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
Unlocking the hidden potential in your medical office investment
Evidence‑based medical office design turns your practice into a patient‑centered, profit‑generating engine by boosting workflow, satisfaction, and value‑based care performance.
Attracting media attention to your practice
Neil Baum, MD, explains the benefits of appearing in the media and how to attract their attention.
5 mentorship tactics to retain new practice staff
Discover five proven mentorship strategies that help practice administrators and senior physicians streamline onboarding, boost engagement, and retain valuable new staff in today’s competitive medical practice landscape.
7 ways to turn every visit into a warm welcome
Celebrate Patient Experience Week by implementing seven low-cost, high-impact strategies that transform your medical practice into a more welcoming, inclusive office and boost patient satisfaction.
Maintaining patient loyalty
Neil Baum, MD, explains how to build loyalty which is cheaper than attracting new patients.
Understanding the cost of care
Neil Baum, MD, explains how understanding the different costs associated with care can help you raise profits.
Structures of medical practice transactions
Understanding the key legal structures — asset purchase, stock purchase, and merger — is essential for physicians navigating the complex and high-stakes process of buying, selling, or merging a medical practice.
9 ways to improve the patient experience at your practice
Boost patient satisfaction and retention with these nine proven strategies to improve the patient experience in your medical practice.
Practice tip of the week: Beating the mid-career blahs
Strategic planning and Trump's tariffs: What practices should know
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, explains the importance of strategic planning in times of uncertainty.
3 marketing metrics for practices
Discover essential medical practice marketing metrics—cost per lead (CPL), patient acquisition cost (PAC) and return on investment (ROI)—to attract more patients and maximize revenue with data-driven decisions.
Could the Trump tariffs shift the health care labor market?
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, explains how rising prices and job displacement could influence staffing in independent practices.
Using AI agents
Neil Baum, MD, breaks down what AI agents are, how to use them and how to overcome the barriers to adopting this new technology into your practice.
Charting smart growth: 7 factors every practice must weigh before expanding
Before expanding your practice, use this seven-step plan to evaluate financing, payer mix, compliance and staffing factors for profitable, patient-centered growth.
How strategic planning led to real change in this medical practice
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, shares a success story of strategic planning in action.
Measuring practice staff performance: 8 key metrics to boost productivity
Learn eight data‑driven metrics, from patient satisfaction, productivity and revenue cycle, to measure medical practice staff performance and boost efficiency and care quality.
The importance of strategic planning
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, explains why it's so important for practices to plan for the future.
10 key dos and don’ts for direct primary care
Learn 10 must‑know dos and don’ts guiding physicians and practice administrators through the legal, staffing and pricing steps of adopting an insurance‑free, membership‑based model.
Practice tip of the week: Issues to consider before selling your practice
Signs that your practice's plan needs a reset
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, identifies warning signs that your practice's plan needs a reset.
Turning strategic planning into action
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, explains how to make strategic planning feel real and actionable.
Three-step annual review process to keep your practice on mission
A three-step annual review process can help medical practice owners uncover operational gaps, improve patient outcomes, and stay aligned with their core mission.
The ripple effect of the Trump tariffs
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, talks about the ripple effect tariffs could have on daily operations.
Tariffs threaten the bottom line: A bleak outlook for practices
Tariffs are poised to drive up costs, strain staff, and shrink patient payments—here's what practices need to do now to stay financially resilient.
Prescribing exercise
Neil Baum, MD, tells how to broach the topic of exercise with patients and how to sell them on the benefits.
How can your practice prepare for the Trump tariffs?
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, discusses what practices can do today to prepare for the Trump tariffs.
Navigating the complexities of tariff impacts on the health care system
Rising tariffs on medical supplies could drive up health care costs this year, creating new financial and operational challenges for practices.
Practice tip of the week: Does your practice stink?
What the Trump tariffs mean for independent practices
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, discusses how President Trump's tariffs could trigger a chain reaction for independent practices.
How to approach strategic planning in uncertain times
Stephen A. Dickens, JD, MAEd, FACMPE, VP of medical practice services at SVMIC, encourages physicians to stay grounded in patient care and adopt a flexible midset amid uncertainty.