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A modern practice’s guide to the patient experience
Focusing on creating a pleasant and thorough patient experience is necessary for the health of a practice.
What to know before investing in a surgery center
Physicians who buy into these facilities receive a share of the value and, depending on the facility will be required to invest some of their own surgical expertise there.
Practice tip of the week: Improving prior auth burdens
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
Insurance and cyberattacks
Contingent business interruption coverage may protect providers from losses experienced indirectly as a result of a cyberattack.
Healthcare costs and the promise to “do no harm”
Less than 1 in 5 physicians and approximately 1 in ten residents were able to provide a price estimate within ±25% of true values across all surveyed costs, charges, and reimbursements.
Controlling overhead costs
While the primary focus remains on providing exceptional patient care, a medical facility’s financial health is crucial for its sustainability and growth.
Payer negotiations
Consider the puffer fish
Resolving the employee shortage in medical practices
Exploring practical strategies to address staffing shortages in medical practices and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
Patients, providers (and payers)
Here are 11 ways you can, and should, engage in grassroots advocacy for your practice, your patients and yourself.
Staff shortages — The root cause of the problem
Many medical practices and hospitals need to fill positions, placing stress on the existing staff.
Reimagining health equity with alternate sites of care
ASOCs are ushering in significant benefits for patients, shifting the healthcare paradigm to favorably impact care, cost, and communication.
Practice tip of the week: Succession planning
Physicians Practice digital edition: Top challenges and how to overcome
Your monthly collection of insights from the Physicians Practice Pearls writers is available now!
Data and the next pandemic
A multi-pronged approach is needed to stop the next global health threat, and doctors play a vital role.
Afternoon blahs: Time for short bursts of exercise
Just 1-2 minutes of cardio exercise that won't make you break out in a sweat will make you more productive and less lethargic.
Triple play: HHS issues three new final rules
Don't run afoul of these new privacy and civil rights rules.
Change Healthcare vows to 'fix this'
CEO Witty apologizes for effects of the massive cyberattack, but Senate Finance Committee chair says the company ‘let the country down.’
How primary care physicians can help clinical trials succeed
Even if the clinicians do not participate directly in the trial, their involvement can mean the difference between success and failure.
Prescribing weight loss drugs? Better make sure it's covered by your malpractice policy
Exploring liability risks related to medications like Ozempic and presenting an action plan for physicians to protect themselves against malpractice litigation.
Technology and burnout
New technology that fixes the problems of the EHR is the best way to reduce physician burnout
Practice tip of the week: Boosting reimbursement
10 Best states for nurses 2024
Which states are the best to be a nurse in this year?
The power of power napping
Research suggests that incorporating power naps into your daily routine can profoundly benefit your productivity and overall well-being.
7 Ways automated coding can help capture reimbursement
Automation can play a large role in your coding strategy.
Mark Cuban venture partners with Price.com
The two companies will provide consumers with a platform where they can compare drug prices.
7 Ways an EHR can reduce medical errors
The need for integrated patient care to help reduce medical errors, a $20B plague for U.S.
Wayne Gretzky, dragonflies, Israel's Iron Dome, and the future of healthcare
Technological advancements, evolving patient expectations, and global health challenges reshape how healthcare professionals deliver care.
10 Worst states for nurses 2024
Which states are the worst to be a nurse in this year?
Expanding your practice? Here’s how to manage an unruly tech stack
When healthcare practices scale rapidly, they tend to accumulate an unruly, disharmonious tech stack that can complicate administrative, communication and marketing efforts.
Establish a culture of safety at your practice
Mutual respect is the cornerstone of a culture of patient safety.
