Practice Models

Final Rule concessions under MACRA may just delay implementation of new payment model, and together CMS and Vermont create single, state-wide ACO.

Medical groups should encourage and develop physician leadership skills, so that all physicians are optimally engaged in running the practice.

Approximately one in five people suffer from a mental illness in the U.S. It makes sense to address mental health issues in the primary-care setting.

One medical practice made the transition to embrace value-based care, but not without achieving some obstacles first. Here’s what it learned.

Looking for ways to increase patient volume at your practice? Scribes, APPs, and medical students are three potential roles to help you out.

Noncompliant patients could hurt physician quality scores under MACRA and reduce their compensation. How will that affect the doctor-patient relationship?

For independent practices worried the future means merging or an acquisition, collaboration may be the key to survival.

Once considered elitist, direct primary care practices are gaining ground with physicians and patients alike.

Independent practices are facing an abundance of challenges from external factors. One consultant is looking to help them through case-study learning.

What does a primary-care physician actually do? Dr. Linda Girgis breaks it down what she and other PCPs do and what they don't do.

One independent doctor says that he treats his career as a profession, not as a job. As such, hurricanes don't stop him from practicing medicine.

The data has begun to back what one PA has known for quite some time, PAs and NPs can make a difference in caring for a patient with chronic disease.

Recent survey data suggests that most physicians - independent or not - feel the private practice is still an attractive career path.

CMS drops the final rule for implementation of MACRA. What does it mean for small practices?

Before you know it, your reimbursement will be affected by MACRA. Here are five ways practices can prepare now.

For decades, locum tenens has been one of the best-kept secrets in healthcare. There are a multitude of reasons why physicians choose Locum tenens.

A look into the history and evolution of the PA profession on the 51st anniversary of its birth.

Preparing to open a new practice is the ideal time to create your professional brand. It is your opportunity to let patients know who you are professionally.

One doctor explains why the 15-minute doctor's appointment is unrealistic when it comes to delivering care for patients.

In anticipation of our Best States to Practice feature, we asked physicians on our editorial advisory board why they love (or hate) their state.

Seven years ago, this doctor made a decision to go from being an employed physician to owning her own practice. She looks back at what's happened since.

A new survey finds that disillusioned doctors are struggling to adapt to changing delivery and payment models. Hybrid concierge provides a way out.

Direct primary care practices are growing in popularity, according to this year's GAP Survey. Why is that the case?

You've seen Trump vs Clinton. The Pearls podcast looks at another debate: Should the Affordable Care Act be repealed or not?

In an era of delivery and payment reform, with an imbalance of costs and savings in care, there are complex challenges behind team-based care.