Practice Management

The patients’ needs cannot always win-and often don’t.

Under value-based pay, practices may find they need ancillary services just to maintain their current revenue.

Many practices turn to staffing agencies to fill vacancies. This can be a fast and easy way to find a credentialed temp, but drawbacks included expenses and work restrictions.

Your coding questions answered.

The baby boomer generation is different from other markets.

When a member of the team takes a sick day, a messy moment can occur.

By improving exam room design and workflow data and equipment, medical practices can facilitate a better experience for both patients and caregivers.

Here are three recommendations for health systems looking to improve physician engagement with data and evidence.

What patients want is a single and rewarding patient experience across all touchpoints, which can be best achieved by following these hybrid communication best practices.

Hiring a good administrator is as important as hiring a good physician. But, how do you find the right administrator for your practice?

While contract workers have always served a role in the healthcare field, they have become more prevalent to fill staffing gaps.

How can independent practices stay in business without sacrificing their freedom?

The first step is establishing a vision for your practice.

Lessons learned from the purchase of a plastic surgery practice.

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

Rather than expending all your capital up front to buy the equipment, financing allows you to spread payments over time and free up capital for other business expenses.

Why providers need to invest more in online scheduling and recommendations on where to start.

Here's what you should do the next time you experience a patient in a strong emotional state.

Prior authorization should, when used, follow a uniform, automated procedure to lessen the load on doctors and health plans

For many in healthcare, words and actions can be harmful, and in some instances can lead to jury awards in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

It’s time to get smart about your patient acquisition and retention plan to keep your practice thriving during this turbulent time.

Just as small holes in a ship can eventually lead to a catastrophic sinking, small holes in your communication can sink your practice as well.

What to consider and how to proceed when designing workplace violence prevention programs for healthcare facilities.

In an increasingly vendor-supported environment, many organizations fail to secure third-party connections.

While there are many similarities between the two models, the differences turn direct care from a curiosity or sideshow to a potentially huge player in the American healthcare marketplace.

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

Healthcare records and data contain sensitive information, making them a prime target for cybercriminals. Learn how to protect your practice from a data breach.

Risks related to outsourced billing and considerations for mitigating those risks

If the choice of personal medical care offered by small practices is to be preserved, the rules of the game must change.

No sector has been affected quite so much by fissures in the supply chain as healthcare.