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Medical practices are caught in the crosshairs when it comes to collecting patient copays and deductibles. On one hand they are obligated by their contracts with payers to collect patient cost-sharing amounts, on the other, patients are being faced with unprecedented medical bills. 

If you are caught in this collection free-for-all, here are the eight worst things you can do.

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Medical practices are struggling to collect patient accounts while honoring payer contracts. Here's what not to do.

8 Patient Collection Mistakes to Avoid 

What steps have physicians taken to boost revenue at their practices? Physicians Practice's annual compensation survey answers this question and more.

2018 Physician Compensation Survey report 

How do your staff salaries line up with other regions of the country?Our Staff Salary Survey had more than 600 respondents, and we broke that data down for a deeper comparison. Check out our regional data on key positions in medical practices broken out by years of experience.The regions are represented as followed:Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, VT)Â Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, KY, MD, NC, TN, VA, WV)Â Southeast (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC)Â South-Central (AR, LA, MO, OK, TX)Plains & Rockies / North-Central (CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MT, NE, ND, OH, SD, UT, WY)West (AZ, NV, NM, AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)Â Click here to download a PDF of this slideshow

See how your practice’s staff salaries compare with your region and other areas of the country.

2018 Staff Salary Survey: regional results

Are you paying staff in line with the national benchmarks? Here's our 10th annual Staff Salary Survey, where more than 600 respondents (practice managers and physicians) let us know how much each of their staff members earn.AdvertisementÂ Click here to download a PDF of this slideshow

Looking to see if your staff salaries are in line with national benchmarks? View our national data on key positions in medical practices broken out by years of experience.

2018 Staff Salary Survey: national results

The results to the Physicians Practice 2018 Mobile Health Survey reveal that many practices are using mobile technologies, albeit in small doses.According to the results of the survey (187 total respondents), 75.9 percent say they use mobile health (mHealth) in their practice on a weekly basis. However, half of the respondents who use mHealth say they only use it 0-5 hours per week. More than 22 percent of practices use it 6-10 hours, while only 27.2 percent of practices use it more than 10 hours.Those who are still not using mHealth say the main reason why is because of concerns over HIPAA compliance (31.6 percent), although more than 20 percent say they just don't have the time.Â Other findings from the survey include:
• Staff Communication (69 percent) is the number one use for mHealth among practices. Patient communication (51.1 percent) is the second most common use.
• Nearly half of the practices using mHealth (48.9 percent) are doing so with the iPhone. A much smaller percentage are using Android phones, iPads, and other tablets.
• Only 14.5 percent of practices are accepting patient data from wearable devices.TO MOVE THROUGH THE SLIDESHOW, CLICK ON THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE IMAGEIf you have any comments on this article email editor@physicianspractice.com. We'll publish the best ones!

Mobile is in as three out of four practices saying they use mobile health (mHealth) in their practice on a weekly basis.

2018 Mobile Health Survey Results 

This is part 3 of a 3-part video series interviewing Bruce Koeppen, MD

the founding Dean of Quinnipiac University's Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine. 

For those looking to enter medicine in their second career, being a primary-care physician is an attractive option, says Bruce Koeppen, MD, Dean of the Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University in North Haven, Ct.

This is because the length of training is not as long as other specialties. After medical school, residency for primary-care physicians is three years in length. "They want to get out and practice as soon as possible," Koeppen says. "In addition, they also are coming to medicine because they want to help people and they feel the best way to do that is in a primary care setting."

Earlier in the video, Koeppen talks about the efforts the Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine takes into giving their students, considering it doesn't operate a clinical facility. He says the school has partnerships with more than 200 primary-care physicians and hospitals - both in and out of Connecticut.

"I believe having those kinds of resources available to our students is a bonus because it allows them to see how medicine is practiced in multiple institutions. It will help them make career decisions fits best with where they want to practice medicine," he says.

To close out the video interview series, Koeppen discusses future plans for the Netter Medical School and attracting a new generation of primary-care physicians

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In the last of a three-part interview series, the Dean of the Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine talks about primary care being a second career option.

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