Practice Models

Cardiology practices can avoid the headaches of today's healthcare system through the viable alternative of concierge care.

Patients of all ages are demanding more dermatology services. Certified PAs are able to treat most patients and perform many procedures.

What will have the most impact on practice management this year? Experts offer their various predictions for the year ahead.

One doctor thinks the Department of Veterans Affairs made a huge mistake in giving nurse practitioners independence practice authority.

The Department of Veterans Affairs granted certain nurse practitioners the authority to treat patients without physician supervision.

Recent research indicates that PAs are an effective resource for hospitals to improve outcomes at a lower cost of care.

The term "value-based care" has been thrown around a lot. What does it mean to you and your practice?

In our recurring blog “Inbox,” we share comments from physicians and others on the results of Election Day and how it affects the future of healthcare.

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.