Stephanie Stephens

After a rigorous recruiting process, here's how to ensure a long stay from that prized new employee.

Learn to delegate responsibly to help ease pressure on physicians.

Physicians can be both firm and fair when employees need personal time away

No one likes to fire an employee, but if someone is dragging down the practice, it’s time to make a change

What you should know to maximize this specific visit for your patient and for your practice

Physicians can do their part to help control further escalation of diabetes through several strategies.

A new study points to higher risk in certain ethnic and lower socioeconomic populations due to exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

Insulin was invented to be affordable for most everyone, but patients continue to struggle for a key part of treating their diabetes.

Savvy management of prediabetes may help prevent the disease from occurring, says endocrinologist Thomas W. Donner, MD, of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Comprehensive management of a patient's diabetes is much more than prescribing medication.

Here are five things to know about how a Medicare AWV can assist both patients and practices.

Better patient engagement means better outcomes, which means better value. Here are six ways more involved patients can boost value-based payments.

Although some healthcare professionals may not welcome value-based reimbursement with open arms, they may to learn to love it later.

For small or independent practices to thrive in this healthcare environment, a "big picture" view of value-based reimbursement really helps.

Value-based patient care requires the support of an entire practice team, so make sure they understand the new rules of the game.

From the vendor for billing and collections software, to an EHR, if physicians have the need to succeed in value-based reimbursement, help is available.

As your practice embraces Medicare payment reform, make sure your technology is ready as well.

If Medicare payment reform feels too "big" to your practice right now, start slowly by covering the basics.