February 11th 2025
The 2025 Staff Salary Survey reveals the ongoing struggle practices have to maintain adequate staffing levels.
February 10th 2025
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
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November 27th 2024
Empowering the healthcare workforce is critical to not only improving employee retention and wellbeing, but also to delivering safer patient care.
The Medical Billing Team is The Center of Your Business
What would you say if I told you that the billing department should be the heart of your business?
Medical Practices Failing in Customer Service Training
A recent MGMA stat poll found nearly half of practice leaders believe medical staffers need additional customer service training.
Developing Greater Stress Resiliency in Medical Practice
The less stress you experience, the greater your ability to provide compassionate care, engage positively with your staff, and improve decision making.
Add One More Patient without Compromising Balance
You can add one more patient by rearranging your staff's tasks to find maximum productivity.
Successful Medical Practice Succession Planning
Your personality and style shouldn't be the overwhelming consideration when choosing a successor to run your practice.
Celebrate Your Medical Staff's Small Victories
Are you celebrating and thanking your staff on a daily basis? If not, you could be creating a negative working environment.
Certified PAs Enhance Hospice and Palliative Care
With advanced education and experience that affords flexibility, Certified PAs can bring vital expertise and skills to palliative care teams.
How PAs Can Contribute in Pediatrics
A PA-C explains how PAs can thrive in pediatric practices due to their diverse medical skill set and ability to communicate with physicians.
8 Ways to Turn Patients, Staffers into Practice Advocates
Your patients and staff members are your best marketing tool. Get them to be "super fans" of you and your practice.
Annual Customer Service Training is a Must
When was the last time you provided your staff customer service training? If it's been more than a year, it's time to set up training again.
New Role in Connecting PAs and Physicians
This blogger is taking on a new role at the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), where he'll work closely with the AMA.
Readers Debate the PA's Role in Today's Practice
As PAs get more involved in today's medical practice, readers are split on whether or not this is a good thing.
Nailing Down Hiring and Retaining Staff at Your Practice
Use the "knowledge, skills, and attitude" concept when hiring staff at your practice, to ensure you bring the right person aboard.
An Unconventional Approach to Relieve Staff Stress
My practice made an unexpected visitor a way to relax both employees and patients.
Ready, Aim, Fired! Terminating Bad Apples without Fear
Terminating an employee is never easy, but making the right preparations for your final conversation will help things go as smoothly as possible.
One Solution to Short-Staffed Medical Practices
Being short-staffed can cripple a medical practice. That's why having emergency staffing plans in place is a must.
This Doc Loves Charting So Much She Wants To Share
This physician enjoys charting so much she wants to share her passion with fellow staff members at her practice.
Incident-to Coding: Physician vs. Non-physician Provider
In this month's coding column, we also feature answers to prolonged services codes and orthopedic ICD-10 codes.
4 Reasons for a Physician Rights & Responsibilities Document
Developing this kind of document can let physicians know what expectations your practice has of them.
How Teamwork Can Damage Productivity
This doctor has been preaching teamwork at his practice for so long his employees decided to take their support for one another to a whole new level.
10 Common Staff Problems Facing Medical Practices
Physicians and recruiting professionals weigh in with challenges - and solutions - to today’s staffing challenges at medical practices.
Selecting the Right Person to Manage a Server-Based EHR
Server-based EHRs lend themselves to in-house management. But technology expertise for the employee with that responsibility is key, say experts.
Five Ways to Counteract Procrastination
Physicians and others in medical practices are not immune to putting things off. Here’s a five-step plan to start getting things done.
Teamwork Is Key to Practice Success
This doctor has an innovative way of keeping employees driven to practice medicine, while adopting a wholesome, team approach.
Short-Staffed: The Cost of Practice Vacancies
Being short-staffed can cripple a medical practice, but there are resources you can use to avoid this being the case.
Join Us for the First Physicians Practice Tweet Chat
Tomorrow at 12pm EST, Physicians Practice will host its very first tweet chat on the staffing difficulties facing practices. We hope you join us!
The Case For and Against Hiring for MACRA
Most practices won't add staff to comply with Medicare’s reimbursement reform. Experts disagree if that is the right move.
2017 Staff Salary Survey Results: Regional
Ever wonder how your staff salaries compare with other regions of the country? Check out our regional data on key positions in medical practices.
Furnishing Your Medical Practice at a Bargain
Looking for some cost-effective ways to furnish your medical practice? Don't be afraid to go bargain hunting!
Medical Assistants Play Vital Role in Innovative Practices
Don't overlook your MAs. A new study found that they can take on numerous important roles in a team-centered primary-care practice.