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My Best Idea: How I Designed a Stylish Office InexpensivelyYou’ve been asking us for a forum that lets readers share their best practice-management ideas with the rest of the class. So here it is. Arlene Lewis, MD, gets us started with advice on designing a beautiful, patient-friendly office without breaking the bank.
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Cyber-Savvy Medical Staff Key to Stopping RansomwareCybercriminals are more of a threat to securing patient data than ever before. Employ these tactics to better prepare your staff.
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Five Tips for Surviving the Phase 2 HIPAA AuditsPhase 2 HIPAA audits are coming up soon. Here are five tips on how they differ from Phase 1 and what you should know.
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How I Got EmbezzledOne physician describes how her former practice closed its doors after its chief financial officer led it to financial ruin.
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Questions to Ask Before Selling Your Practice to a HospitalHere are nine questions that can help reveal if becoming acquired by a larger system is the right move for you and your practice.
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Creating a patient satisfaction improvement planA step-by-step guide to improved patient satisfaction scores at your practice.
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Practice tip of the week: Here’s why social media is important to your practiceYour weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
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Do Physicians in Membership Practices Work More Hours?Membership medical practices strive to provide patients with more access to physicians. Here, one physician shares how that is affecting his personal time.
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How to thrive in independent practiceStaying independent allows doctors to improve on what they do best by enabling them to be nimble and innovative while focusing on satisfaction of patients and staff.
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Improving coding processes to achieve value-based care successThe time for PCPs to focus on improving documentation, coding, and value-based care initiatives is now.
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6 Strategies for back office billingExpert advice for turning your back office staff into billing and collections all-stars.
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Develop an ICD-10 Training Plan for Your PracticeHere are four assessment areas your practice can use to develop training for the ICD-10 medical coding system transition.
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Technology: Do EMRs Make You a Better Doctor?Conventional wisdom has it that doctors who use EMRs are better prepared to treat patients comprehensively - especially those with chronic conditions. New research, though, is raising doubts. What’s the real story?
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Are You Prepared for a Disability?What began as a relaxing day of biking turned her life and practice upside down
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Understanding Modifiers 58, 78, 79Here's advice on understanding and differentiating the use of modifiers 58, 78, and 79 at your medical practice.
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4 Areas for Practices to Focus on in 2018MACRA, inventory management, two other areas physician practices should focus on this year to improve care and lower costs.
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Security Rule BluesCompliance with the HIPAA Security Rule was required by April 2005. Are you compliant?
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MACRA, MIPS and APMs: An Unappetizing Alphabet SoupThe cold reality of life under MACRA should be alarming to small and solo practice physicians.
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Get Creative with Physician CompensationChanges in healthcare mean considering different compensation models, including alignment compensation.
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Another Win For Trial LawyersThe new Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention Act means Chapter 7 filling is out for higher income earners like physicians, as is home equity as a major form of protection. Here's what it means to you.
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New Health App to Link Patient Data with Physician EHRsThere are all kinds of health apps that track blood pressure, medications, nutrition, you name it. Now Apple is entering the fray with the goal of interoperability.
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Evidence-Based Medicine isn’t Going AnywhereThe advance of tech-based clinical decision support tools are going to help - not replace - physicians and evidence-based medicine, going forward.
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'The Career I Would've Had If I Hadn't Become a Doctor'Internist Beverly J. Lessane, MD, is a busy doc by day, aspiring country music diva by night.
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What Went Wrong: Why Our Great Idea Didn’t WorkSurgeon Bhagwan Satiani on why his group’s plan to open a satellite office crumbled.
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The ABCs of Tablet PCsWhy tablets are popular and what you should look for when making a purchase decision.
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‘Patients over Paperwork’ or bait and switch?Coding expert Bill Dacey reacts to CMS’s 2019 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that would collapse office Evaluation and Management code levels-and payment rates.
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7 Reasons Why Physicians Work Locum TenensHere are seven reasons why Locum Tenens is increasingly becoming an appealing option for physicians.
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Partner with Health Systems for ICD-10 ReadinessFor small practices that feel behind on ICD-10 readiness, one potential solution would be for them to partner with a local large health system.
