Practice Management

You should be asking patients for amounts due at time of service.

Refrain from making negative comments about another medical professional for several reasons.

After nearly 20 years of practicing medicine, the author has come to expect patients to ask his advice about everything in their lives.

How to handle a large outstanding bill from a deceased patient.

The author came to a realization one day that while he was operating a successful practice, he now had more patients than he could handle.

California insurers denied 26% of all claims submitted in 2009, according to a new report.

It's often said that some of the most valuable meetings at medical conferences take place informally among colleagues in the hallways of the conference centers.

Medicare patients living in areas with a larger supply of physicians were no more satisfied with their care than patients living in regions with a smaller physician supply, according to a study.

The healthcare quality organization that sets the health insurance industry-accepted criteria for practices being recognized as a patient-centered medical home released updated guidelines on January 31.

The author's letter doesn't understate that life in medicine can be difficult.

In the military where I received my residency training and spent the first four years of my medical career as an attending physician, evaluations were sacrosanct.

Does your practice have a busy signal problem?

This physician recounts his days during residency where a delivery, usually a joyful occasion, turned terribly tragic in the case of the mother.

As physicians we groan every time a narcotic refill request crosses our desk.

Primary care physicians and specialists believe they are providing adequate patient data to each other during referrals and consultations, but an analysis of a survey published in January 10 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine reveals that perception may be incorrect.

How to avoid committing insurance fraud

Learn how to avoid license-related and other complications should you decide to move your practice out of state.

The much talked about support for primary care should be a relief to a debilitated primary care workforce struggling to survive a toxic payment and policy environment.

If you see patients in the hospital, it's important to realize that clinical language does not necessarily equate to coding language.

Looking into the future, the author sees storm clouds and tsunami waves ahead on the ocean of healthcare.

Medical errors are variably estimated to kill between 40,000 and 100,000 Americans yearly, and to injure four to five times that number.

Determine who owns the records when you buy a practice.

Research firm KLAS has released its 2010 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Professional Services report.

If you are negligent, you are responsible for any damages you cause to another person.

I am in a love-hate relationship with the pocket-sized technological marvel called the cell phone.