Practice Management

A dementia expert explains practical screening steps, early warning signs and how to approach the conversation once a diagnosis is made

Private equity buyers analyze an entire market's billing data before making an offer. Site neutrality is about to make that same insight matter for every practice's real estate decisions.

As more physicians weigh a move to concierge or hybrid practices, health care attorney Ericka Adler, J.D., breaks down the contract and Medicare traps that can turn a panel-shrinking strategy into a legal problem.

Answers on adapting to shifts in Medicare, with three strategies to implement right now.

New YouGov data rank what patients consider before agreeing to a treatment.

The direct-to-employer model gets GLP-1s to patients without a pharmacy benefit manager or prior authorization, but the discounted price can disappear when a patient leaves the job.

Doctors have a great deal of expertise and can wield a lot of influence with patients and the general public. If the right strategy is applied, you might be the next Dr. Oz.

A four-point plan to focus attention on cybersecurity without a complete network overhaul.

Most practices collect less than half of what patients owe. Here's how to change that — in any month of the year.

Tandem Diabetes Care expands its Control-IQ+ automated insulin delivery system to work with Abbott's newest 15-day continuous glucose monitor across the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland and Italy, with Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany slated to follow later this year.

An Oregon emergency physician group beat back a hospital's attempt to replace it with a national staffing firm, offering independent practices a playbook built on physician unity, advocacy and corporate practice of medicine law.

Practices say technology is essential to staying independent but don't fully trust their current tools, and a Veradigm strategist explains the gap.

A new national survey finds just 71% of adults under 30 have a primary care physician, and fewer than half of those saw one in the past year.

Recurring delays in documentation, referrals and patient communication often signal a flawed workflow, not a one-time mistake, practice management experts say.

Two new federal programs are opening Medicare and Medicaid coverage for GLP-1 obesity drugs, and Tracy Zvenyach, Ph.D., M.S., RN, of the Obesity Action Coalition explains what it means for primary care physicians and their patients.

Can independent practices turn Medicare into a strategic advantage? How to go from liability to leverage

Urban Institute data show 46% of adults aged 18 to 64 faced unmet care needs, unpaid medical bills or medical debt, with even insured families hit hard

Clinical applications are climbing while hires lag behind, and Trent Cotton of iCIMS says the practices that win top talent are the ones that make hiring fast, personal and transparent.

New national survey data reveals the real drivers behind RN turnover — and what employers can actually do about it

Ninety physicians and other licensed medical professionals were among those charged.

The phased changes end value-based pay on incident-to claims and require many clinicians to bill under their own NPI.

In today's market, you need to do better that just emulating a call center for your patients

AtlasMD’s Josh Umbehr, M.D., has run a direct primary care practice since 2010. He makes the case that the economics are simpler, and the medicine is better, than most physicians realize.

Why is independent practice so important to health care? U.S. women’s Health Alliance advocates explain why

For value-based care, the future is in building collaboration between primary and specialty care.