Physicians Practice Pearls®

Feeling angry and overwhelmed at your practice? Here are six simple actions that can improve your mood.

Don't allow new patients to wait 30 minutes because of an outdated intake process, here are ways to make it more efficient.

Practices today are intensely focused on cost-cutting by any means necessary. But, it's important to realize cutting is not always beneficial.

Some patients don't want to hear it, they just want their unreasonable request accepted. Here's how to say no.

Most physicians realize they can't just up and retire, but how exactly do you prepare for life after medicine?

Here are six common themes that often emerge when practices examine their tech work flows.

When do you use modifier 25 or 57? Coding expert John Verhovshek explains the difference when coding an E&M service.

E&M coding guidelines are finally changing after 20 years, but don't celebrate yet. These changes may be worrisome to practices

The less stress you experience, the greater your ability to provide compassionate care, engage positively with your staff, and improve decision making.

Don’t just throw a new physician into the fire. Here are seven ways to ensure his success in acclimating to your environment.

Here are 10 things you should consider if you are planning to let go of your practice's IT person or vendor. Don't act rash!

The self-funded employer market is a good opportunity for your practice, you just have to let them know your practice is a good fit for them.

If you are interested in starting a direct care practice, here are a few tools that will be of assistance to you for documentation, billing, and more.

Thanks to a new agreement, medical licensure issues won't hold back the growing telehealth industry nearly as much.

Are you an older physician considering transitioning your practice to a new owner and/or retiring? Ask these five questions.

Part 1 of a 2-part series on developing a more stress resilient brain and being able to more effectively run your practice.

Tips for creating the ideal physician-led team of experts to ensure maximum productivity and enhanced problem solving.

Using telehealth services? Here are the basics on reporting this to Medicare, in order to get properly paid.

Show more compassion to patients, enhance your listening skills, and improving your decision-making abilities with mindfulness.

You have an obligation to ensure patients are protected and retained when their physician leaves your practices. Here's what to do.

Use the "knowledge, skills, and attitude" concept when hiring staff at your practice, to ensure you bring the right person aboard.

If your IT person leaves your practice, you need to be prepared to take over his duties and ensure things continue to run smoothly.

Developing this kind of document can let physicians know what expectations your practice has of them.

Avoid a misfire when bringing on a new practice manager. Here are some ways to evaluate them and make sure they are making the right moves.

Why this is a challenging time for providers who are finding themselves penalized excessively by CMS and without appropriate recourse or justice.

Everything you want to know about coding a transitional care management encounter, including what services are included.

Patient visits aren't the only source of revenue for your practice, there are federal and private grants. Here's how to obtain one.

Direct Messaging is a way for providers to securely exchange patient data. Here's a primer on how you can use the technology.

While prescription registries have made it easier to track down drug seekers, they are not foolproof. Here are red flags you should be looking out for.

You can't change the trajectory of medicine, but there are strategies you can take to get back to why you went into the field in the first place.