James Doulgeris

When it comes to blame, physicians have gotten a pass until now.

By working together, physicians and insurers share the opportunity to gain parity with rapidly consolidating hospital systems.

When it comes to healthcare, President Obama needs to reach out to physicians.

Care coordination is one of the most elusive yet important ways to improve outcomes. Here’s how one group gets it right.

CMS has five new CPT codes regarding care coordination for family physicians and there are clear pros and cons.

If technology helps physicians keep patients healthy, why aren't more using it? The answer may be that payers, including CMS, aren't supporting it.

A Washington, D.C.-based, nonprofit advocacy group has refocused its mission from opposing the Affordable Care Act to fixing it.

One practice’s story is an example of how the ACA provides access to insurance, not care.

In an emerging era of shared risk and performance-based remuneration, effective patient communication is important to survival and success at your practice.

The Internet and a constant TV news cycle have created challenges for physicians in addressing all the information patients now have access to.

Wondering how your patients see your work as a physician? Just open a newspaper, turn on TV news, or go online to see how you are being portrayed.

Market research is a valuable, and often overlooked, tool to optimize the business of providing healthcare, but only if it is analyzed correctly.

Yes, hospital employment may seem like heaven on earth, but the devil lives in the details. Here are some things to ponder before signing on the dotted line.

There are two likely scenarios for healthcare under a Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Administration.

A hard look at the Affordable Care Act and its trajectory paints a sobering picture for stakeholders in healthcare.

Under the Affordable Care Act, private practice physicians are closing up shop and joining big box medicine in a plan to trim healthcare costs.

Partnering with entrepreneurs gives physicians a diversified income stream and investment portfolio, while entrepreneurs gain critical insight and expertise.

Here are five things you can do now to protect your medical practice in a healthcare landscape under the Affordable Care Act.

With every projection predicting a physician shortage, there may not be much of an upside to the impact of the Affordable Care Act for patients.

If forced to accept Medicaid patients without increased reimbursements, most private practices will be dealt a fatal blow to operations.

Here are five steps to take before making important business decisions at your medical practice, taking a look from the outside in.

Is your practice website getting the attention it should? Here are the top tips to get more visitors to visit you online.

Current policies and Washington, D.C.'s failure to address real problems in our healthcare system is literally making us sicker.

Lessons from Disney can offer physicians three key components to consistently create a positive patient experience.

Here are three established valuation approaches to take the guesswork and emotion out of looking at your medical practice.

Negative posts / comments about a physician / practice will hurt, so here's how the professionals recommend you take action to preserve patients.

Savvy prescription drug seekers who are denied by physicians have found a new venue for retaliation - social media.

There are best practices to marketing your practice, but often, success is more about knowing what not to do. Here are the five most common pitfalls …and how to avoid them.

Access to care is the number one patient expectation …and it's probably controlled by your least-experienced employee.