Staff

The challenge of meeting patient demand for primary-care services in the coming years is simple: nurse practitioners.

Feel like there's no time to manage your medical practice? Here's how to spend five hours a week and increase inflow while still allowing you to treat patients.

How a marketer could help your practice make big profits in 2012, and how to find a great one.

Don’t let your office fall into the trap of poor customer service and losing patients to the “new patient coordinator.”

Here's some food for thought on when to deliver ICD-10 training to your medical practice staff, where you should go for it, and how to evaluate it.

Here are some tips you can review that could eliminate post-holiday party problems for you and your medical practice.

It's the end of the year, and bonuses are likely to get doled out at your medical practice. But don't forget to acknowledge staff year-round.

The blogs that garnered the most attention among our physician readers in 2012, and some of the lessons learned from each.

I often write about when things go wrong at my medical practice, but it's time to focus on the positives for a change.

It's December and that means it's time for your medical practice's annual exam to remain healthy for next year and years to come.

Don’t let your practice fall short when it comes to workplace safety policies and procedures. Here are some tips.

Nonphysician providers can help counteract the physician shortage, but be sure to consider these important legal requirements when employing them.

While the ICD-10 compliance date is nearly a year away, now is the time to begin training and education planning. Here are some tips.

With December upon us, we are just a few short weeks away the new year. Is your medical practice prepared with the necessary resources to turn the calendar?

Downcoding, overstaffing, and lack of follow-up on denials are all possible places your medical practice is losing precious revenue.

Over the next month, your office will be inundated with treats and gifts for your medical staff. How much is enough? Here are some options to spread the goodwill.

Be thankful for every patient that walks in your door, and for a lot of other things, too.

An efficient policy for dealing with pharmaceutical reps visiting your medical practice keeps them, as well as your staff and patients, happy.

A friend from my past, let's call her Dr. Fabulous, taught me four key lessons to improve productivity in a medical practice and in life.

Exit interviews tell you why good people are leaving – after they've left. Stay interviews help understand an employee's concerns while she is still on the job.

President Obama and the Affordable Care Act survived Election Day, but there are real threats to patients and healthcare professionals looming on the horizon.

Here are the dos and don'ts of rewarding your hardworking employees.

President Obama’s victory means key health reform initiatives will move forward. For many medical practices, that means big staffing changes are on the horizon.

Whether Hurricane Sandy impacted your medical practice directly or not, it is a clear reminder of the importance of business continuity planning.

Does your medical practice have one employee that has all of the answers? Here's why this is a dangerous process to support.

Stephanie Rollheiser, vice president of CompHealth Locum Tenens, explains how to get medical practice staff truly engaged in their jobs.

Make sure your medical practice is on top of its legal responsibilities, especially when it comes to terminating the employment of a staff member.

Putting together an employee handbook for your medical practice is not only a smart thing to do legally, but good for staff management.

Here are three simple tactics to improve responsiveness, productivity, and accuracy among your medical practice employees.

The election is less than two weeks away, and no matter if the Affordable Care Act is preserved or repealed, healthcare continues to evolve.