Practice Models

It’s difficult for medical practices to plan strategically when so much uncertainty surrounds the future of healthcare. Scenario planning can be a useful tool.

It is both a science and an art to determine the most effective price for a practice’s concierge program. Here are some observations and guidelines.

We are seeing more effort and more emphasis placed on maintaining good health rather than waiting until the treatment of bad health is required.

A look at some of the similarities between Patient-Centered Medical Homes and concierge practices.

New payment models can boost medical practice revenue. Here's how to take advantage.

Confused about the medical-home model of care and whether it's right for your practice? Here's your guide.

In this podcast, Jeff Brunken, president of physician insurer MGIS, shares important ACO-related liability issues physicians face.

It is critical that physicians carefully explore what ACO opportunities may mean to their practice and career, including malpractice, liability and disability insurance.

To combat reduced and uncertain reimbursements, more specialists are considering concierge. While an option, there are serious issues to consider.

Physicians are feeling the impact of the Affordable Care Act and shifts in payer reimbursements. Concierge medicine might be an option to address these changes head-on.

Doctors can breathe a sigh of relief as a Medicare pay cut of nearly 30 percent is narrowly averted - at least temporarily.

Physicians need to do their own “due diligence” regarding what joining a hospital-owned practice would mean. Here are 10 essential questions to consider.

Growing health IT innovations may put more space between physician and patient, a stark contrast to concierge medicine, which strives for a closer relationship.

The Patient-Centered Medical home is but one survival options for physicians in the Affordable Care Act's new "Ice Age."

Concierge medicine may have its critics, but it is the very essence of American ingenuity to identify a problem, and come up with a free-market solution.

Don't diminish the value of your time as a physician. Concierge medicine can help make the most of that value and realize true patient revenue.

Here’s a look at some of the key healthcare changes occurring right now, and some suggestions for how best to respond.

Looking to mix the best of the ACO and medical home practice models? Look no further than a hybrid concierge model.

Here's a primer on independent practice associations. Not all are created alike, so be aware of the differences.

Yesterday's risk models in healthcare are today's accountable care organizations, but the same issues still exist to find success for physicians and patients.

In our 2012 Physician Compensation Survey, we asked physicians from around the country how - and how much - they're being paid. Here's what we learned.

Touted as a cost-saving, quality improvement measure, bundled payments also have their critics. Here's what you need to know.

Psychiatrist Daniel B. Block lays out his first term as president of the United States of Utopia.

Ken Hertz of the MGMA Healthcare Consulting Group discusses the various options and opportunities for small medical practices to thrive in the future.

By now you have likely encountered the term "Patient-Centered Medical Home" or PCMH. If you do not yet know what a "medical home" is, think of it this way - these are practices that use care teams to put the patient at the center of the healthcare delivery system.