October 15th 2025
Online reviews shape a doctor's reputation, but unrealistic expectations from five-star ratings can lead to significant challenges. Learn to manage them wisely.
October 14th 2025
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
October 13th 2025
Outdated systems can quietly hurt scheduling, billing and patient experience. Here’s how to recognize when it’s time for a smarter solution.
October 10th 2025
Enhance efficiency and reduce costs in healthcare practices through small initiatives and smart billing techniques.
October 9th 2025
Manage challenging patients with professionalism and compassion, ensuring a positive experience for your health care team.
Remote patient monitoring: Benefits and challenges of implementation
RPM has potential to reduce costs and workload, but reimbursement and ease of use obstacles remain
The role of in-home services in primary care
Aging population, escalating costs drive demand for care at home, but challenges remain
Practice tip of the week: Negotiating value-based contracts
8 Strategies for improving employee loyalty and commitment
Creating a culture of employee loyalty and commitment is one of the most important contributors to successful medical practice management.
A patient's perspective on the "15-minute appointment"
If your practice is looking to attract new patients or retain existing patients by respecting their time, read this.
Be different or begone: Finding your unique value proposition
A medical practice must distinguish between its practice and that of the competitor.
Concierge practices becoming more viable
Surge in membership medicine opportunities fueled by administrative challenges, reimbursement reductions, operating cost escalation and retiring concierge physicians.
How innovation can change healthcare
Let’s look at key considerations for health care leaders as they invest in innovation.
7 Things physicians say will improve their workplace well-being
A recent study confirmed burnout remains a problem for health care. These are interventions that doctors say would help.
Practice tip of the week: What to do in bad weather
Reining in administrative burden
Addressing the problem requires a multi-pronged approach
Practice tip of the week: Marketing tactics
Direct-to-employer contracting and private practice
When done correctly, doctors become the ‘quarterback’ leading a patient care team.
Bonsai, business, and practice management
Growing bonsai takes patience and the right tools, just like growing your practice.
Practice tip of the week: Concierge medicine practice considerations
Keeping healthcare workers safe
Violence against health care workers has almost become a routine, if frightening, aspect of their jobs.
Optimizing your practice to solve staffing problems
To thrive in 2024 and beyond, organizations need to devise ways to continue delivering exceptional care without placing more stress on their workforce.
Practice tip of the week: Pricing telehealth contracts
Fulfilling the growing need for primary care
Patients are clamoring for care as the physician shortage gets worse. Here’s why nurse practitioners and physician assistants are part of the solution.
Practice tip of the week: Setting a succession plan
Practice tip of the week: Improving clinical documentation
Practice tip of the week: Choosing music for your practice
The latest healthcare KPI influencing the experience: Patient alone time
It’s no secret that the longer a patient waits to be seen, the more likely their dissatisfaction for the experience climbs.
Looking at the costs vs. benefits of new technology in healthcare
A story about war can teach about making the right choices for your practice.
Lessons from hospitality: Building patient loyalty
Physicians would be wise to exam how the hospitality industry builds repeat customers before it’s too late
Combatting employee turnover at your practice
Staff members are looking for autonomy and fair pay.
Building trust is key to drive digital transformation
Payers and providers must build trust among their patient bases to gain access to more quality data. But trust isn’t built overnight.
Poor EHR tech impacts staff members differently by role
Can the next generation of EHRs solve the problems of the current generation?
8 Steps to follow when firing practice employees
Letting someone go is never easy, but here are key tips to handle it the right way.
Digital check-ins: The solution to patients' top healthcare complaint
For the fourth year in a row, patients' biggest gripe was waiting times and not enough staff.