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Reimbursement decline, global payments, and the shift from volume to value are all possible scenarios your medical practice should explore today.

Whether using e-mail or direct mail, here's help on getting word out about your medical practice to the people in your community you want as patients.

You've spent numerous hours on the new hire for your medical practice. Here are a few steps to get them up to speed without overwhelming them at the same time.

Compounding effort and resources is not always a good thing at medical practices.

Increased EHR adoption and optimization, coupled with collaboration among vendors, can take healthcare data to the next level. Online consumerism can pave the way.

As a physician, I cannot condone pharmaceutical reps bad-mouthing each other - or flat-out lying - for the sake of a few prescriptions.

Public relations can be a powerful way to build your medical practice. Here are five tips to get you started or build on what you have already created.

With changes in the marketplace, more physicians are considering concierge medicine – but even more have serious questions. Here are some of the most common.

Sick employees can cause havoc in your operations, but only if you’re unprepared.

Every medical practice wants the latest upgrade to their EHR to eliminate bugs, but sometimes, fixes cause other things to break or not work properly.

Here are some ideas to identify, understand, and re-motivate your medical practice staff and turn them back into people who love their work.

Here are six steps your medical practice can take to avoid being the target of a tax audit or a malpractice suit.

Rules vary between code book guidelines, payer preferences, and Medicare limitations. Ensure proper reimbursement by following the right rules for the right situations.

Until the day when medicine if fully understood, today's EHRs will struggle to make sense out of data that is ambiguous and imprecise.

Physicians should take the time to anticipate change and plan with the goal of getting the maximum benefit from the time invested.

It's tax season and with the IRS notifying more physicians of tax audits, there are some steps you can take today to avoid being included in this group.

Medical practice staff members who meet and exceed your expectations, consistent with the goals and priorities of the practice, are well within your reach.

There will always be difficult people and situations when working at a medical practice. Sometimes you just have to recognize that fact, accept it, and prepare for it.

Physicians looking for lower healthcare costs and CPOE need only turn to Amazon for the blueprint to success.

Physicians are being presented with chances to invest in ancillary services, but they need to be aware of all the legal issues involved to avoid potential pitfalls.

Doctors have heard it all. Here's what some of our physician readers said they can't stand hearing from patients.

Find out why CPT code 99213 is the most unexpectedly denied E&M code at medical practices like yours from John Stanton of RemitDATA.

Optimizing the skills of nonphysician providers can help your practice increase patient access, boost productivity, and generate new revenue.

Does your medical practice allocate more time to medical billing and collections than actual patient care? Even with automation, the growing complexity of the process makes it increasingly labor intensive. Perhaps it's time to outsource?

Texas Health Resources has used an innovative series of health IT tools to engage their large base of independent physicians and encourage greater collaboration online.

Warner Thomas, CEO of Louisiana-based Ochsner Health System, compares healthcare to the airline industry in his keynote speech at HIMSS13 in New Orleans.

Using an EHR to simply replace the paper patient chart is not worth it.

Medical practice staff absences hurt, but I'm not sure what I'd do if the other physician at my practice suddenly fell ill and couldn't work.

Handling employee complaints can be tricky. Here are some ideas on approaching them and resolving them quickly and effectively at your practice.

Here are some steps medical practices should take to stay ahead of the curve financially when CMS moves to a new data source for calculation of HCC factors.