Practice Management

The healthcare industry doesn’t stay still and neither do the health systems within it as they strive to make meaningful progress for their patients and providers. With that, we see several key interconnected trends making an impact in 2019.

It’s crucial for providers to think of patients as customers and engage with them via the same channels that other businesses use to nurture those valuable relationships.

As physicians, we have given up control and lost the ability to do the job we were trained to do. Our focus has turned instead to serving needs that have become more demanding than those of our patients.

Artificial intelligence can create tangible benefits when it helps facilitate better, more frequent support beyond the four walls of care delivery.

Republican Congressman Phil Roe, MD, spoke with Medical Economics about healthcare issues he thinks the new Congress needs to address, including price transparency and the shortage of primary care physicians.

Here are the reimbursement trends physicians can expect in 2019.

A new bill recently introduced to Congress would not only reduce barriers to genetic counseling for Medicare patients, but also could significantly decrease costs of caring for elderly and low-income patients.

Just as small holes in a ship can eventually lead to a catastrophic sinking, small holes in your communication can sink your practice as well.

Here are the issues that annoy and frustrate doctors and get in the way of treating patients and running practices.

The EHR, like many new technologies, has capacity to improve the health and safety of our patients. So what can we do to make this happen?

For many in healthcare, words and actions can be harmful, and in some instances can lead to jury awards in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If doctors are savvy about it, they have options at their disposal to get away from full-time clinical work.

Here's what you should do the next time you experience a patient in a strong emotional state.

Four physicians allege ABIM is illegally tying its initial certification to MOC.

Several strategies facilitated by technology are helping provide access to hidden capacity in our current health system.

With office visits jammed with complex patients and underserved communities aching from lack of access, physicians need to think outside of the box.

Paperwork and administrative burdens ranks 1st on the list of issues ruining medicine for physicians.

Compliance programs to protect your practice, staff and patients.

Consent is a controversial subject and has significant ramifications in the healthcare delivery system.

Rather than expending all your capital up front to buy the equipment, financing allows you to spread payments over time and free up capital for other business expenses.

Prior authorizations ranks 4th on the list of issues ruining medicine for physicians.

In-house testing laboratories can be profitable for physicians and give patients an enhanced care experience.

Replacing primary care physicians with NPs/PAs ranks 5th on the list of issues ruining medicine for physicians.

Rising staff and overhead costs ranks 7th on the list of issues ruining medicine for physicians.

An American solution focusing on individuality and conserving resources  can save the Medicare program.

While often thought of as an affliction that primarily affects men, heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in America.

While story-based tech innovation doesn’t always pan out, it sometimes does-and it usually changes everything.

Physician transformation is possible with concierge medicine.

Some physicians may regret their career choice, but there are still ways to have fulfilling careers in medicine. 

Jonathan Kaplan, MD, MPH, reflects on what he learned from buying a plastic surgery practice.