Billing & Collections

If Medicare cuts become too cumbersome - independent physicians, employed physicians, and patients will suffer.

Many physicians have been dropped from United Healthcare's Medicare Advantage plans, and many doctors are worried that other payers will begin following suit.

Wealth manager Scott Wisniewski offers physicians tips for saving for retirement.

It's time to give your medical practice its annual check-up. Here are three areas to focus on to get started.

In my work performing practice evaluations for physicians for negotiating the sale of their practice, I've found five ways to improve their bargaining power.

Here are seven important considerations when putting together a budget for your medical practice's IT needs for next year.

Price transparency, once virtually taboo, is now a source of trust between physicians and patients. It's important to meet patient expectations for care and cost.

Evaluating your payers and the technology for your medical practice are two key components of a 2014 survival plan you should address today.

Patients expect more transparency for the cost of their healthcare, but I wonder if sharing my practice's fees and contracted rates will violate RICO.

2014 brings a series of changes and challenges to medical practices. Here are five steps to survive, beginning with addressing your financial plan.

Medicare physician reimbursements will be slashed by 24.4 percent on January 1. However, a new push on Capitol Hill could put a stop to it.

As 2013 comes to a close, it's time to set forth new goals for your medical practice.

CMS is moving forward with a proposal to pay doctors for managing more of a patient's care outside of a face-to-face office visit.

Some tips on having patient finance discussions at your medical practice.

Reducing expenses at your medical practice can have a significant effect on net income, which is what is left to the partners and owners.

Working harder is not the only way to increase total income at your medical practice. Here are some other effective methods to consider.

An internal systems assessment, developing a budget, and looking at documentation are key elements to prepare for the ICD-10 transition.

Here are some key issues to examine as advisor sales teams targeting doctors kick into high gear for end-of-year planning.

Post-Madoff, investors still face a minefield of threats.

When a patient needs expensive translation services, is there an alternative to paying for them and taking a revenue loss?

Here's how to tell the difference between a solicitation for business and a legitimate request for information from an established insurance company or vendor.

Wondering where your compensation falls on the continuum? Our 2013 Physician Compensation Survey gives you both national and regional data.

The best advice for practices struggling with patient collections is to have a plan, make sure everyone knows the plan, and then follow the plan.

As patients shoulder more of their healthcare costs, practices must step up patient payment collections efforts. Here are some tips.

Does your medical practice receive a lot of patient complaints about bills? Here's how to prevent such issues from occurring.

Want to save time and boost reimbursement at your medical practice? Offer shared medical visits. Here's how.

The latest physician compensation survey from ECG Management Consultants highlights increasing emphasis on value, quality of care.

A recent interaction with a patient over who should and shouldn't pay copays due to income got me thinking about how income equality affects healthcare costs.

Are patient statements out of control at your medical practice? Here are some tips to clean those up and get paid what you are owed.

More than ever, and while you may not want to accept it, practicing medicine is running a business. And you have to make changes that reflect this thinking.