Physicians Practice Pearls®

There are significant decisions a physician must make when setting up a DPC practice. Here are a few you must decide.

What do practices need to know about coding for advance care planning? Here is some guidance from the AAPC's John Verhovshek.

Patients are becoming more and more interested in getting cared for by their provider at home, whether through tech or otherwise.

It's easy to check references, verify clinical skills and training, and see if a physician is in your price range. Cultural fit is harder to ascertain.

Use Excel Pivot Tables and Microsoft SQL Server to enhance the way your practice creates reports from its PM and EHR systems.

Patients want in-demand service. Here are a few ways to provide that to them at your practice.

What if the opioid epidemic hits your practice and forces one of your providers to check into rehab? Here are some questions to ask yourself.

Feeling angry and overwhelmed at your practice? Here are six simple actions that can improve your mood.

Don't allow new patients to wait 30 minutes because of an outdated intake process, here are ways to make it more efficient.

Some patients don't want to hear it, they just want their unreasonable request accepted. Here's how to say no.

Most physicians realize they can't just up and retire, but how exactly do you prepare for life after medicine?

Here are six common themes that often emerge when practices examine their tech work flows.

When do you use modifier 25 or 57? Coding expert John Verhovshek explains the difference when coding an E&M service.

E&M coding guidelines are finally changing after 20 years, but don't celebrate yet. These changes may be worrisome to practices

The less stress you experience, the greater your ability to provide compassionate care, engage positively with your staff, and improve decision making.

Don’t just throw a new physician into the fire. Here are seven ways to ensure his success in acclimating to your environment.

Here are 10 things you should consider if you are planning to let go of your practice's IT person or vendor. Don't act rash!

The self-funded employer market is a good opportunity for your practice, you just have to let them know your practice is a good fit for them.

If you are interested in starting a direct care practice, here are a few tools that will be of assistance to you for documentation, billing, and more.

Thanks to a new agreement, medical licensure issues won't hold back the growing telehealth industry nearly as much.

Are you an older physician considering transitioning your practice to a new owner and/or retiring? Ask these five questions.

Part 1 of a 2-part series on developing a more stress resilient brain and being able to more effectively run your practice.

Tips for creating the ideal physician-led team of experts to ensure maximum productivity and enhanced problem solving.

Using telehealth services? Here are the basics on reporting this to Medicare, in order to get properly paid.

Show more compassion to patients, enhance your listening skills, and improving your decision-making abilities with mindfulness.

You have an obligation to ensure patients are protected and retained when their physician leaves your practices. Here's what to do.

Use the "knowledge, skills, and attitude" concept when hiring staff at your practice, to ensure you bring the right person aboard.

If your IT person leaves your practice, you need to be prepared to take over his duties and ensure things continue to run smoothly.