Training

A recent Washington Post article examines whether limiting resident work hours is best for patients and residents. What do you think?

Here are tips to overcome the misinformation and runaround your medical practice staff often gets when verifying insurance to get closer to an accurate payment.

When hiring for your medical practice, you want staff to treat patients as if they were the patient themselves. Here are three traits to look for.

To excel in billing, one must have skin as thick as an East Texas armadillo and juggling abilities of a circus act.

Routine customer service training should occur at your medical practice. Here's how to make a training plan and check in on what staff are taught.

Simple ways your medical practice staff can increase the likelihood patients will pay when presenting for appointments.

The unexpected can happen at your medical practice. But you can take proactive steps to get you and your team ready. Here's how.

Many have debated maintenance of certification, but I think reviewing and refreshing ourselves allows us to be well-rounded physicians.

When you are on your way to burning out, and if you can't add a new hire to your medical practice, at least learn to delegate.

Patients who feel disrespected or poorly treated are more likely to sue if there is a bad outcome. Here's how to encourage a more respectful office environment.

Training may be one of the biggest barriers to full EHR buy-in from clinicians, study says.

The most reasonable and productive regulation of physician assistants is to allow decisions regarding supervision in the hands of physicians and practice sites.

Everybody at your practice has a role in the ICD-10 transition, but that doesn't mean they should all be coders. AHIMA's Kathy DeVault explains.

It can be difficult to determine how to prepare for the transition to ICD-10. Here are some tips.

While we spend most of our days seeing patients, reaching out to teach others of all ages can very fulfilling for physicians.

The AAPS' Jane Orient discusses the suit's claim that physicians are being "locked out of the ability to treat patients" due to onerous recertification efforts.

Training and the full utilization of the skills of everyone on the healthcare team is what made the difference in Boston, minimizing death and disability.

Fostering physician engagement and training physicians to handle the ICD-10 transition is critical. Here’s how to get your physicians up to speed.

In this podcast from the AHIMA ICD-10 summit in Baltimore, coding expert Cindy Seel shares how practices can get physicians prepared for the transition.

The events of the Boston Marathon make me reflect on my own disaster response experience and my gratitude for all the 'helpers.'

In the underlying causes of failures and dissatisfaction with EHRs, there are actually several issues that require commitment from vendors and providers to solve.

Early ICD-10 testing will allow your medical practice to identify and resolve issues before they disrupt your claims process.

What do you think is the appropriate approach to foreign-trained doctors who hope to practice in the United States and why?

It’s tough to be the new guy. Here’s how to deal with the five most-common problems physicians experience when joining a new practice.

Medical practice staff members who meet and exceed your expectations, consistent with the goals and priorities of the practice, are well within your reach.