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Ten Ways to Serve as a Great Physician MentorAdvice for physicians currently serving as mentors to other physicians.
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Five Steps for Physicians to Avoid Being Victims of Investment FraudPhysicians work hard for their income and in their preparation for retirement. Here are five steps to take to ensure you don't lose those investments to fraud.
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Certified PAs Grow Practices, Get Patients Back to SchoolThe rash of back-to-school physicals always tasks practices this time of year. Look to physician assistants to help manage the extra case load.
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Six Ways Physicians Will Automate the Office in 2016With the new year upon us, here are six predictions on how physician practices will continue to automate their processes in 2016.
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Smart Data Use a Key to Physician-Led ACO SuccessUsing available data to identify potential high-risk patients before they become high-cost patients can reap rewards for accountable care organizations.
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Three Steps to Take if Your Technology Goes DownWhen your EHR fails you, don't panic. Here's how to create the best possible 'downtime' plan.
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Will 2016 be Another Year of Healthcare Breaches?Despite the increasing threat of cyberattackers to healthcare organizations, protections are not being put in place to safeguard patient data.
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Making Public Health Policy and Economics a PriorityPublic health as an important part of an allopathic, clinical program may be intuitive to some, but implementing it is still a challenge.
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America's Veterans in Your PracticeThe PA profession, which is rooted in the military, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Today, many Certified PAs are now treating those who served our country.
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5 questions every older physician should ask themselvesQuestions you should ask yourself as you think about the future for yourself and your practice.
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Practice tip of the week: Creating a successful YouTube channel for your practiceYour weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
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Records Requests: 5 Best Practices for PracticesInformation requests consume significant resources and represent a real area of risk for medical practices. Here are the top five actions you should take.
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Putting Dignity in DeathInternist Carol Kelly recalls what she did when there was supposedly “nothing to do” for her ALS patient.
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My TurnIn healthcare, the single most important ingredient for achieving patient safety is teamwork.
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Practice tip of the week: Effectively manage medical practice staffYour weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
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No More No-ShowsUnderstanding the problems that lead to no-shows can go a long way toward improvement
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Why bother with strategic planning?Forming a strategic plan may seem like a waste of time, but it can be beneficial to a practice.
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PAs Want Full Collaboration Not IndependenceWhile nurse practitioners seek practice autonomy, physician assistants work to ensure greater state-by-state consistency in scope of practice laws.
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High turnover rates and financial distressOne of the complications physician practices faced in the pandemic was a high turnover rate. In this clip, Chad Beste, a partner in BDO’s Healthcare Advisory Practice, discusses how this ties into financial distress and what you can do to reduce its impact.
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The Impact of Value-Based Contracts on Independent PracticesIn Phoenix, one clinically integrated organization is showing independent physician practices how they can achieve success in value-based care.
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PAs Offer Comprehensive Care to Growing Geriatric PopulationWith the geriatric patient population increasing, physicians can count on PAs to take a hands-on approach to managing their care.
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Take Heed When Taking OffConsider giving patients advance notice if a physician absence is planned.
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My Best Idea: Why I WritePsychiatrist and novelist Charles Atkins on the connection between good writing and good medicine.
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CMS Should Adopt a Flat Rate for E&M Office VisitsMany physicians feel that useless chart documentation has grown to consume most of the patient visit, leaving little time for patient care.
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Investing in Technology for Value-Based Care SuccessTechnology will play an important role in determining a practice's success in MACRA. Here's what you need to invest in.
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Improving Patient Outcomes with Remote MonitoringMonitoring patients remotely is one way to reduce healthcare costs, but it may also facilitate outcome-based reimbursement programs.
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Collecting Patient Payment during SchedulingObtaining all information needed to check eligibility and perform pre-visit preparation can be time consuming, but is by far worth it.
