Billing & Collections

Simple strategies to trim expenses can pay big dividends for your practice.

A solid operational plan at your medical practice will allow you to proactively adjust to an oncoming crisis. Here's what every plan should include.

It is time for physicians and their staff members to develop strategies to help their practices survive and thrive.

High-income earners sometimes transfer substantial amounts of family assets to their nonworking spouses. Here's why this is a big mistake.

Money is tight at medical practices. Here are some small ways to reduce your operating costs.

The key difference between a revocable living trust and an irrevocable trust and when and why physicians should consider using them.

Every investment or venture into which a physician enters must be carefully scrutinized to assure compliance with several state and federal laws.

Healthcare pricing throughout the United States is inconsistent, with no national norm to quantify cost or measure quality.

Most estate plans contain both a will and a trust or trusts. While both can name beneficiaries for your property, the differences sometimes cause confusion.

One EHR company is selling access to its subscribers to commercial companies through advertising. Could this business model apply to other areas of healthcare?

Physicians should have a strong understanding of asset protection. Here are six common mistakes to avoid.

From inadequate cyber insurance to poor RAC audit coverage, many physicians are purchasing policies that could result in big losses down the line.

To help identify some of the best ways to boost medical practice revenue, we asked practice management expert Rosemarie Nelson to share some of her tips.

I have seen physicians make many expensive mistakes during the retirement planning process. Here are a few of the most common.

CMS is proposing to withdraw the Sunshine Act exemption for payments made to healthcare providers who serve as speakers for accredited CME programs.

Here are two key areas where CMS could make adjustments to home health regulations that would benefit not just home health, but the industry in general.

Whether actively marketing your practice for sale, or curious about the process, here are four steps to help you make informed decisions about the future.

Many physician families that have done estate planning have a "living trust" in their documents. Here's how it works and what it is useful for.

Though you may have taken a break from ICD-10 planning and prep when news of the delay first broke, it's time to get back to work.

Though more and more accountable care organizations are cropping up across the country, I don't believe they will be effective. Here's why.

Finding the right balance between saving and spending differs for everyone, but there is one good rule of thumb to follow.

Here are some strategies my medical practice has developed to get those unpaid patient balances off our books.

An attempt by CMS to repeal a Sunshine Act exemption for payments made to speakers at accredited CME events has physician associations hopping mad.

A closer look at how retirement plans differ, how they work, and how to determine what is right for your practice.

Quality of patient care is paramount, and I hope that the powers that be really think about realistic solutions to improving it.