Physician Productivity

Economic woes continue to pinch practices, and that sometimes leads to hard staffing decisions. Here’s how to handle your staff with care when payroll goes under the knife.

A lingering recession and declining reimbursement make for stormy weather for practices. Check out our suggestions for how to stay dry - and in the black.

Social networking is all the rage, but be wary if your staff are posting updates to Facebook. Setting a few ground rules can help avoid damage to your practice.

Have you heard about that “free” electronic medical records system that your local hospital, vendor, or the government is offering? Sounds good, right? But be careful. While there are ways to get EMR software for little or no cost, there are still expenses (and sometimes other strings) attached.

What are physicians like you doing when it comes to purchasing new office technologies? Our Fifth Annual Technology Survey cuts through the hype and gives it to you straight.

If you don’t have a policy on staff e-mail usage, you need one. Here’s why.

Evaluating a partnership offer has been complicated by the recession. Is ownership still worth it?

The best measure of physician productivity is the “relative value unit,” or RVU. But many new physicians don’t know where to start, or even what an RVU is. Here’s help.

You’ve got questions - lots of ’em. And we’ve got the answers. We compiled some of the most common practice management questions we hear - from collections issues to dealing with staff problems and so much more - in one place, and got answers from some of the top experts in the business.

Are you a small office skating by on IT? Here’s why paying for a quarterly IT checkup might save you big bucks in the long run.

The best measure of physician productivity is the “relative value unit,” or RVU. But a physician trying to figure out how much she’ll be paid under this system doesn’t know where to start, or even what an RVU is. Here’s help.

Physicians must meaningfully use electronic health records to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - a.

A Michigan pediatrician is seeking his second EMR. Can he get over his old baggage and anxieties enough to make the right choice?

You recently highlighted a practice that implemented EMR. It was actually more productive after implementation. How did the implementation of the EMR contribute to this? We started EMR three months ago, and we decreased daily visits for the physicians to learn. So far, no one is near pre-EMR visit numbers, and the input is so time consuming that we don’t see that we ever will be seeing as many patients a day as pre-EMR.

One partner wants to retire; the other two want to buy him out. The only problem: They can’t agree on the terms, and things are getting heated.

Large employers are cutting healthcare costs by opening their own clinics onsite and offering workers nearly-free service. What does this mean for practices like yours?