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Yulian Shtern, Esq. and Leonard Lipsky, Esq.

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5 Things to Know about Physician Practice Management

How does a physician determine if a practice management arrangement with an MSO is right for the practice? Here are five things physicians should consider.


Laura Jarvis, PA-C

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PAs Successfully Fight Sleep Disorders

As the fight against sleep disorders rages on, PAs find themselves on the front lines thanks to their excellent training and ability to adapt.


Kathleen Adams

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Utilizing Change Management in Your Medical Practice

In part two of this series, learn strategies to effectively enact change at your practice.


Todd Kislak, MBA

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Who Should Physicians Work For?

Would you rather work for an independent practice group, or are you better off employed by a health system?


Clive Fields, MD

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Provide Proactive Care with Complex Patients

This final part of a two-part series focuses on providing proactive care and measuring the results of complex patients.


Conor Murphy

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What You Need to Know About Office-Based Surgery Laws

A brief overview of laws and issues related to office based surgical practices.


Dave Fasoli

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Three Strategies to Communicate Costs to Patients

Here are some strategies practices should take to better communicate medical costs to patients.


Kerri Wing, RN

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A Guide to Reporting on MACRA in 2018

Medicare's Quality Payment Program (QPP) is a little different in 2018 than it was in 2017. Here is a guide to this year's reporting requirements.


Angela Oest, MPH, PA-C

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Certified PAs are Allies in Treatment of Allergies

Certified PAs can be an invaluable tool for practices with spring allergy season quickly approaching.


Heather Lavoie

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Reversing Physician Burnout While Increasing Physician Trust in Value-Based Care

There are small but significant steps all of us who work in healthcare can take to stop physician burnout and better engage physicians in value-based care.


Frieda Wiley, PharmD

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A unicorn example of seamless physician-pharmacist collaboration gives other organization clues

The push for enhanced collaboration between healthcare professionals continues building momentum. 


Josh Weiner

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The price of patient relationships

Including funds in your budget dedicated to technological investments that improve the patient experience will be worth it in the long run.


Jon Carter

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Hacking

Add this to your list of homonyms. 


Karen Zupko

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Refresh your referral building

Referrals are key to growing a medical practice and increasing revenue. Here are five ways a practice can build its referral network.


Rebekah Bernard MD

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5 Tips for negotiating the best physician employment contract

There are simple tools that can help us achieve the best employment contract.


Michael Enos, CPC, CPMA

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3 billing codes physicians should use

You’re probably already doing the work. Get paid for more of it.


Julie Knudson

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Pursue your passions with a portfolio career

A growing number of physicians are taking their careers and schedules into their hands through multiple part-time jobs and revenue streams.


Vincent Cucuzza

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Smart investing for physicians

Savings, strategies, and stocks.


Linda Wilson

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Preparing for a coding and billing audit

Most audits concern outpatient visits.


David Raths

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Gain control of your personal life

Physicians share how they manage work-life balance while having a meaningful career in medicine.


Larry Bridge

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How ‘adjacent space’ acquisitions are changing the healthcare industry

Physicians and practices should keep a keen eye on healthcare mergers and acquisitions in order to serve their patients-and remain in business.


Erik Leander

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Malpractice insurance coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic

Answers to the most common questions being asked by physicians.


Lucien W. Roberts, III, MHA, FACMPE

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Tariffs threaten the bottom line: A bleak outlook for practices

Tariffs are poised to drive up costs, strain staff, and shrink patient payments—here's what practices need to do now to stay financially resilient.


Lisa A. Eramo, MA

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9 Tips for collecting from patients

Collecting copayments and coinsurance can be challenging.


Melissa Young, MD

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When it doesn’t pay to treat patients

Practices sometimes can’t afford to administer treatment to patients given the risk of denied reimbursement claims.


Kareo

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Survey identifies top challenges for independent physicians

The state of the independent practice 


Bill Dacey, MBA, MHA, CPC, CPC-I

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Coding Q&A: Problem areas with 99495 and 99496

There are two principal criteria that need to direct physicians’ code assignment once they have decided to use a TCM code.


Avery Hurt

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6 tips to boost billing and collections

Here are six resolutions that can improve your billing and collections in 2020.


Kevin G. Donoghue, JD

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Tips for addressing negative online reviews

Steps prior to considering litigation.


Angela Watkins

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7 staff roles practices should consider adding

Changes in the healthcare industry are necessitating new roles at practices. Here are seven positions you might consider adding to assist patients and staff.

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