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Choose to be thankful for every patient that walks through your door, no matter your role at your medical practice.

In an emerging era of shared risk and performance-based remuneration, effective patient communication is important to survival and success at your practice.

Here are six strong indications that a physician needs to be concerned about possible embezzlement in a medical practice.

Based on consulting nearly 5,000 medical marketing campaigns over a decade, I can tell you that Google Ads alone are a complete waste of money.

Here's how physicians can get eyes into their practices' operations - and fix what's broken.

In light of the fact that these RAC audits are a real probability, medical practices should be aware of issues that may arise in an audit of E&M codes.

EHR cloud computing is an out of sight, out of mind idea - you won't worry about what you can't see at your medical practice.

As I plan for my retirement, I look at the next generation of physician assistants and what the future looks like for them.

Contrary to popular belief, money and praise are not the best motivators for medical office staff. Here are examples of effective motivation you can use today.

How many of your patients only have Medicare and not secondary or supplemental insurance? More than you'd think. Here's how to help them manage their account.

Are you throwing money down a bottomless digital pit? How to tell if your medical practice’s website is operating at a loss.

Wise deviations from standard operating procedures are essential to effective medical office operations.

An exercise at work to improve quality patient care might just benefit from my spouse-communication system at home.

Here's really how the experts figure out what to pay or ask for when it comes to the price of a medical practice.

Here's a list of what your medical practice is required to provide, and what you'll get reimbursed for, regarding Medicare Annual Wellness Visits.

Here’s an easy method for finding nearly unlimited ideas for your medical practice’s next YouTube video.

Physicians and staff may have to spend extra time to reduce the potential of fraud and abuse from durable medical equipment prescriptions.

Every medical practice has them - patients who are persistently late for appointments. Here are four tips to turn the tardy into time conscious.

How family physician Katharina Scharruhn and her partner-husband learned to treat their practice like a business.

Workload inequity can undermine staff motivation and teamwork. Here's how to balance the load.

Want to make the most of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit? Make it a when and not an if at your medical practice.

Here are seven simple things you can do to reduce no-show patients at your medical practice starting today.