Practice Management

A majority of physicians believe more doctors will choose employment over independent practice in the next two to three years.

Physicians play a critical role in national and state economies, according to one expert.

Have you decided to practice medicine as an employee rather than a business owner?

The author promotes change to the current means of practicing medicine.

The author says he's been a self-proclaimed fan of The Who for decades.

When you're on Facebook or Twitter or using other social media, remember to be honest, respect privacy, and uphold the reputation of the medical profession.

Just in time to help you meet Medicare's June 30 deadline for starting to e-prescribe or face a 1% reduction in your 2012 payments, a newly updated guide to eprescribing is available with a plethora of useful information.

If one of your patients is treated in a hospital emergency department (ED), chances are you engage in very little communication or coordination of care with the doctors who provided the care. So says a new study conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) for the nonprofit National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR).

Since passage of the Affordable Care Act last year, you've probably been curious to find out what shape accountable care organizations (ACOs) will take and how they will affect your practice. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) answered some of those questions recently, and raised more.

If your billing systems are not compliant with new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards by January 1, 2012, you will not get paid by Medicare. Even if you are compliant, you may still not get paid.

If a medical practice's staff is successful in the pursuit of happiness, does it really mean that practice will have happy patients as well? Experts disagree.

Consider your practice in terms of the basic economics of supply and demand.

When it comes to physician recruiting, the dance between a potential employer and employee can be a complex one.

Would you like to transform your waiting room from a place where patients wait for healing to a place where healing begins?

Commercial payers can be inconsistent with reimbursement processes, which can lead to a significant administrative burden for your practice.

Demonstrate benefits of EHRs to reluctant physicians.

Understand what to look for in a license agreement with an electronic health record vendor.

Understand the rules regarding online services.

Thirty-five percent of physicians reported receiving on-call compensation daily and 21% reported receiving an annual payment for on-call coverage in 2010.

Know what to ask when interviewing someone for tech support.

Various factors combine to influence a practice's stability.

How to address the excuse, "I have no time to exercise."

If you've adopted electronic health records (EHRs), you can now take the next step toward receiving Medicare's EHR incentive payments.

Ensure better reimbursement through negotiation.

From the day we sign our first lease, most of us in business are intimidated by our landlords.