Practice Finance

Start thinking about taxes now to maximize your deductions later, even if it takes more time than usual.

Why medical groups miss budget for reasons that have nothing to do with money, and how finance professionals become strategic advisers.

Most physicians are now paid through a blend of base, productivity and quality. How to read your own deal and make it work for you.

A panel of revenue cycle leaders at the MGMA Summit Digital Conference outlined where patient billing is headed and why physicians should pay attention.

Panacea Financial's 2026 survey found that physician financial confidence barely budges across an entire career. The reasons why go deeper than income.

A new JAMA proposal would treat primary care as a public utility, pooling the dollars payers already spend on it into a single state fund that pays practices directly, with no new spending needed to start.

PYA's Tynan Kugler, M.P.H., MBA, CVA, says supply shortages, employment shifts, reimbursement pressure and the productivity-versus-value debate are all pulling at once.

Independent primary care is wasting away due to a significant payment disparity. Here's how to fix it

Atlas MD co-founder Josh Umbehr, M.D., who has been in direct primary care practice since 2010, explains why he thinks the model is closer to mainstream than most physicians realize.

Health plans are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, but inaccurate provider data create reimbursement friction and avoidable strain on primary care practices

Private equity draws a lot of negative comments from doctors, but is it actually a good thing for medicine?

PYA consulting principal Tynan Kugler breaks down the market, regulatory and workforce pressures pulling physician compensation in competing directions, and what organizations and physicians need to understand before structuring a deal.

Prosper Beyond VBC's Doral Jacobsen on why most practices lose negotiations before they even get in the room, and what to do differently.

Look for a partner and not just a high bid when it comes to selling your practice.

Insurers and federal officials say prior authorization is moving into the digital age. Physicians are still waiting to see whether the burden actually drops.

A new American Medical Association survey ranks the country's largest commercial health insurers by the prior authorization burden they impose on physician practices.

A video explainer about why patients in direct primary care end up loving their doctors.

Is DPC for me? Hear from physicians who made the switch and found success.

Orthopedic surgeon and author Erica Rowe Urquhart, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, joins Melissa Lucarelli, M.D., FAAFP, for a candid conversation about what's really working against physicians and their patients.

Though surcharging seems like an easy solution to capture lost revenue, practices often overestimate the ease of implementing it into their payment system.

Arrow founder and CEO Roshan Patel explains why health care payment processing is a mess, and what practices can actually do about it.

Seven straight years of increases is not a crisis yet, AMA says, and internal medicine cost still is far lower than surgery and obstetrics and gynecology.

An explainer on the specialty gap, financial transparency and administrative friction in independent practices

An investment adviser explains medical practice valuation and the strategic choices independent physicians face.

Kem Tolliver breaks down how to build a strategic revenue cycle work plan, get payer friction under control and stop the hidden leaks draining your practice's cash flow.