Billing & Collections

Think you can't lose your home and other personal assets in a malpractice judgment? Think again.

It's a classicl problem for practices: How can you manage cash flow so that you're able to run your practice while waiting to get paid? Senior Editor Pamela Moore, PhD, explains.

Here's how to get the most out of your financial advisers.

Our weekly e-mail newsletter covers all the bases. Here's a favorite.

Like it or not - and we don't blame you if you don't - Medicare and private payers are enamored with so-called pay-for-performance models. Here's the scoop on how these programs work, and how to make the best of them.

Outgrown your financial advisor? How to be sure it's still a good fit.

Tips for better contracts

A rocky start, a promising future. Practice needs to balance low-key, family approach with tighter financial control.

Don't just take denied claims lying down. Strategies for fighting and winning.

You've always wanted access to their fees, but now that at least one payer is posting allowables online, we're finding it hard to cheer about it.

The new Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention Act means Chapter 7 filling is out for higher income earners like physicians, as is home equity as a major form of protection.  Here's what it means to you.

Waves of taxpayers are getting clobbered by the alternative minimum tax. Can you protect yourself?

What you don't know about the value of your practice could hurt you, says physician-turned-financial-advisor David Marckino. Here's a valuation primer for both buyer and seller.

The first Great Practice Makeover hit the road this spring, paying a visit to the physicians of New Horizons for Women and their staff. Our mission? Help them raise revenue and quell culture clashes. Apply our expert advice to your practice.

Unless you've become a cash-only practice, dealing with payers is inevitable. But it doesn't have to be as painful as you think. We asked some experts from the payer side to offer their insights on how you can do better at the negotiating table.

Hedge funds are not for everyone. But for many high-net-worth individuals, they are worthy of consideration. And so, the following is a hedge fund primer for physicians.

If you are like 80 percent of Americans who save for their retirement, the money you are socking away will be insufficient to equal your current standard of living.

More groups are getting control over their revenue by rejecting unfair managed care contracts

Most medical practices have some financial problems - and clearly many are in severe distress. Think of your practice's budget as a mini business plan covering this year and next.

Doctors pay millions of dollars over their careers for medical malpractice insurance coverage and often thousands more to protect some of their assets, yet they still fail to protect their single largest asset: their homes.

Don't make these top ten investing mistakes

Are pay-for-performance plans a Trojan horse?

A conversation with billing experts on best practices

How to manage in the age of defined contributions and health savings accounts

How to cut costs through careful shopping