Physician Productivity

Let's face it, medicine is a business. If your new physician isn't productive, your practice will suffer. Here are some strategies to speed things up.

This physician takes full responsibility for maximizing his practice revenue, by focusing on what he calls the four P's of exemplary patient care.

Practicing gratitude in your medical practice can bring multiple benefits. You will see increased productivity, improved behavior, and a more creative outlook.

Scope of practice for nurse practitioners and physician assistants is changing. Here's what physicians should know.

Computer systems will never make good deciders and people will never make good robots.

Physician compensation wasn't stellar last year, but don't give up. There are plenty of ways to jump-start your practice operations to maximize what you've got.

Get complete results of our 2014 Physician Compensation Survey for national views and insight on payments to doctors.

Physicians, at least those who find private practice attractive, should develop proposals and present those to hospital leaders when it comes to partnerships.

As more patients gain insurance, locum tenens providers and advanced practitioners are gaining prominence.

Giving up important aspects of patient care has become the imperative for many physicians. But that doesn't make letting go any easier.

Traditional EHRs are at the simplest, data repositories. But what if they were able to retrieve and organize data around specific patient problems?

Here are six strategies to help practices and hospitals come together whether they are seeking to merge operations or simply enhance their working relationship.

As CMS' bureaucracy morphs meaningful use quality reports to meaningless busywork, it converts quality incentives to penalties to enforce compliance.

Practice employees are more than salaries. If you use them in the right places at the right time, they are revenue generators supporting your physicians.

Welcoming a new physician to your practice goes beyond credentialing and orientation. It also includes marketing, integration into the team, and mentoring.

To truly be ready for the ICD-10 transition, start your communications now: with your physicians, your staff, and your tech vendors.

Finding the optimal way to use NPs and PAs as part of the care team is not an easy task since not all universally agree upon the role they wish to have.

Communication, support, and education - especially on finances - are key areas for physicians and practice managers to work together in a team environment.

As displayed in Dallas, you can't expect EHRs to interoperate when they can't even intra-operate in their current structure.

Despite a recent expose by The Wall Street Journal, the in-office ancillary exception to the Stark Law will remain the most commonly used tool by practices.

Health reform is forcing many medical practices to change how they do business. Here's how physicians can help their managers, partners, and staff adjust.

Medical supply companies need to stop cold calling patients offering them medical equipment without a physician's order, and trying to trick busy doctors.

Physician sellouts to hospitals, hospital cabals, clueless and complicit regulators, lawmakers, and reporters create a perfect storm of greed and incompetence.

Anyone that is responsible for patients has had "I told you so" moments. Here are mine when it comes to health IT and EHRs. I hope you take my advice.

Can't decide between myriad EHR vendors in your quest to meet meaningful use? Here are five tips for a DIY approach based on one practice's experience.

The American Medical Association's recommendations to boost EHR usability are touchy-feely, but none really get to the heart of what's wrong with systems.

It is feasible and often desirable for NPs to participate in concierge programs. But be careful, you need to explore the issue fully before proceeding.

Announcing a new initiative to address problems with EHR, the AMA wants to encourage patient engagement and less time spent documenting data.

When is it OK to refuse extra responsibilities in your medical group?

Apple anticipates that even the best laid plans go awry, so they seek out the failures and fix them using customer support. Why can't EHR vendors do the same?