Advocacy: Stickin‘ Up for Yourself
Can you afford to spend time, effort, and money advocating on your own behalf with state and local lawmakers? You can’t afford not to.

Billing Problems? Consider Your Charge Ticket
Deborah Grider, CPC/EM, president of the American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board talks about what you aren’t billing that is costing you big.

Billing: Finding Lost Revenue
We go beyond Billing 101 to show you the advanced techniques and little-known secrets for collecting every nickel, dime, and Spanish doubloon you’re owed.

Coding: Your Top Coding Concerns Solved
Tips from our biweekly e-mail newsletter. This issue: Coding for cancer.

Editor’s Note: Casualties of the Culture War
HHS has proposed substantial changes to federal conscience laws that protect providers’ rights to recuse themselves from participating in abortion-related services. What does this mean to your practice? Should you worry?

Finance: Getting More — Our Annual Physician Compensation Survey
There’s encouraging news in our third annual Physician Compensation Survey. Primary-care docs are seeing their incomes tick upward — on average. Where do you stack up?

In Practice: Intra-office Tug-of-wars
Front and back offices are at war with one another in many practices, with each side accusing the other of “not getting it.” Here’s how to get everyone on the same side.

Physicians Practice PEARLS: HSAy What?
High-deductible health plans like health savings accounts are becoming more common, and that means you’ll have to work harder to collect from patients.

Technology: HR in a Box?
Managing human resources is one of the most important of all your practice’s nonclinical tasks. Here’s our look at the software that can help make it easier.

The Administrator’s Desk: ’Tis the Season to be Neutral
The holidays are fraught with opportunities to offend. Here’s some advice for avoiding the blues.

The Bigger Picture: Death of Solo Practice — A Myth
It’s true that more physicians are choosing group practices, but reports of the death of the solo practice have been greatly exaggerated.

The Great Practice Makeover: Branding the Cash-only Practice
It’s important for every practice to have an identifiable brand — especially when they are trying to attract cash-paying patients.

The Law: Third-party Audits on the Rise
More payers — and even some employers — are hiring third parties to conduct chart audits on their behalf. Is this legal? What should you do if you receive such a request?

The Tech Doctor: Evaluating Paperless Labs
Electronic labs can make your life easier, but first you have to get past the implementation process.