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Your Money: Avoiding Estate TaxesMervin Low, MD, explains how a little-known type of trust can keep more of your money where it belongs - with your heirs - after you’re gone.
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Intense ICD-10 Training: A Step-by-Step PlanSome of your medical practice staff will require more intense ICD-10 training. Here's a step-by-step guide to get them prepared for the code set transition.
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ICD-10 Winter and Valentine's Day CodesHaving a little fun with the ICD-10 codes now will come in handy when it’s time to implement them later.
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Direct Primary Care: What Physicians Need to KnowWith the increased buzz around the direct primary care model, here's what you need to know about the private healthcare transition.
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What Practices Need to Do Now to Prepare for HIPAA Omnibus ChangesThere are three main changes to HIPAA coming Sept. 23, 2013, that medical practices need to know about. Here's what they are and what you should do.
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The IdeaLab: The Seven Year SwitchMichael J. McLaughlin, MD, on the hardest, and best, decision of his career: quitting clinical practice.
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The Manufactured Interoperability Crisis is Failing DocsPhysicians know what true "interoperability" means, but they have to deal with a misguided definition from the health IT industry.
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It's Time to Move to ICD-10, Not for Another DelayHalting ICD-10 implementation now would be a huge burden to medical practices. It's not time for another delay; it's time to get to work.
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Five Steps for Elevating Medical Practice OperationsThis survival guide offers key activities to move a practice beyond reactive management and toward a proactive approach to optimize performance.
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The Current State of Tort ReformIn this video exclusive for Physicians Practice, Michael Matray, host of Healthcare Matters, drills down on a pair of medical liability tort reform bills currently under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Why Physicians Change JobsPinnacle Health Group has conducted a survey to find out why physicians leave their jobs
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Physician Assistants, Payers, and Your PracticeHere are some important points about billing for services delivered by physician assistants in your practice.
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7 things to include in your practice's governance agreementHow to build a robust governance agreement that can help your practice weather any storm.
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Physician Lessons on Asset ProtectionTwo recently settled cases can serve as important lessons for physicians on the proper methods of successful asset protection.
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Technology’s Lasting Impact on the Medical PracticeTechnology can solve your business problems, but it has to be the right system with the right partner to truly result in success.
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Using the Right EHR Can Combat BurnoutEHRs are often pointed to as the cause of physician burnout, but that's not entirely fair, says one doctor.
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EHRs and the ICD-10 Transition: Planning for 2015It's important to work with your EHR vendor to ensure ICD-10 compliance in 2015. Here are some of the challenges to address right away.
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The Problem with the Hospitalist SystemIn response to a recent article in The New England Journal of Medicine, one doctor weighs in on the problem he sees with the hospitalist system.
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Seven Signs It's Time to Switch EHRsOn the fence about finding a new EHR for your medical practice? Here are seven signs that it may be time to ditch your current system for a new one.
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A Christmas Toast to PhysiciansA physician offers words of praise to his peers that spent 2017 working long hours caring for those in need.
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Real Estate Investment: How Not to Make Money Like a DoctorInvestment is a different profession than medicine, so please physicians, get help on getting the greatest returns, especially when it comes to real estate.
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Seven Big ICD-10 Changes for Primary CareFocus on the most frequently used codes at your primary-care practice - such as these seven - to better prepare for the ICD-10 transition.
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Getting Cardiovascular Patients to Change their LifestylePatients with cardiovascular disease need simple steps to successfully change lifestyle habits. Certified PAs are equipped with the tools to help.
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Chronic-Care Patients: Easing the Burden on PhysiciansA new billing code allows docs to be reimbursed for non face-to-face care for patients with two or more chronic conditions lasting 12 months or more.
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The Ex-Doctor’s Diary: No Longer a Real Doctor?Is a doctor who works in another field any less of a doctor? Michelle Mudge-Riley, DO, doesn’t think so.
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How I Learned the Importance of Listening to My PatientsA semester of study in Edinburgh, Scotland, helped this physician to learn that spirituality is a step away from empathy.
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Keeping and Growing a Patient BaseIn order to improve customer satisfaction to attract and retain patients, practices can take these three basic steps.
