Practice Management

U.S. physicians have adopted better health habits than the rest of the population, including nurses, according to a recent Gallup-Healthways Physical Health Index and Healthy Behaviors Index.

EHRs might seem impossible to completely understand and use. Learn how team training and consistent utilization can make EHRs work for your practice.

Does your practice have a Web site? If it doesn't, you are missing a key way to get the word out on your practice.

No subject has elicited more reader feedback in recent years than maintenance certification and all of comments were negative. Lois Margaret Nora, the new president and CEO of the American Board of Medical Specialties, provides another perspective.

Has a new landlord taken over your office's premises? Here's why your current lease still needs to be honored.

You've spent years building up your practice and now you're considering joining a local hospital. Discover why you should have goodwill attached to the purchase price.

This month's question focuses on the difference between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM. Find out the answers to this pressing coding question.

Building up your brand takes hard work and diligence. Find out why and how you should protect it.

About 70% of 527 physicians surveyed report that the lack of interoperability of electronic health record (HER) systems, a working exchange infrastructure, and costs associated with development of both are major barriers to improving healthcare's ability to exchange electronic information.

Robert Berenson discusses the future of primary care when it comes to payment, practice structure, and technology.

If your experience mirrors some trends in patient visits and hours worked revealed by participants in Medical Economics' 84th continuing study, you may be packing more patient visits into your already-busy days.

More than 90% of patients who were granted access to their doctors' notes through a secure online portal said it would affect their decisions when seeking care in the future.

Medical Economics' EHR Best Practices Study participants offer more tips on meaningful use, training, interoperability, and cloud-based systems.

Getting your finances in order can be difficult when free time is hard to come by. See what online tools are out there to help get your finances in order.

Feeling like you're seeing more patients than ever before? Medical Economics' 2012 Productivity survey indicates that you may be right.

Beyond the financial impact, cuts to a practice budget can affect patients, operations, and staff and physician morale. Find out the one question to ask before making a move, as well as the area that most likely can be trimmed.

Primary care physicians move to new locations at a lower rate than most specialists, according to a new study.

Learn what actions you need to take now and what can wait until later for your practice to meet the October 1, 2014, ICD-10 implementation deadline.

To stay competitive, your practice must measure productivity correctly. Discover how the work RVU model may offer a solution.

The Physician Executive of the Year Award was one of several honors bestowed for practice management excellence by the Medical Group Management Association–American College of Medical Practice Executives. Read about all of the winners.

Despite all the problems and challenges facing the medical industry, the physician profession remains a popular career choice.

The Medical Group Management Association and American College of Medical Practice Executives named new officers and board members at its annual meeting.

A new MGMA report uncovers four key areas where high-performing medical groups have found their success. Does your practice have what it takes?

Fears of sustainable growth rate payment cuts and instability in Medicare payments are keeping many physician practices from participating in new payment delivery models or demonstration programs, according to a new report.

Education will be key to the future of America's healthcare system, agreed the panelists of the "State of the Healthcare Industry" roundtable discussion at the Medical Group Management Association annual meeting.

Your practice will reap many benefits if it has the right people, processes, and technology in place. And you may be the most important ingredient. Learn the reason.

The historical approach to physician compensation doesn't work in today's practice environment. Discover why, and what needs to be factored in.

If you don't use ICD-10 codes after the October 1, 2014, effective date, you won't get paid, so it's important to prepare now. This worksheet may help.

Medical Economics is covering the 2012 Medical Group Management Association annual meeting via the Web, Twitter, Facebook and more.

Will health information technology save healthcare or destroy it? Here's the AAFP's position.