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‘My Most Frustrating Patient’Plastic surgeon Eugene J. Strasser runs into trouble when an angry patient insists he bill Medicare for an elective procedure and he rightly refuses.
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Membership Medicine Model Saves Primary-Care DollarsMembership medicine makes good economic sense for primary-care physicians and their patients. Here's how.
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Why Medical Practices Should Assist Patients with Insurance EnrollmentEfforts to enroll uninsured patients in Medicaid will continue throughout the year. Physicians need to look at technology to help.
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Pros and Cons of the Patient-Centered Medical Home ModelPatient-Centered Medical Homes are good for healthcare, but medical practices should also be realistic about the model, if it is truly a good fit, and its results.
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A Doctor Reflects on the Small Ways Technology has Changed PracticeOne physician, with more than 40 years in medicine, reflects on going "beeperless" in medical practice.
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Cost Accounting in the Medical Practice via RVUUsing RVUs to conduct a cost analysis at your medical practice is not only cheap and easy, it is very effective at assessing the value of your payer contracts.
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Monitoring ICD-10 Post-Implementation IssuesICD-10 is here, so be sure your medical practice is addressing all related issues to avoid a hit to your bottom line.
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Coding for Advance Care PlanningWhat do practices need to know about coding for advance care planning? Here is some guidance from the AAPC's John Verhovshek.
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Top stories 2024: The basics of incident-to billingHere are six basic requirements to meet incident-to guidelines and get properly reimbursed for your care.
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Tips for building your practice’s websitePlanning on building an engaging website to attract patients? Here are nine tips that should get you started.
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Healthcare Stakeholders Must Adapt to Value or PerishRevealing three ways that the primary healthcare stakeholders can shift their behavior to succeed in value-based healthcare.
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5 Things to Consider When Selling Your PracticeThese tips can help you choose the right buyer for your practice.
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Improving Communication in Your Medical PracticeWhat is true for marriage relationships is equally true for relationships with your staff in your practice.
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More Meaningful Use Misery from One DocMeaningful Use continues to be a pain in the neck for one doctor, who is struggling to attest as a private practice physician.
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Interview SeasonWe are deep into interview season now. Fresh scrubbed senior medical students come from all over the world to sit in front of my desk, drink bad coffee, eat stale donuts, and regale me with their self-congratulatory exploits of derring-medical-do, sprinkled with an appropriate amount of wanting-to-serve-humanity humility.
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Fine-Tuning Conversation Skills Improves Health OutcomesConversation-practicing simulations is a new method for physicians and providers to improve a critical element of healthcare: communication.
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Five Perks for Motivating Medical Practice StaffThe key to providing perks is to understand what is meaningful to employees. Obtain their input and design perks that reward hard work and dedication.
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Five Things Physicians Should Know About Today's NursesNurses can play a critical role in improving the healthcare system for patients alongside physicians. Here's how.
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'My Greatest Inspiration'Internist Gregg Friedman on his infant daughter's struggle for survival.
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The pros and cons of private practice versus hospital employmentWhat physicians should consider when choosing their path.
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Is There a Treatment for Patient Non-Compliance?Patient compliance is not a new issue – doctors have been dealing with it for a long time now, and it’s not going anywhere. But as the healthcare landscape changes and we continue looking for ways to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs, non-compliance presents a significant hurdle.
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'The Movie That Has Most Influenced My Work as a Physician'How the lessons learned from the movie 'The Doctor,' became personal, according to family physician Hanni G. Youssef.
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Three Ways Front-Office Staff Can Improve CollectionsPractices face big cash-flow problems as patients shoulder more of their healthcare costs. Here's how to step up patient payment collections.
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Debating a Physician's Role in Assisting Patient DeathShould a physician use her knowledge and craft as a way to help a suffering patient end his life? Here are two sides of the argument.
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'As President, I'd Take a Multi-Dimensional Approach to Healthcare'Pediatrician Helene Hubbard lays out her first term if elected U.S. president with a focus on the nation's younger residents.
