Practice Management

Dwelling on the negative is not the best strategy for physicians.

Business partners can become your greatest asset or worst liability.

Your practice may be missing out on significant opportunities to improve net income by underperforming in tobacco cessation.

Recognizing that our own thoughts cause negative emotions can positively change everything

More than 30 million Americans are now covered via private plans

Primary care is inefficient, inconvenient, and often inaccessible, optimized neither for patient experience nor positive outcomes.

How cultural competence helps physicians improve outcomes and achieve value-based financial incentives

Tips from a health care attorney

There are two types of employees: go-getters and gonnas. To be successful, you need to hire the former.

Report analyzes results as industry scrambles to cover workforce shortages.

The AMA overviews the fight for equity and the dangers of exclusion

The patient experience is different than the customer experience

How to keep employees from leaving your practice

Regulators have better things to do than come after small practices, right? Wrong.

What delights patients and what leaves them wanting more?

How AI can be used to activate patients to make important wellness appointments, such as cancer screenings.

Lower patient volume and challenges collecting payments can push practices to the brink

Primary care physicians should be aware that patients have a renewed interest in STI-related appointments following a spike in STIs post-Covid.

AI has ability to streamline practice workflow, improve patient engagement

Physician-owned real estate can be a major factor in the overall value of a private equity deal.

Paying for health care is a burden in America, and employers – including medical practices -- need to look at alternatives to traditional health insurance

A conversation with Hugh Francis III, MD, about the steps to take if you are sued for malpractice.

Seniors didn’t grow up with the internet so reaching them requires a different strategy

There’s a surge in a new type of litigation: “wrongful life” lawsuits. These lawsuits emerge when hospitals and clinicians don’t bother to obtain or choose to ignore a patient’s documented care planning wishes.

As payers push docs to shoulder more risk, practices need to develop a strategy to maximize revenue