Physicians Practice Pearls®

Risks that threaten doctor’s financial solvency take many forms and require serious personal and professional risk management in multiple areas.

Technical, administrative, and physical safeguards need to be implemented in accordance with the Security Rule; NIST standards are preferrable.

While a great way to market your practice’s name, brand, and showcase providers, think through these legal and compliance issues first.

How you can begin transitioning your practice to your children.

We examine some important basics on how to document your losses and make an effective insurance claim.

This year, you need more sleep. With the coronavirus dominating headlines and physicians always encouraging us to be physically active and eat healthy, it’s easy to forget the benefits of getting a good night’s sleep.

As 2021 begins, it presents both familiar risks and new challenges never experienced in the lifetimes of most Americans. We start the year by reviewing key measures to help you to manage and survive both.

If you engage in these behaviors, closely review your relationships with such companies, as well as the types of events at which you have been speaking.

In addition to focusing on value-based care, the Stark Law and Anti-kickback Statute (AKS) Final Rules alter several decades of safeguards, as long as certain parameters are met. This is Part II of a three-part series.

Two dimensions in which physician expectations were out of line with the reality of the job.

Legal, security, and liability issues developing on a daily basis.

Working with a physician-friendly advisor is crucial for healthcare professionals.

Stark and AKS Final Rules focus on value-based care. This is Part I of a three-part series.

As seen from a Locum Tenens perspective.

Coding expert Bill Dacey, principal of The Dacey Group, answers viewers questions in this second installment of our Coding Q&A podcast series.

As we head into the Thanksgiving 2020 holiday, keep these details in mind to help bring a stressful year to a peaceful and predictable close.

To plan well is to demonstrate imagination, not merely to apply mechanical procedures.

2021 EM guidelines turn some traditional 99213s into 99214s.

2020 has brought on new stressors in every facet of life. Perhaps Thanksgiving can offer a time to reset.

There’s no magic wand to immediately upgrade your administrative systems, but there are actions you can take.

Instability in compensation and the massive move of physicians from private practice to employed models could be indicators of trouble ahead for physician compensation.

Physician practices that are engaged in any purchase or sale of stock or equity must be sure to comply with the requirements tied to funds that were loaned or granted during COVID.

A starting point of 11 of the most common asset mistakes.

Warnings from government agencies and experts, coupled with recent HHS-OCR settlements, place HIPAA and cybersecurity compliance at the top of one’s “to do” list.

Whether it is for growth reasons or succession planning, bringing in a physician partner has many advantages

If one of the physicians in your practice is switching to part-time status, numerous issues will have to be addressed first.

Asset protection and risk management for medical practice owners is becoming increasingly broad in scope due to both internal and external risks. The 2020 election, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, adds layers to this complexity in areas ranging from physical security to employment law.

Bill Dacey, president and CEO of The Dacey Group, pens the popular Coding Columns on Physician's Practice. In our first podcast version of this column, we answer contributed questions on provider types, protocols, and patient behavior.

Being small does not equate to being disadvantaged. Here’s how solo providers and small group practice are benefitting during the pandemic.

This month’s Coding Q&A features questions from a physician coding for time spent with hospital patients, and another wondering if there is another way to code for medical reconciliation outside of Transitional Care management codes.