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.
Physician Assistants are No Longer ‘An Experiment’
A sneak peek at our 2013 Staff Salary Survey findings and what they indicate about the role of physician assistants in medical practices.
Helping Staff, Physicians Adapt to Change at Your Practice
Do you have medical practice staff hesitant to change or adapt to new policies or procedures? Here are a few tips and ideas to help them along.
Encouraging Medical Practice Staff to Work Together
Taking time to understand the duties of your staff and provide the appropriate back up when needed is crucial to operating an efficient practice.
Analyze Staff Mistakes, Improve Medical Practice Performance
Repetitive mistakes made by medical practice staff members are often not their fault.
My Practice's Next Hire: Nurse Practitioner or Physician?
When it comes to handling patient flow at my medical practice, I'm debating hiring either a nurse practitioner or a new physician.
Five Training Tips for Medical Practice Staff
Help your educated staff to apply what they learn in school to the real-life practice setting.
Avoiding Claim Denials Due to New Medical Codes
Here are six essential steps to avoid claim denials due to new 2013 codes and three tips for monitoring your medical practice's denials.
Get Your Medical Practice Back on Track
If you have owned your medical practice for more than two years, it's time to step back and do some evaluating on its culture and direction.
Shopping for EHRs and Technology at Your Practice
No matter how much shopping you've done in the past, selecting technology for your practice is an especially challenging task. Here's how to do it right.
Top Ten Medical Practice Leadership Qualities
What kind of leadership qualities do you look for in your office staff? Here are ten that are vital at physician practices.
Is It Appropriate to Treat Your Own Staff at Your Practice?
Would you refer the staff member to another physician, or would you welcome them as a patient?
Compliance Tips for Your Medical Practice
A new year is the perfect time to be proactive and ensure your medical practice is compliance with all the regulations it faces.
It's Time to Redefine the Practice of Medicine
From the emergence of non-physicians to the role of EHRs, it is time for America to take a fresh look at how we care for patients.
Dealing with Time-consuming Patients at Your Medical Practice
I have a patient who constantly calls my practice and lingers in my reception area questioning my staff after her visit. I'm running out of solutions …and patience.
Addressing Employee Liability Issues at Your Medical Practice
Here's part one of my 12-month medical practice makeover - a series to help make changes at your office. First, employee liability issues to examine this month.
Turning Issues into Opportunities at Your Medical Practice
Another year has passed where you meant to make changes at your medical practice, but didn't. Here's how to act in the moment and make true change this year.
Technology Can Extend the Physician Assistant's Role in Patient Care
Telemedicine and other health IT tools can help physician assistants be more proactive in patient care. Some of the rules need to change too, however.
New Year’s Resolutions for Your Medical Practice
If you haven’t made any professional resolutions, consider having your clinic make them for you.
Medical Practices: The 2012 Year In Review
A few of the important practice-management lessons of 2012.
Nurse Practitioners Meet Growing Healthcare Demand
The challenge of meeting patient demand for primary-care services in the coming years is simple: nurse practitioners.
Taking the Necessary Time to Manage Your Medical Practice
Feel like there's no time to manage your medical practice? Here's how to spend five hours a week and increase inflow while still allowing you to treat patients.
Finding a Great Marketer for Your Medical Practice
How a marketer could help your practice make big profits in 2012, and how to find a great one.
Avoid Losing Revenue to Your New Patient Coordinator
Don’t let your office fall into the trap of poor customer service and losing patients to the “new patient coordinator.”
ICD-10 Training: When, Where, and How Good?
Here's some food for thought on when to deliver ICD-10 training to your medical practice staff, where you should go for it, and how to evaluate it.
Dos and Don'ts for the Medical Practice Holiday Party
Here are some tips you can review that could eliminate post-holiday party problems for you and your medical practice.
Recognizing, Rewarding Medical Practice Staff an Ongoing Effort
It's the end of the year, and bonuses are likely to get doled out at your medical practice. But don't forget to acknowledge staff year-round.
Top Physician-read Blogs of 2012
The blogs that garnered the most attention among our physician readers in 2012, and some of the lessons learned from each.
Looking at the Positives of Running a Medical Practice
I often write about when things go wrong at my medical practice, but it's time to focus on the positives for a change.
At Year's End, Time to Examine Your Medical Practice
It's December and that means it's time for your medical practice's annual exam to remain healthy for next year and years to come.
How to Improve Workplace Safety at Your Medical Practice
Don’t let your practice fall short when it comes to workplace safety policies and procedures. Here are some tips.