Practice Management

There are new codes physicians need to know in the care management section of the Current Procedural Terminology codebook.

What is the purpose of an audit and how can that help our medical practice?

Climate changes are threatening the health and well-being of all people, according to the group

Advice from a physician on improving the referral process and enhancing communication with your colleagues.

The providers in our clinic want to start billing e-visits. Can they bill for all the communication between the provider and patient through our online portal?

Transitioning from a fee-for-service billing model to value-based care that incorporates financial risk and rewards tied to the patient’s health outcome is not easy.

What metrics physicians should track

Survey shows little progress after four years of promises

Is your marketing plan working for you?

CMS program demonstrates practices can provide quality home-based primary care while saving Medicare money

Forming a strategic plan may seem like a waste of time, but it can be beneficial to a practice.

Study shows a marked improvement when medical abbreviations and acronyms are spelled out instead

Avoid these pitfalls when selling your medical practice.

Yes, medical practices are struggling with staffing during the Great Resignation. But you can still get stuff done with a small staff.

Most physicians report the mistreatment mostly from patients and visitors

There are more differences than you might think.

Study shows that 10% of minorities refused COVID vaccines because of past racial discrimination experiences

Strategies practices can use to attract skilled workers to their open positions

Handing out antibiotics for illnesses they weren’t meant for is adding to the distress doctors feel

Healthcare solutions need to also address the much bigger problem of staffing shortages and burnout.

Study compiles data, finds multiple specialties affected.

Here are the top six ways to eliminate busywork in your practice.

The first step is establishing a vision for your practice.

New government rule aims to address some of the cost disparity

COVID-19 has caused psychological harm to many health care workers

US doctors more than twice as likely to feel burned out compared to their European counterparts

Even as we begin to envision a post-pandemic future, continuing backlogs and unsustainable workarounds and rising international turmoil supply fresh evidence that supply-chain fragility is untenable.

For 15 years, I unquestioningly followed my organization’s standard process for patient flow. Not anymore.

A physician’s goal is to care for patients, but a key part of being able to provide that care is the eternal quest for payment. One way to ensure that a practice maximizes its coding regimen is to make sure each session can be efficiently billed.

Don’t let administrative burdens wreck your practice