Practice Management

Are you feeling the pinch of reduced income and increased costs? Learn 9 ways to help cut your costs.

New revisions have been made to meaningful use. See what you need to know before the January effective date.

The fight to get paid is continuing for providers. Discover how this battle might play out.

This month's question asks how to document and code in an EHR. Find out the answer to this pressing coding question.

The buyout calculations for buy-sell agreement can prove contentious. Find out how you can make the calculations less frustrating.

A conversation with Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, about the challenges facing tort reform, reducing healthcare costs, and the role of accountable care organizations.

The economy still isn't doing well and overhead costs are increasing. How can you give yourself some breathing room?

Physicians tell Medical Economics their favorite tips for EHR use.

Worried about how much time you'll need to spend with EHR? Discover how templates can save you time.

After the collapse of the housing bubble, you might think that real estate is still a risky investment. Learn why you might want to reconsider that assessment.

Do you know a fellow doctor with a similar practice who seems to be busier than you? See how you can create business for your practice.

In addition to learning how to use your EHR, you will also need to work on connectivity and remote access. Here's what you need to know.

Take steps to help prevent employee embezzlement. Find out the warning signs on how to detect fraud.

Medical Economics readers discuss the seeming impossibility of seeing 10 patients in an hour while still providing quality medical care.

Do you work hard maintaining your hospital privileges? One Medical Economics board member argues that it isn't worth it.

The National Committee on Quality Assurance has released a new ranking of nearly 500 private health plans.

Ohio Department of Health Director Ted Wymyslo, MD, talks about why the state has prioritized implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home concept.

Here's a way to manage costs in your practice.

Nurse practitioners do not belong at the helm of Patient-Centered Medical Home and should not be permitted to operate independent of physicians, states a new report from the American Academy of Family Physicians. The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners disagrees.

Lifetime earnings for primary care physicians average as much as $2.5 million below specialist peers, according to a new study.

PCPs under financial stress who don't currently use EHRs are split on whether implementation will help.

A series of new reports from Health Affairs examines new innovations in replacing fee-for-service payment models.

Nearly 70% of medical students say medical school needs to provide more training relating to practice management and ownership, according to a recent survey.

Only 11% of Americans have a high level of understanding of the key aspects of federal health reform, despite substantial media coverage in the 2-plus years since the legislation's passage.

Visits to retail clinics quadrupled from 2007 to 2009, and up to 40% of their patients paid out-of-pocket for their care despite reporting they had a primary care physician.

Health providers are in danger of being stuck with $11 billion in Medicare cuts beginning in January when automatic federal spending cuts are due to take effect, the White House warned in a report.

The American Academy of Family Physicians is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to adopt several short- and long-term strategies that strengthen the Medicare program through primary care enhancements.

Want to know whether you and the other healthcare professionals and pharmacies in your area are at the forefront or lagging when it comes to adoption of electronic health records and e-prescribing? Now you can, thanks to a new tool from the federal government’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).

Practice administrators working in smaller practices saw their incomes increase in 2011, but managers of larger practices experienced a decrease, according to the Medical Group Management Association.

Insurance companies must more actively engage physicians in quality measurement programs, suggests new research.