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2011 Fee Schedule Survey: Change Is in the Air
As practices continue to deal with declining reimbursement, federal and commercial payers are exploring new payment models aimed at case-management in lieu traditional fees for services. Here's how to prepare and respond.

Plus: The results of our annual Fee Schedule Survey are in. See where your practice stacks up when it comes to payment for top codes.

Should Your Medical Practice Use Cloud-based Computing?
These days, everything from EHRs to practice management systems are available via cloud computing. Is it time to ditch the servers and join the movement?

Managing Difficult Change at Your Practice
Change can be great for any practice — when handled correctly. Here's how to stay on-point during a shift in your office operations.

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Hiring Your Next Practice Administrator
Our step-by-step guide to finding the right manager for your practice.

Sharing Patient Feedback with Your Staff
Understanding complaints and compliments from patients can translate into better customer service, when communicated carefully with your team.

Meaningful Use Attestation Aggravation
Proving that you've met meaningful use criteria and getting your first incentive check can prove frustrating. Here's how to avoid the most common headaches.

Finding Financial Help for Physicians
Physicians have some unique personal finance needs. Is the right person handling your money?

Physicians Who Give, Receive
Tips, hints, and advice for participating in effective and rewarding philanthropy.

Rearranging Codes by Cost; Time-based Codes; Multiple Payment Reductions
Coding questions? We've got the answers

7 Ways to Mentor Staff
Mentoring might be one of the least costly ways to cultivate professional development of your staff.

A Reform that Might Work
Could legislators really improve Medicare's fiscal picture? And, is it possible while also delivering choice of insurance coverage to millions of younger, working Americans?

Navigating Difficult Patient Encounters
10 simple tips to help you manage your most challenging patients.

Physicians Practice Noteworthy
FDA app-proved; detecting cancer at the salon; does laughter reduce pain?

'The Work of Art that Has Most Influenced My Career'
Theresa M. van der Vlugt, MD, on finding beauty in unexpected places.
 

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Road to SGR ‘Doc Fix’ Has Many Possible Paths
Aubrey Westgate , February 7, 2012

Perhaps Congress hopes some sort of solution to the SGR will unexpectedly land on its doorstep. And perhaps it finally has — in the form of unspent war funds.

Intangible Elements of Successful Medical Practice Leaders
Ike Devji, JD , February 7, 2012

This is a clear reminder that at the heart of nearly every successful business are two simple things: people and relationships.

When a Physician Lives Where She Works, Sometimes Worlds Collide
Jennifer Frank, MD , February 7, 2012

The convenience of practicing medicine in the same town you live is nice, but I’d like a little more separation between my life as a doctor and my personal life.

Hernias and High-Deductibles: A Healthcare Costs Discussion
Bryan R. Fine, MD, MPH , February 6, 2012

What is more painful: hernia surgery or finding out the exact cost of the procedure when you have a high-deductible health plan?