Practice Management

Make sure you take these appropriate precautions.

This is the ideal time to connect with new and existing patients, serve as a resource and explain how to access care.

Tips on how to launch a clinically integrated network

Watching hospital systems poach physicians and buy up practices led to the creation of IPCLI

If telehealth is here to stay, it could bring major financial and operational changes for medical practices. Ron Holder, COO of the Medical Group Management Association, offers advice on how practices can prepare for what may lie ahead.

Small practices must overcome the culture of viewing each other as competitors if they are to survive.

How the optimal size for a CIN is determined

Patient engagement begins by recognizing that greater responsibility for payment has also led to greater expectation and choice on the part of patients.

What should physicians avoid doing? Neil Baum, M.D., breaks it down on Five Minute Practice Fix.

Being part of IPCLI enabled members to share practical advice and provide moral support

COVID has brought a host of new practice liability threats. Is your practice protected?

Being part of a CIN provides small practices with greater access

How can independent practices stay in business without sacrificing their freedom?

Belonging to a CIN has helped Rogu understand the challenges other practices face

In late 2020, Medical Economics® asked our physician audience what they thought would be the most challenging issues they will face this year. This is what they told us.

These steps are inexpensive and provide the first line of defense against hackers and data loss

In late 2020, Medical Economics® asked our physician audience what they thought would be the most challenging issues they will face this year. This is what they told us.

Comparing the old guidance to the new.

IPCLI and other CINs are a response to the ongoing consolidation of independent practices

Juan Espinoza, MD, vice president of the Independent Pediatric Collaborative of Long Island, explains

Insurance industry group says proposed rule too much, too fast

Big changes to Medicare coding guidelines outpatient evaluation and management services haven taken effect.

Cyber-attacks are up 45 percent worldwide since Nov. 1.

A pandemic means new malpractice risks for physicians. We discuss, on today's Medical Economics Pulse.

Doctors say that delays are hurting patient outcomes.

Almost all of this year’s proposed measures would be collected digitally, freeing physicians from manually retrieving data.

When people are suffering at work, it can impact their performance.

While there are myriad apps available in digital storefronts hosted by Apple, Google and Amazon, it can be difficult to choose an effective app that also keeps patient health data safe.

For years, we’ve assumed that physicians and patients must sit together in the same exam room to develop personal, trust-filled relationships. But COVID-19 has proven that communication technology can create enormously personal connections.

Here are some suggestions to consider that are effective and cost sensitive.