Practice Management

Water boils at 212°, not 211°. Neil Baum offers 15 small, one-degree changes that can transform patient care and outcomes.

A rubber band is only useful when stretched. The same goes for a medical practice trying to grow past its comfort zone.

Neil Baum, M.D., walks physicians through how to cleanly leave a practice, from reviewing contracts and notifying patients to securing tail coverage.

Operational levers that practice administrators can pull to give clinicians their evenings back

Eight practical ways to plug revenue leaks, from eligibility checks and point-of-service collections to working denials by root cause.

Eight practical steps to govern AI in your practice, from naming an owner to vetting vendors and training your team.

Health care veterans resistant to innovation can create barriers to progress, but converting them from adversaries to allies may be the answer.

For many practices, intake still relies on patients completing forms on arrival. Moving it earlier with digital tools can reduce delays, improve accuracy and lighten front-desk workload.

Physicians boost deal outcomes by ranking priorities, setting walk-away lines, listening well, staying calm and negotiating with support.

After-hours coverage is not the same as reliable access — and the gap between the two is showing up in ED utilization, physician burnout and patient outcomes.

A dying friend's perspective shift shows how gratitude and the lost art of the handwritten note can transform your practice and prevent burnout.

As high-deductible plans shift more costs to patients, practices need stronger front-desk collection workflows before balances become write-offs.

Veradigm’s survey of 360 practice leaders finds operational and financial strain, not clinical concerns, are the top threats to independence.

How one medical group used AI scribing to redeploy scribes into a revenue-generating chronic care management program.

Reps. Miller-Meeks, M.D., and Conaway Jr., M.D., introduce legislation to reform the Medicare Physician Payment System.

A real-world ChatGPT mix-up illustrates why physicians must verify AI-generated responses before trusting them in clinical or patient-facing settings.

These seven scheduling fixes can help practices recover lost revenue and keep patient flow moving.

Bipartisan legislation targeting Medicare Advantage prior authorization has rare supermajority support.

The tools to catch heart failure early exist — now it's time to put them to work.

From clean claim rates to contract negotiations, these warning signs could mean your practice is leaving thousands in revenue uncollected.

America's health care system is broken. Here's what it will actually take to fix it.

Burnout fell to 43.2% of physicians in 2024, AMA data shows, but rates remain above pre-pandemic levels heading into planning season.

Ten tactics that help independent primary care thrive, including better scheduling, stronger doctor online presence and value-based care leverage.

What lessons can health care practices take away from the popular grocery store chain Trader Joe's? There are quite a few.

Prior authorization. Medicare Advantage denials. MIPS. MGMA's Anders Gilberg unpacks the 2026 Regulatory Burden Report's most alarming findings.