Embezzlement

Here are a few lessons practices can take from the recent announcement of criminal charges brought up against three physicians by a federal task force.

Keep an eye out for these four scenarios at your practice to avoid being the victim of embezzlement.

Learn from victimized practices and protect your own office from theft with these simple strategies.

One physician describes how her former practice closed its doors after its chief financial officer led it to financial ruin.

Here are some common reoccurring issues at the end of each year your practice needs to know about and act on properly.

Do your staff members go to the bank each night, to make a cash deposit? Do you worry about their safety? Here's how to make that chore a thing of the past.

Here are some common scams to steal money from your medical practice and some strategies to avoid it happening in the first place.

While embezzlement is a common problem for medical practices, there are ways to spot and foil theft.

Keeping an eye on medical practice employees can be tricky, so implement transparency, accountability and expectation into their daily work life.

Front-desk embezzlement schemes are typically the result of loose collection protocols and minimal oversight. Don't be caught lacking.

Here are tips that require your front desk to be accountable for all the money coming in and going out of your office to avoid possible embezzlement.

The most effective thing practices can do to ward off theft is to monitor each step of the revenue cycle.

The blogs that garnered the most attention among our physician readers in 2012, and some of the lessons learned from each.

Here are six basic principles to protect funds coming into a medical practice from embezzlement as well as some red flags to watch.

Want to reduce possible embezzlement and detect fraud at your medical practice? Monitor your various financial accounts closely using these tips.

Here are six strong indications that a physician needs to be concerned about possible embezzlement in a medical practice.

Practices achieve greatness by focusing on key attributes that allow for financial prosperity, professional growth for staff, satisfied patients, and continuous improvement of operations.

In her MGMA session on the internal checks and balances practices should implement to prevent fraud and embezzlement, Susan F. Childs noted that 75 percent of businesses have a risk of theft or embezzlement. Is your practice at risk? Find out how to assess your practice procedures and prevent theft in your practice.

Here’s how to skip the drama and hire right the next time at your medical practice.

Like most administrators, your education and experience have given you all the tools you need to help your practice succeed - Not that you’ll get the chance to prove it. When you find that your tasks are overwhelming your projects, that’s when it’s time to hire an assistant.

Unfortunately, physicians are not immune to the growing threat of identity theft and data breaches. Check out our guide to keeping your personal information secure.

An internal medicine specialist was fleeced badly by the Mother of all Embezzlers. Don’t think it can’t happen to you until you read what happened to her.