Practice Management

It’s important to support medical conversations and instructions with clear documentation using straightforward language on well-thought-out forms. Here are a few suggestions to help you get started.

Knowing your break-even point will help you plan for the future.

Six tips that can help physicians collect on services not covered by third parties.

Improve your medical collections by communicating your policies up front.

As providers, it’s our job to identify and anticipate what patients need. But, in order to deliver the right care at the right time, we need to re-examine our processes and relationships not only with our patients, but also with one another.

Why you should consider adding an in-house clinical research department to your practice

Nosy employees poking around in medical records or sharing passwords can put your practice at risk of HIPAA violations, lawsuits, and broken agreements with affiliate hospitals or practices.

Reduce your risk of burnout by adding physician assistants to help you carry the load.

As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, so do funding opportunities.

A merger or acquisition may look perfect on paper, but it’s the people who ultimately guarantee its success - or failure.

Current events once again illustrate the wide range of legal and physical threats to physicians' assets. 

Finding a suitable name for your medical practice is a big decision and an essential aspect of your overall healthcare marketing efforts. Learn three common naming methods healthcare marketers use to create a sustainable brand image.

Effective onboarding can help ensure your new hire knows what is expected and becomes productive more quickly.

The cloud offers exciting new opportunities for medical practices that leverage it strategically and safely.

Actually, it’s not magic. It’s helping your employees feel connected to their work, understanding their contributions to the bigger picture, and nurturing their continued growth.

Once the deal is signed on the dotted line, it’s make or break time for merging two medical practices. Here’s how to ensure the acquisition doesn’t fall apart.

Three ways medical practices can manage opportunities for bundled episodes of care.

An examination of asset protection issues from current news headlines highlights the defensive measures doctors and healthcare executives must consider.

It’s great that you want to share the wealth with your nonphysician employees. Just make sure you draft a policy that also meets state and federal laws.

Cybersecurity is a real and serious issue, but taking these seven steps can drastically lower your practice’s exposure to a cyberattack.

An independent specialty group has improved patient relations and grown the practice by investing in advanced practice management and patient engagement tools.

Five questions managers and physicians should ask and answer before jumping into acquisition. 

In an attempt to lure 20- and 30-somethings, physicians are looking to make everything from scheduling appointments to asking questions both quicker and easier for patients.

Owning a medical practice can be stressful. Here are four ways to help you take back your time and focus on what really matters.

You cannot avoid employee mistakes, but you can make sure the same mistake isn't made twice.

As the diagnosis rate of autism spectrum disorder rises, physicians increasingly need to accommodate a population with special considerations.

The only thing certain in life is change. Learn how one physician is coping with the transition back to solo practice following her associate’s departure.

How trauma informed care can lead to better care for all: A perspective in caring for human trafficking survivors

There is a way that physicians-including employed physicians-can manage the effects of healthcare consolidations. 

Stanford Health Care learned how to create standardized work to improve patient access and quality outcomes in five areas. These lessons learned can be applied to improve patient outcomes, quality, and service regardless of medical practice size-or budget.