Practice Models

Fifteen months into a direct-pay practice, this physician recommends building a financial reserve first for any physician considering a similar path.

Telehealth is becoming more accessible to small and medium-sized practices. Here's how your practice can get started.

Regardless of the Affordable Care Act, the way healthcare is delivered and reimbursed will change. Here are five things physicians should consider.

The significant value of physician/physician assistant teams is confirmed by a recently published MGMA report.

Whether you are partnering with one other small practice or joining a large healthcare system, here's how to do so while maintaining some independence.

A strong healthcare ecosystem needs multiple components, with its smallest at the very core.

With the future profitability of physician acquisition still up in the air, hospitals will likely slow their approach.

TV shows portray concierge doctors at the beck and call of the very rich. Nothing could be farther from reality; concierge medicine is for a wider patient base.

New survey results suggest that many locum tenens physicians may be more satisfied than other physicians.

Why one doctor transitioned, how she did it, and how it is paying off.

Financial planner Jason Hull shares tips for physicians considering starting concierge medical practices.

Despite being a welcome addition to a short-staffed practice, a locum tenens doc needs to follow a few ground rules to fit in.

It's not just physicians who are turning to concierge medicine; over the past few months a growing number of patients have also begun to embrace the model.

Entering into an ACO? Here are the tech tools to make it work.

Thinking of selling your practice to a larger health system? Here's what to do before signing on.

How to focus on your ideal patient, what their issues are, and what they need most right now.

While the decision to change to a direct-pay practice can be the most difficult one a physician can make, there is a second decision that is nearly as difficult: What to charge for services.

If you’re looking to stay independent and interested in integrating with other practices, here are three tips to help you decide whether it is right for you.

Here's how to ensure your physicians make smart and united decisions for your practice's future.

While both organizations focus on shared savings and greater efficiencies of care, they are not mutually exclusive.

Every medical practice could benefit from a formal relationship with a group of professionals with high level business skills.

An increasing number of physicians are scaling back their hours. Here's how to do it right.

A newly launched program promises to help older physicians segue into primary care but work fewer hours, and on their own terms.

I am now nearly a year out from opening a direct-pay practice. I have not gone bankrupt or crazy. Here are some important things I've learned.