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Two Physicians Foundation experts on why where a patient lives may shape their health more than the care they receive and what physicians can actually do about it.

Sort the work before hiring: Kem Tolliver and Taya Gordon share a revenue cycle playbook for stressed practices.

A panel of revenue cycle leaders at the 2026 MGMA Summit Digital Conference laid out the playbook for digital patient billing and the order of operations practice administrators should follow.

As more physicians choose locum tenens, building a strong, intentional brand is what opens doors to better assignments and long-term opportunity.

The plan that recruited your physicians may be the reason they leave. Eight building blocks for a hybrid model that retains and rewards.

Downcoding, underpayments, missed incident-to: eight revenue cycle leaks to catch before they drain you.

Physician AI use has doubled since 2023. Vet your next tool on data privacy, liability and EHR fit before you sign.

Panacea Financial's 2026 survey found that physician financial confidence barely budges across an entire career. The reasons go deeper than income.

A rubber band is only useful when stretched. The same goes for a medical practice trying to grow past its comfort zone.

Carlos Cardenas, M.D., explains why a CMS request for information may signal the most significant opening for physician-owned hospitals since the Affordable Care Act slammed the door 15 years ago.

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, breaks down the legal risks physicians face when investing in or dispensing from compounding pharmacies.

Lucien Roberts and Bert Wilson break down allowables, collection percentages and accounts receivable on this episode of The Back Office.

Neil Baum, M.D., shares three habits from more than 40 years in practice that exceed patient expectations and help reduce physician burnout.

Patients are increasingly primary payers. Nine front-end moves to keep balances from sliding into bad debt.

Denial rates are climbing past 10% at many practices. Here are six places to recover revenue without overhauling billing.

Pediatric neurosurgeon and author Leon Moores, M.D., makes the case that every physician is already a leader and shares what it takes to guide a team through uncertain times.

Neil Baum, M.D., walks physicians through how to cleanly leave a practice, from reviewing contracts and notifying patients to securing tail coverage.

A nurse-led framework for when independent practices should bill CHI, PIN or CCM for Medicare care coordination work.

Prosper Beyond VBC's Doral Jacobson on why most practices lose negotiations before they even get in the room, and what to do differently.

As the House Committee on Energy & Commerce takes up MACRA on Wednesday, the practice group lobby is backing three bills to tie payments to inflation, raise the budget neutrality threshold and replace the current MIPS scoring approach.

Operational levers that practice administrators can pull to give clinicians their evenings back

Eight practical ways to plug revenue leaks, from eligibility checks and point-of-service collections to working denials by root cause.

Eight practical steps to govern AI in your practice, from naming an owner to vetting vendors and training your team.

Lumeris CMO David Carmouche, M.D., makes the case that AI's biggest opportunity in primary care isn't replacing physicians, it's giving them back the time and cognitive space to actually practice medicine.

Health care veterans resistant to innovation can create barriers to progress, but converting them from adversaries to allies may be the answer.

HHS-OCR settled four ransomware cases for $1.1M all tied to missing annual risk analyses. Are your safeguards up to date?

Skillsoft's Asha Palmer, J.D., explains why banning AI doesn't stop your staff from using it — and what a practical governance plan actually looks like for smaller practices.

A new American Medical Association survey scores the country's largest commercial health insurers on the prior authorization burden they impose on physician practices.