Management & Administration

CMS’ emphasis on preventive care and the need for better chronic care management raises the need for a care coordinator to ensure medication management and monitor for potential contraindications. The ideal coordinator? Clinical pharmacists.

Learn how to leverage technology so you can make better clinical decisions for your patients.

Have a difficult employee, low staff morale or trouble filling vacancies? Tips and guidance for how to be a better leader.

Thinking about outsourcing? Read this first. Practices need to balance short-term savings with long-term costs.

Make sure your practice is prepared to help patients get the care they need before their deductibles reset - and that your practice ends this year strong.

Medical practices continue to be squeezed by increasing costs and decreasing reimbursement, emphasizing the need for better clinical coding and editing technology that can improve claims even before they’re submitted.

How to build a robust governance agreement that can help your practice weather any storm.

It’s crucial to have a robust program for responding to denied claims. Here’s how to build one.

A little attention to small billing mistakes can save your practice big money

Hiring a physician is a long-term commitment, which is why brining a locum on board first can be a viable short-term option or trial run.

Practices share their attitudes and frustrations about running a medical practice.

Planning to hire staff or considering whether to give them a raise? Check out our survey results first.

Patient rapport managers strengthen relationships between physicians and patients

Payers don’t dole out equal pay for equal work, so it benefits your physician practice to understand who pays what (so you can negotiate more).

Millennials and Generation Z are leading the charge, but everyone benefits when they can choose how they communicate with their physician. 

Millennials and Generation Z are leading the charge, but everyone benefits when they can choose how they communicate with their physician. 

Though traditional fee-for-service reimbursement is tied to volume, quality patient care can’t be increased by simply adding more appointments. 

CPAs, management consultants, lawyers – tapping into the right expert help.

Physician practices can use physician relationship management technology to recoup lost revenue and improve patient outcomes.

Although far from perfect, private practices can learn something from the corporate approach to healthcare.

It’s easy to be a Negative Nancy, but it’s important for the sake of yourself, your staff and your patients that you focus on the positives to build a better workplace culture.

Physician practices in states with legalized medical marijuana or recreational marijuana need to consider how to draft policies detailing physician usage.

You don't have to spend a lot of money (or time) to improve patient care.

Increase patient satisfaction and lift patient collections through transparent patient responsibility

Becoming a culturally competent medical practice benefits patients, physicians, healthcare providers, and the community.