven tips to make nursing home services more lucrative.

Even with time constraints, it’s possible for primary care physicians to compassionately and effectively guide patients in decreasing their weight.

Here are the issues that annoy and frustrate doctors and get in the way of treating patients and running practices.

The EHR, like many new technologies, has capacity to improve the health and safety of our patients. So what can we do to make this happen?

For many in healthcare, words and actions can be harmful, and in some instances can lead to jury awards in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If doctors are savvy about it, they have options at their disposal to get away from full-time clinical work.

Here's what you should do the next time you experience a patient in a strong emotional state.

There is a patient safety organization for practices of every type and size, and nearly all healthcare providers have important interests that can be served that are well worth the costs.

Four physicians allege ABIM is illegally tying its initial certification to MOC.