Referrals

A former boss once said to me, “Medicine is all about the docs.” Indeed it is, but the staff that supports the docs determines how patients feel about the practice.

Your medical practice's value plays an important part in its future. Here are six ways to boost your practice's value, starting today.

Marketing your practice can be as easy as making an appearance at a community event, or developing a new website. The important thing is to get started.

Twenty-three-year-olds are now the single largest age group in the U.S. Here's how to attract them to your practice and keep them around for the long term.

More than 8 million patients have signed up for insurance due to the ACA, according to HHS, but where are all of them?

Identifying keywords that will help your medical practice perform better in search results is key to attracting new patients.

By knowing what is going on in your community, you can plan to attend events in advance and turn them into great marketing opportunities.

The Highmark BCBS purchase of a Pittsburgh health system puts insurers in the thick of hospital competition and reduces physicians to the role of bystander.

Public speaking can accomplish a number of goals: building a professional network, finding new patients, and giving back to the community.

Why your medical practice should pay attention to online physician rating websites, and what it can do about them.

Physician rating sites are playing a growing role in a medical practice's ability to attract new patients. Here's how to respond to negative reviews.

Attracting more patients to your medical practice and retaining them is easier than you might think. Here are three tips.

New to social media or want to improve your presence? Four strategic approaches your medical practice should take.

Primary-care physicians can and should position themselves to strategically align their practices with both specialists and health systems.

Seamless care of patients requires good collaboration between medical care locations.

Here are eight considerations for physicians when choosing presentation topics and delivering presentations.

Now is the season for planning and creating a strategy for a practice that can survive the future. Here are six roles to fill at your office today.

Think carving out Medicare and Medicaid patients from your business arrangements makes you safe from federal fraud and abuse laws? Think again.

HHS' Office of Inspector General reiterates antipathy towards some physician arrangements that carve out federal referrals.

Here's an explanation of the rationale behind the Stark Law, the government's conflict of interest statute your medical practice needs to be aware of.

Some physicians who've joined large medical groups are frustrated with bureaucracy and administrative demands putting the emphasis on dollars over patient care.

The OIG deems PODs to be inherently suspect under the Anti-Kickback Statute, so physicians should take note.

Business practices generally accepted in other industries can be illegal in healthcare, so it is important to be sure you are in compliance.

If you want to boost referrals at your medical practice, remember, it's the little touches that make your practice memorable.

One of the positives from the state of healthcare reform is the focus on prevention and early detection, which means great opportunity for generating revenue.