George Conomikes

These tips can help you choose the right buyer for your practice.

Knowing how to evaluate a practice manager is vital to your success. Here are 36 specific guidelines that can be used.

The practice manager and physician can benefit from a thorough review of a practice manager's performance. Here are first steps you should take.

Here are four strategies to make sure that your physician compensation does not fail and you find yourself having to replace a departed doctor.

There are two simple steps practices can take to improve front-desk collections from their staff in the age of the high deductible.

What are some reports you can run to track the health of the billing and collection process of your practice, and how can this data be used to determine the effectiveness of your practice manager?

Interested in selling your practice to a local hospital or large medical group? Here are five tips from an expert.

In my work performing practice evaluations for physicians for negotiating the sale of their practice, I've found five ways to improve their bargaining power.

Putting together an employee handbook for your medical practice is not only a smart thing to do legally, but good for staff management.

The phone bill, utilities, bank charges - dealing with these bills at your medical practice should mirror your personal approach.

You likely use Electronic Funds Transfer to pay your employees, so here are some tips to streamline your claims management process as well.

Whatever is on a patient's insurance card is what you use for submitting the claim …even if that information is incorrect.

Here's a sample procedure you can use to identify roles at your medical practice just in case another staff member needs to step in.

Documenting procedures at your medical practice can improve staff performance and productivity. Here's how to do it.

Each year, medical practices should review their employee benefits. Here are some ideas on changing what you've done in the past to reward your staff.

Looking for a simple tool to create a payment plan for your patients? Here's one to download and use at your medical practice.

Holiday bonuses are great, but they are often expected each year. Here's an alternative to consider, linking bonus pay to performance criteria.

Here are three ways to stop 'lost' copayments and deductibles at the time of service at your medical practice.

If you are looking for a simple way to control your medical practice finances, here it is: the end-of-day report.

All too often, the lure of reduced costs precludes the make-or-break proposition - is the practice merger feasible?

Here's a useful tool to allow each physician in a practice to provide input on hiring a new manager or redefining the role of a current manager.