Finance

You've seen a patient that you thought had insurance that you accept, but it turns out you don't. What is the best course of action to take?

A new report finds that the malpractice litigation environment is becoming more physician-friendly. But some fear the tide will turn.

Patient refund requests surely come across your desk. Here's how to know when to cut a check and when to hold onto the overpayment temporarily.

With every projection predicting a physician shortage, there may not be much of an upside to the impact of the Affordable Care Act for patients.

Eight major changes to physician pay are quickly approaching. Here’s a brief overview of each.

Here's how to make sure your patients do not receive a bill when your practice has gone over either the insurance visit limit or number of visits limit.

Coding questions? We've got the answers.

Now that the Supreme Court has ruled on the Affordable Care Act, it’s time to take a closer look at the key provisions that will affect you and your patients.

The Supreme Court Thursday morning upheld the 2010 healthcare law in a 5 to 4 decision. Here's how physicians are reacting.

Here are some issues to consider and some questions to ask before you become part of a large medical practice.

There are five things you can be absolutely sure about when your medical billing vendor changes ownership. Here's how to prepare.

Looking for a simple tool to create a payment plan for your patients? Here's one to download and use at your medical practice.

Here's a simple form to download and use at your medical practice to set up a payment plan with patients.

Use this simple worksheet for better financial control at your private medical practice.

With all the talk of trimming healthcare spending, perhaps it is time to look at indirect costs - administrative and regulatory procedures with no proven benefit.

Want to take the pulse of your medical practice's finances? Try this easy-to-use tool to conduct a fiscal check-up on your office.

Most physicians have a limited amount of time to monitor the fiscal health of their practices. However, it is possible. Here are five quick measures to make the task easier.

Get coding answers on Medicare and the physical exam; combining two services; pap smear and preventive services, IV infusions and more.

Here are three ways to stop 'lost' copayments and deductibles at the time of service at your medical practice.

HealtheCareers Network recently released its analysis of the healthcare employment market based on industry job openings posted in the first quarter of 2012.

One of the top ways that a family practice clinic, in particular, hemorrhages money is staffing, or more specifically, too large of an entourage.

Here are some key issues for either physicians on their way to starting up their own medical practice, or current owners seeking ways to refine their current office.

If collaboration and coordination are to be greater parts of healthcare's future, then telemedicine can play a big role, according to one health IT executive.

Conducting video visits over an Internet connection is going mainstream.

The AWV yields three times higher reimbursement for physicians than the average outpatient visit, yet many physicians and patients are failing to utilize it.