Practice Finance

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Three steps to maximize return-on-investment and ensure pleasant patient experiences

When is the right time to upgrade your fitness tracker?

Value-based care has created a conundrum: pretty much everyone in healthcare likes the idea of paying for outcomes, but no one is sure how to fairly implement it.

What sources should physicians turn to when they need money for their practice?

Three reasons why physicians are uniquely qualified to lead all types of healthcare organization to success

Reimbursement can be tricky-here's what you need to know for the rest of the year.

Many physicians are dealing with massive student loans from medical school, according to a poll of Medical Economics readers.

There are communication breakdowns happening throughout the entire continuum of care. Is technology the solution?

Judge says prescription drug market will remain competitive

Patients want retail-like convenience, but this might be taking things too far.

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Focus on accurate billing to drive and retain revenue.

How can the healthcare industry better encourage doctors to practice in rural settings?

When doctor reimbursements shrink, there's only one way to see the truth.

An incremental approach to improving outcomes.

While many physicians don their white coat to care for those in need, they are confronted by a system that has stolen their autonomy and relegated them to the silent position of “provider.”

The increase in competition from retail clinics and urgent care centers brings new challenges for independent medical practices.

Being a doctor doesn’t guarantee you financial security

A slideshow of the top 10 sources of secondary income for physicians.

It’s every physician’s worst nightmare: Receive payment for services rendered, but then a payer identifies an aberrant pattern in claims data, audits the records, decides it has overpaid the practice, and recoups those funds. That money you already allocated for overhead, staff salaries, bonuses, or new medical equipment? Gone. The good news is, physicians can take steps to focus on accurate billing and avoid costly recoupments. 

Physician burnout is a serious issue -- what's the solution?

If doctors can get the right kind of data at the right time, the information collected from these wearable devices may offer a strong potential for more accurate diagnoses, more personalized treatments, and better outcomes. The question remains, however, how can physicians get and manage the flow of all this new data to actually improve patient care?

While the causes of this STI increase are multi-factorial, some experts say that one of the most influential factors is that primary care physicians are not routinizing sexual health discussions as part of general health screenings.