Physicians Practice Pearls®

If like many communities, yours has significant numbers of non-English speaking people with whom neither you nor your staff are able to converse, your practice is at a serious disadvantage.

It's time to say goodbye; here's how to do it without creating collateral damage

QDC codes themselves carry no payment for a claim. However, using the codes correctly may result in a bonus payment from Medicare, and not reporting them successfully will result in a penalty.

Even if you've had a site for years, it's worth reevaluating what information lives there and update it from time to time.

9 steps to creating and preserving your patient pipeline

Although it’s often easier and faster to provide medical care to friends and family, physicians should learn to say “no” more often.

This time of year, there are a lot of inquiries about physicians receiving gifts from patients. Here’s some guidance.

Don't underestimate the power of networking

Feel like you can't do the fee-for-service practice model anymore? Here are several examples of new models in primary care that may the answer for you.

Providing medical services for free, or at a reduced rate, at your practice comes with some restrictions.

Creating well-written job descriptions for all of your practice's positions is a must-do for your practice.

Because all medical practices are impacted by Medicare cuts ―as most payers tie their fee schedules to Medicare ― it is incumbent upon each of us to step up and make our voice heard.

Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services. How many of your patients truly have a handle on their own healthcare needs?

A 4-step guide to help your office: "Stop Talking About Trash ― STAT"

For small practices, the ongoing monthly costs of an EHR may simply not be affordable. So what alternatives are out there?

Walgreen's, Target, and other retail outlets are selling flu shots, physicals, and an ever expanding list of minor healthcare services traditionally provided in physician offices.

Physicians do need to take into consideration state and federal restrictions on marketing activities - including those daily deal websites.

Every clinician has, no doubt, run into difficult patients. Here are 10 simple tips that may help you manage these challenging appointments.

Do you wonder how you can become more efficient and improve your bottom line? Let technology address efficiency and reduce operational costs.

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

A company's mission statement should represent the core values and ideals of the founders' vision for their practice.

Here's my prediction: your practice will be audited in the next 24 months and asked to return overpayments.

The privacy rules created by HIPAA can seem cumbersome but every practice should evaluate its operations to make sure it is compliant.

Your view of compensation ― as a cost or as an investment ― can have a major impact on the long term growth of your practice.

Knowing what a triple net is ― and isn't ― will help practices understand the true costs of their office leases.

The more you ignore bad behavior the worse it's going to get; here's how to talk to your employees before they become toxic.

No employer ― medical practice or otherwise ― is too small to need a comprehensive employee manual. Is it time to update yours?

The results of medical misunderstandings can be inconvenient at best, disastrous at worst. Here's how to make sure your patients really understand you.