Practice Management

A five-year update from the National Academies warns that coverage losses will strain primary care practices.

Neil Baum, MD, lays out five pre-visit planning steps that save time, cut follow-up calls and portal messages, and improve patient care.

Practices face a 2.31% conversion factor cut, a 20% same-day visit reduction and new E/M modifiers starting Jan. 1.

Medicare’s monthly bundled codes pay primary care for work between visits. Most practices have not tried them yet.

'Not covered' is now the top denial reason, and UnitedHealthcare's pediatric code lists don't match. Run these checks before Dec. 1.

The 2026-2027 respiratory season is just about here. There’s still time to vaccinate patients, experts say.

Research suggests clinicians' mental health is 'close to average' — and that's not good enough in a stressful environment.

Neil Baum, MD, offers physicians a simple ethics check: Could you comfortably explain your decision to a patient or colleague over coffee?

Insurer exits and network splits will change Medicare Advantage coverage for many patients on Jan. 1. Here's how practice leaders can prepare in every state.

Pennsylvania's outbreak is part of a national surge. Here's how to prepare the front desk, exam rooms, staff records and vaccine supply.

Most partnership problems are predictable. Settle pay, governance, new partners and succession while the group is healthy, not after trouble starts.

Here’s how to make your front desk part of the state’s dengue response.

How practice managers can fend off two cybersecurity incidents: a critical flaw in widely used website code and a breach of a Quest lab portal.

Staff raise budgets are tight for 2027, and turnover still costs more. Our new handbook shows how to price roles, fix compression and keep staff.

Practice bankruptcies are climbing. Here's what owners should plan for, from warning signs to a patient care ombudsman to who keeps patient records.

Overhead ratio, days in A/R and the owner draw explain why a practice can collect more than last year and still come up short on payroll.

How not to be the administrator who says, I didn't see that coming

Neil Baum, MD, reads “The Giving Tree” as a warning for health care workers: Give generously, but don’t give until you’re a stump.

Six in 10 practice leaders say they are burned out. These eight moves help keep the person who runs your office from walking out the door.

Nearly 1 in 4 licensed doctors is 65 or older. Few hospitals screen them, and practices often have no checkpoint at all.

MGMA acting CEO Akash Madiah on what members need, what the association must fix and how administrators can stop revenue leaks now.