November 20th 2019
Getting the best employees requires offering an attractive salary and benefits package. Getting the best work from those employees requires something more.
May 1st 2019
Efforts to save money may even weaken the business-and, sometimes, those weakening effects can be very hard to spot.
December 31st 2018
How to boost revenue in the new year.
October 26th 2018
If you keep a few basics in mind, it’ll be easy it easy to pick the perfect spot for your next space.
Here are a few things to keep in mind when seeking financing for a new practice location.
Corporate Structure Basics for Physician Ventures
As physicians create joint ventures and Accountable Care Organizations, what do they have to know about structuring a new entity?
Three Strategies to Pay Off Medical School Debt
It’s hard enough as private practice doc in today’s reimbursement environment. Medical school debt can make it worse, here are tips to avoid this issue.
Donate to a Pharma Executive in Need
The price of that prescription might be weighing on your patients' minds, but let them know that by accepting it, they are helping someone in "need."
It’s a Payroll Leap Year! What That Means for You
What is a payroll leap year and does it apply to you? Learn the critical details of this payroll topic and what you need to do to comply for your practice.
Physician Ancillary Services Questioned
Ancillary services, like toxicology screening, are part of good patient treatment. So let’s stop scolding docs for getting paid for doing it.
Physician Practice Valuation: Measurement, Terms, and Trends
Here are some guidelines to measure the true value of your medical practice, including a look at post-transaction compensation.
Five Ways to Cut Costs by the End of the Year
Simple strategies to trim expenses can pay big dividends for your practice.
Ten Ways to Save Your Medical Practice Money
Money is tight at medical practices. Here are some small ways to reduce your operating costs.
Medical Office Leasing Basics
Understanding the principles of leasing medical office space will enable practices to negotiate a lower-cost and equitable leasing agreement.
PayerView 2014: Best Payers
Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the company's top 5 for categories including Blues, and regional.
Automated Billing: Increase Time with Patients, Practice Profitability
If your practice is looking to boost its profitability and spend more time with patients, automating your billing and collections may be a solution. Here's why.
Keep Your Medical Practice in the Black During the ICD-10 Transition
Don't let the ICD-10 transition hurt your practice's bottom line. Here are ways for you and your staff to survive and thrive during this major change.
Surviving at Medicare Rates: An Exercise for Physicians to Consider
Here's a five-step way to calculate the cost of your common procedures and decide if lower reimbursement is actually fatal to your medical practice.
Three Areas to Reduce Costs at Your Medical Practice
By taking a hard look at reducing costs for staffing, overhead, and technology at your medical practice, you may see increased physician compensation.
Six Ways to Reduce Medical Practice Operating Expenses
Growing gross revenue is not the only way to increase profits. Reducing expenses can play a big role.
How to Evaluate Medical Practice Equipment Acquisition Options
Evaluating medical office purchase alternatives based on cost is an incomplete analysis and likely to be misleading.
Medicare Pay Cut Averted but Uncertainty Remains for Physicians
Doctors can breathe a sigh of relief as a Medicare pay cut of nearly 30 percent is narrowly averted - at least temporarily.
Top Physician-read Blogs of 2012
The blogs that garnered the most attention among our physician readers in 2012, and some of the lessons learned from each.
Cash-Flow Shortage Survival Tips for Doctors
The medical business is a microcosm of the larger economy itself, in which the lack of cash flow has become all too common.
Medical Practice Cost-Cutting Strategies
Use this tool to identify, track, and monitor revenue-enhancement and cost-containment strategies.
Choosing Disability, Medical Liability Insurance for Your Practice
Including three precautionary steps in your evaluation process of a disability and medical liability insurer for your practice is a worthy investment.
Selling Your Medical Practice: Initial Steps to Take
The best way to optimize your sales price, no matter what the market conditions are like, is to optimize your operations.
Policy Changes Key to Helping Independent Physicians Thrive
Private practice physicians can only do so much to retain their independence. Policies need to change as well.
Surveys: Patients Coming, Physicians Leaving Due to ACA
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.
Is a Bigger Medical Practice Always Better?
Here are some issues to consider and some questions to ask before you become part of a large medical practice.
Waste Avoidance: The New Mantra in Healthcare Spending
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.
Measure Your Medical Practice's Vital Signs
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.
5 Vital Signs for Your Practice's Health
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.
Medical Practice Staffing: It's Quality Not Quantity That Pays Off
One of the top ways that a family practice clinic, in particular, hemorrhages money is staffing, or more specifically, too large of an entourage.
A Start-up Guide for Physicians Who Own Their Medical Practice
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.