I’ve found the most important factor in deciding between in-house or outsourced billing to be that of your management style.
The generation that changed the way Americans think about free love and the Volkswagen will soon turn its energies in new directions.
Physician assistants can help busy physician practices better cope with the frustrations of EHR. Here's how.
How and why practices can mimic the critical communication service.
Can the government intervene and save meaningful use? It could vital to saving the program and healthcare interoperability.
One physician explains why she loves being a solo doc and why these types of practices need to unite.
When my group practice added a comprehensive electronic health record to our computer system, I was dubious. Slowly, I came to see the benefits to patient care and myself.
Online reputation management is critical for all healthcare practitioners.
Here's how medical practices can effectively turn a new EHR system from a stranger to a friend in seven easy steps.
Every medical practice should have a compliance officer. Here are 15 tasks to assign this important individual.
In healthcare, the single most important ingredient for achieving patient safety is teamwork.
EHRs should allow your practice to maintain or improve your productivity. Here are five ways to make sure it doesn't do the opposite.
Losing a key member of your medical practice staff not only hurts operations, but it can be costly as well. Here are some tips to retain your top employees.
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Losing referrals to the local hospital? Here's one marketing tool to retain patients and revenue.
Be proactive about building your medical practice with these five surprisingly simple tips to attract new patients.
Healthcare will be revolutionized when physicians build and manage narrow high-performing networks and tie them together under a common platform.
It’s hard enough as private practice doc in today’s reimbursement environment. Medical school debt can make it worse, here are tips to avoid this issue.
Once they understand the full meaning of the law, a lot of the negative connotations healthcare providers have on HIPAA can be dispelled.
The U.S. is home to more than 192,000 nurse practitioners, with more than 14,000 new graduates every year. Here's what physicians should know about them.
Practices around the U.S. are using advanced-access scheduling with remarkable success
Just like your patient's vitals provide you with metrics for treatment plans, financial reports provide you with metrics on the "health" of your practice.
When preparing to train practice staff, consider whether they need awareness, intense, or extensive instruction.
A new survey reveals that the public's education on NSAIDs leaves a lot to be desired. The onus, one doctor says, falls on healthcare providers to do so.
Patients of all ages are demanding more dermatology services. Certified PAs are able to treat most patients and perform many procedures.