Practice Models

Can physicians stay independent in an increasingly challenging environment? Here are a few strategies to avoid physician employment.

Large medical groups are beginning to explore the pros, cons, and feasibility of concierge medicine.

Independent integrated networks are being driven by independent physician organizations, coalitions, and alliances between physicians themselves.

I find that physicians in private practice are passionate about what they do, and most want to stay independent.

IBM's Paul Grundy may best be known for his role in creating Patient-Centered Medical Homes, but his next steps are all about primary care.

When it comes to considering concierge medicine, many physicians want more information before making the change in their own practices.

Is there a role for video medicine in the personalized health world of concierge care?

Why one physician opened a direct-pay primary-care practice and how he did it.

The Doc Shoppe, a direct primary-care practice in Corbin, Ky., offers three membership levels for individuals, families, and small businesses.

Trying to decide between direct primary-care practice and concierge medicine? Here are some of the key differences between the two models.

With the increased buzz around the direct primary care model, here's what you need to know about the private healthcare transition.

Membership medicine makes good economic sense for primary-care physicians and their patients. Here's how.

A concierge model may not be the answer for every practice, but it does serve as an example of what’s possible with technology and the right priorities.

Physicians and consultants share their top advice for practices participating in, or planning to participate in, accountable care organizations.

Patients come to a direct-pay practice for improved access to physicians. In order to deliver on that promise, a physician must have the right tools.

Retail clinics are here to stay. Increasing your patients' access to your medical office will help direct them back to your practice.

The ongoing reimbursement challenges of medical practice today are leading cardiologists to explore concierge medicine.

Physicians, medical practice managers, and consultants share their top advice for a successful transition to a Patient-Centered Medical Home.

More retail-based clinics are cropping up across the country. Here's how your independent medical practice should respond.

Two physicians share their insight regarding the quality of care patients receive in retail-based clinics.

If your medical practice is concerned about patients' retail clinic use, you may want to consider sharing these recommendations with your patients.

For us, the health insurance companies represent a huge problem. We believe the solution is single payer, and we’re doing something about it.

I hate to think that medicine will become like a cookbook, because there are so many things that just don’t fit inside the box.

CMS' newest shared-savings payment and delivery care model features higher risks and higher rewards. Here's how it differs from current ACO models.

Many physicians compare efforts to initiate policy changes to trying to move a mountain with a shovel, and indeed it sometimes takes just as long.

The new focus on value-based reimbursement models has some wondering just where and how concierge medicine fits into the new paradigm.

Plans offered through the state and federal health insurance exchanges are not the only place narrow networks are cropping up.

Medicare's value-based modifier is a new fee schedule adjustment that will reward or penalize physicians for quality of care in 2015.

The recent changes in healthcare are starting to create more uniformity in healthcare models; but do we still need options for MDs and patients?

After converting to a direct-pay practice two years ago, this physician has learned a thing or two and is glad he made the change.