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Despite how you feel about the ICD-10 delay, make it work for you, not against you. Here are five planning strategies to consider.

Here are four assessment areas your practice can use to develop training for the ICD-10 medical coding system transition.

To continue to attract and keep top-quality physician assistants on staff, private medical practices should consider three approaches.

Physician Mary Christ expresses skepticism about the expanding roles for nurse practitioners.

Thoughtful offboarding of a locum tenens physician will ensure continuity of care for patients and maximize the financial benefit to your medical practice.

Whether they think it is good or bad news, savvy physicians will use the extra time to prepare their practices for the ICD-10 coding transition wisely.

Whether your medical practice was ready to implement ICD-10 in October 2014 or not, here's what you need to do to get ready for the transition in 2015.

Administrators and physicians are both leaders. While each role is important and unique, in order to be most effective, they need to work together.

Medical school taught you to practice medicine, not how to manage your staff. Here's a crash course.

Investing time and attention in the medical practice staff hiring process reduces costs and boosts staff retention.

Congress decided that physicians need one more year to prepare for ICD-10. Here's what it means for your medical practice and the healthcare industry overall.

Do you cultivate positive, working relationships with your key departments or vendors? If not, changing your approach might yield amazing results.

Recruiting patients is important. Retaining them, more so. Here are five ways to keep your patients satisfied and coming back to your medical practice.

Important points about the physician assistant profession that could ease physician apprehension about working with them.

Here's what physicians and their medical practices can do to make the most of limited time with patients.

Physician assistants and nurse practitioners share what they look for in recruitment packages.

Here are some key reasons why medical practices should consider self-paced ICD-10 training for physicians and staff.

Important financial and compliance issues can be digested easily with a little planning. March is a good time to look at HR issues in your practice.

PAs have been part of the healthcare scene for almost 50 years, yet some physicians still express apprehension or even resistance about working with them.

Here are some common scams to steal money from your medical practice and some strategies to avoid it happening in the first place.

With the Stage 2 rules looming, some practices are moving ahead while others remain on the sidelines in the quest to meet meaningful use.

In the first 10 seconds to 30 seconds of a patient's visit, you can make a big difference in their satisfaction with your medical practice.

Practice administrators and physicians have differing areas of focus, but must collaborate for practice success. Here are three new partnerships for both roles.

Physicians must join physician assistants (PAs) in addressing misconceptions and misinformation about the PA profession.

There's plenty to do to get your medical practice ready for ICD-10, but proper training tops the list.

When it comes to supervising members of various generations at your practice, recognize the differences, but also strive to find common ground among staff.

Camaraderie between medical practice staff is one of the cornerstones of a successful practice. Here are some ways to cultivate it at your practice.

As more practices implement EHRs, more are employing medical records scribes. Here's why your practice might want to consider it.

Here are three ways medical practices can use storytelling - with patients and with staff - as a critical communication strategy.

Don't let the ICD-10 transition hurt your practice's bottom line. Here are ways for you and your staff to survive and thrive during this major change.