Physicians can use the following tips to facilitate frank, honest, and productive conversations about sexually transmitted infections with patients.
Patients have a growing number of options for care, so providing a personalized end-to-end experience is no longer optional.
Becoming a culturally competent medical practice benefits patients, physicians, healthcare providers, and the community.
Change isn't easy, but the following tips can help you guide your organization or practice through any transition.
One independent practice has improved patient outcomes, employee efficiency, and practice revenue by implementing a chronic care management program.
Consider how you appear to a bank by reviewing your cash, credit, and character before applying for a loan.
Unaligned practices may see patients forced to move to closed practices.
A recent court ruling illustrates the risk of failing to place behavioral health coverage needs ahead of financial interest.
Hospitals across the country are purchasing private practices even though patients prefer AND receive better care from independent physicians.
A look at the interconnectedness of reputation management, patient engagement and value-based care.
Here are four ways practice owners and administrators can ensure temporary employees are successful.
It’s good to seek professional help and try coping strategies when you’re feeling burned out. But if those don’t work, then it might be time to consider prioritizing yourself and walking away from your job.
The Affordable Care Act required health insurance plans to include behavioral health coverage, and that has benefits for patients, physicians and payers alike.
The Affordable Care Act required health insurance plans to include behavioral health coverage, and that has benefits for patients, physicians and payers alike.
Recover revenue by utilizing proactive measures and technological solutions to navigate this difficult terrain.
Physicians who have matched into primary care positions has been on the decline for the past eight years, according to data from The Match.
Involvement in change efforts can help reduce gender biases and discrimination.
Here are six basic requirements to meet incident-to guidelines and get properly reimbursed for your care.
As patient responsibility increases, physician practices should consider how they can make it easier for patients to pay their medical bills.
It’s one area that is not always completed correctly.
Increase your medical practice's revenue by understanding payer reimbursement tactics.
Here are some helpful strategies to ensure your practice gets paid on time.
Telehealth platforms play a key role as physicians reconfigure office visits, adjust to new regulations, and seek to restore their practices.
Four new exceptions and four new safe harbors proposed.
Don't sign up for a role you don't fully understand.
The COVID-19 pandemic serves a tragic, yet urgent reminder of the need for a critical evaluation of business emergency preparedness.
Techniques for better physician-patient communication, patient outcomes and profitability.
Medical practices continue to be squeezed by increasing costs and decreasing reimbursement, emphasizing the need for better clinical coding and editing technology that can improve claims even before they’re submitted.
Healthcare has experienced many changes in the past decade, but a cost-effective future won’t be fully recognized until the system increases the importance of primary care physicians in helping patients choose the best care and promotes true competition to the marketplace.