The Benefits to Developing a Mindfulness Practice
Show more compassion to patients, enhance your listening skills, and improving your decision-making abilities with mindfulness.
5 Ways to Cover a Physician's Departure from Your Practice
You have an obligation to ensure patients are protected and retained when their physician leaves your practices. Here's what to do.
Nailing Down Hiring and Retaining Staff at Your Practice
Use the "knowledge, skills, and attitude" concept when hiring staff at your practice, to ensure you bring the right person aboard.
Ensure Emergency Access for Your Practice's IT Systems
If your IT person leaves your practice, you need to be prepared to take over his duties and ensure things continue to run smoothly.
4 Reasons for a Physician Rights & Responsibilities Document
Developing this kind of document can let physicians know what expectations your practice has of them.
Tips for Evaluating Your Practice Manager or Administrator
Avoid a misfire when bringing on a new practice manager. Here are some ways to evaluate them and make sure they are making the right moves.
CMS Abusing Authority to Revoke Medicare Participation
Why this is a challenging time for providers who are finding themselves penalized excessively by CMS and without appropriate recourse or justice.
Transitional Care Management: Coding and Documentation in Brief
Everything you want to know about coding a transitional care management encounter, including what services are included.
Sourcing Public and Private Grants for Your Practice
Patient visits aren't the only source of revenue for your practice, there are federal and private grants. Here's how to obtain one.
Direct Messaging: How to Use This Service
Direct Messaging is a way for providers to securely exchange patient data. Here's a primer on how you can use the technology.
13 Red Flags Your Pain Patient is a Drug Seeker
While prescription registries have made it easier to track down drug seekers, they are not foolproof. Here are red flags you should be looking out for.
4 Steps to Regaining the Passion to Practice Medicine
You can't change the trajectory of medicine, but there are strategies you can take to get back to why you went into the field in the first place.
Plenty of Room for Physicians and Dentists to Collaborate
For diabetic and other patients, it makes sense for dentists and doctors to work together. You just have to ensure you are complying with state laws.
4 Elements of Securing Remote Access to EHR, PM Systems
Remote access to your practice's systems is a must this day and age, which means remotely securing this access is a must as well.
7 Things Your Practice's Governance Agreement Must Include
A governance agreement is necessary for practices with two physicians or 200 physicians. Here are the seven essentials of one.
Pros and Cons of Switching to A Subscription Practice
If you are feeling burned out from the demands of insurance, EHR documentation and more, consider a subscription practice. Here's the good and bad.
How Your Payer Directory Profile May Harm Your Practice
Insurance companies are grading you. You may know this, but do you know how to change your score?
How the 5 Whys Can Work in Healthcare
If you are looking to improve processes at your practice, an effective method for problem improvement is the "5 Whys."
6 Considerations for Outsourcing at Your Medical Practice
Outsourcing can allow practice staff and physicians to focus on what they do best. But you have to make sure it's the best decision for your practice.
Coding for Moderate Sedation is Different in 2017
Revised codes and coding guidelines for 2017 completely change reporting for moderate sedation services. Here's what you have to know.
Managing Difficult Conversations with Practice Staff
Every practice manager dreads having a difficult conversation with a staff member. Here are some strategies to get through one successfully.
Convenience is Vital to Beating the Minute Clinics
Be as convenient to patients as much as possible if you want to compete with the growing abundance of quick-care clinics.
What are the Rules of HIPAA During an Emergency?
A recent scenario brought up questions of HIPAA compliance during an emergency, such as patient exhibiting erratic behavior.
Five Documentation Tips that Reduce Audit Risk
It's never been more important to make sure your medical record documentation is complete, accurate, and complies with federal guidelines.
Ergonomics and Your Practice: Physical Risks of Technology
Many practices don't address potential ergonomics issues until it's too late and someone has chronic pain or injury. This is a mistake.
Don't Hire Your Relatives at Your Practice
Hiring a relative is an easy way to fill an open position for many practices. Here are the reasons why NOT to do that.
A Helpful Provision in the 21st Century Cures Act
A new law makes it so small practices can reimburse employees for premium expenses incurred for an individual health insurance policy.
Effectively Managing Difficult Conversations with Patients
It can be hard to have conversations when patients are non-compliant or being given bad news. Here are some strategies to manage these exchanges.
How to Streamline Job Interviews at Your Practice
Thinking of adding a new person to your staff or just replacing someone who left? Take these six steps.
Top Practice Management Tips of 2016
We compiled our readers' favorite practice management articles from the past year reflecting strategies and best practices.