Navigating hidden costs in your practice: Strategies for financial stability and quality care in 2025

EP: 1.Using Your Data to Drive Practice Optimization & Growth

EP: 2.Mastering Revenue Cycle Management: In-House Versus Outsourcing

EP: 3.The Medical Malpractice Market: What MPL Consumers Need to Know and Understand

EP: 4.Creating a Practice Culture of Self-Care, Prevention and Well-being

EP: 5.The Changing Alzheimer’s Treatment Landscape - how to prepare your practice

EP: 6.Preventing coding denials

EP: 7.Tips for dealing with prior authorizations

EP: 8.Opening a new practice

EP: 9.Contract negotiation best practices for physicians

EP: 10.Building practice growth through business credit cards

EP: 11.What to do when your practice is an acquisition target

EP: 12.Find the hidden gems in your Medicare billing: Under-used codes that can generate revenue

EP: 13.Unlocking financial independence: Strategies to help doctors retire on their own terms

EP: 14.How to increase the power of your individual and group disability programs

EP: 15.How CareCredit Can Help Minimize Administrative Burden that Can Contribute to Staff Burnout

EP: 16.Navigating Social Media in Health Care

EP: 17.Inside the 95th Physician Report: Exclusive data on Practice Finance, Salaries, and More

EP: 18.Identifying Revenue Leakage in Your Organization

EP: 19.Beyond the malpractice basics: Occurence, claims-made and tail insurance explained

EP: 20.Rowing together: How to rally your team to achieve practice goals

EP: 21.Unlocking audit-proof revenue: Insider secrets for E&M excellence

EP: 22.High-impact KPIs for revenue improvement: What to track and how to fix it

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EP: 23.Navigating hidden costs in your practice: Strategies for financial stability and quality care in 2025

Hidden costs can chip away at a practice’s efficiency and revenue without anyone noticing. In the Medical Economics' June Practice Academy session, “Navigating hidden costs in your practice: Strategies for financial stability and quality care in 2025,” Sara Pastoor, M.D., M.H.A., FAAFP, and Manisha Goud of Elation Health unpacked how fragmented tech, documentation burdens and outdated payment structures undermine performance.

They called out burnout fueled by disconnected EHR systems and redundant tasks, and highlighted the value of integrated, flexible tools that support clinical and business goals. The duo also explored care models that move beyond fee-for-service, giving physicians more control and patients more value

About the presenters

Manisha Goud is vice president of solutions at Elation Health.

Sara Pastoor, M.D., M.H.A., FAAFP, is head of primary care advancement at Elation Health.