September 16th 2025
Electronic health record vendors use different pricing models, add-ons and service fees that can quickly inflate your costs. These six tips will help you budget wisely and keep your system working for your practice.
September 15th 2025
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
September 10th 2025
Reduce overhead costs while maintaining staff levels and enhancing patient satisfaction with these nine strategies.
September 9th 2025
Eight strategies to enhance patient attraction and retention in your medical practice, ensuring growth in a competitive health care landscape.
September 8th 2025
Intentional growth plans can avoid loss of revenue, talent, and patients
Ask yourself: What do I want my practice to do for me?
The importance of a digital marketing strategy for independent practices
An overview of the importance of a digital marketing strategy for independent practices.
The best retirement plan for your practice
What comprises the best retirement plan for independent physician practices?
Biden’s New 2021 Tax Law: How it will affect independent practices
The implications of Biden’s 2021 tax law and how it will impact independent practices.
How to Better Manage Incoming Calls at Your Medical Practice
Seven easy ways to expedite the incoming phone call process at your medical practice.
Solutions for reducing burnout
Solutions physicians can implement to reduce burnout, including a possible new role: the medical scribe.
How to create an operations manual for your practice
Some key elements to creating an operating manual at your practice without a huge investment of time or money.
Building an LGBTQ+ friendly practice
How can healthcare providers provide a safe space for LGBTQ+ patients?
How the COVID-19 pandemic effected value-based reimbursement
How the pandemic and responses to the pandemic effected independent practice value-based care reimbursements.
How to take control of your immediate environment
Having mastery over your immediate environment, especially during break time or during off-hours, yields greater peace of mind and makes you more productive when back on the job.
The secret behind value-based care success
The element to value-based care success and what it looks like in independent practices.
Establishing quality incentives and payments
How practices can establish quality incentives and quality payments.
Six back office billing strategies
Expert advice for turning your back office staff into billing and collections all-stars.
Value-Based Care during the pandemic
How value-based care strategies have helped practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top challenges in achieving interoperability
The top challenges the industry faces achieving an interoperable infrastructure.
A brief history of Interoperability
The history of interoperability and why this is important for independent practices.
Partnering options for value-based care transitions
Partnership options for physician practices seeking to transition to a value-based care strategy.
Two things every standout healthcare manager does
The managerial role, which historically emphasized operational knowledge and experience is now demanding the familiarity of clinical operations as well.
Making prior authorizations less burdensome
There’s no doubt prior authorizations are a major time suck. Here are five ways to make them a little less onerous.
Tips on opening an optometry practice’s doors to patients post-pandemic
Telehealth services, contactless waiting rooms, and pre-visit patient intake are all new procedures facilities across the country have had to adopt.
Physicians practice business structures
A brief overview of options to choose from.
Tips to Improve Physician Productivity
Some small changes at your practice can improve physician productivity, thus improving the environment for everyone.
Differentiate your practice with a unique patient-centric approach
Price transparency and consumerism are here to stay. Ensure your practice is as well.
Best states for physicians in 2021: 5 states with the lowest physician density
A lower number of practicing physicians may mean greater opportunity to establish your own reputation.
Best States to Practice: 5 states with the lowest malpractice premiums
Consider these states if you’re deterred by high malpractice premiums.
Best States to Practice: 5 states with the highest malpractice premiums
You may want to avoid these states if you’re deterred by high malpractice rates.
Here’s why social media is important to your practice
Social media gives you insight into the needs of your patients. Don't ignore the opportunity to market your practice to specific patient populations.
CMS 2021 Final Rule: What practices can do
Insights from MGMA’s Medical Practice Excellence Pathways Conference.
Questions to Ask Before Selling Your Practice to a Hospital
Here are nine questions that can help reveal if becoming acquired by a larger system is the right move for you and your practice.
Effectively manage medical practice staff
Three elements of effective staff management that can lead to increased productivity and profitability and happier patients at your practice.