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May 15th 2024
Exploring practical strategies to address staffing shortages in medical practices and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
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Medicare Fraud and Abuse and Your Practice
The government is getting more aggressive-a lot more aggressive-in going after possible fraud. Here's how to keep your practice out of legal hot water.
Monitoring Health Reform Change at Your Medical Practice
How to keep your practice up to date with changing healthcare policies and industry standards.
Employees vs. Contractors in Medical Practice: What's in a Name?
Here's how to avoid a potentially expensive mistake by misclassifying an employee versus a contractor.
Collecting Patient Information: A Script for Your Staff
Want the right way for your staff to get patient data during scheduling and visits? Here's a handy guide to print and post at your practice.
Should Medical Practice Staff Get Paid When the Office is Closed?
If a medical office is closed, and therefore, not generating income, should staff members be paid?
Staffing Benchmarks
The best performing practices in the country tend to have more staff than practices doing less well. Why? More support staff means physicians can focus on seeing patients -- and bringing in money. Find out how your staff per physician ratio compares to national benchmarks.
'I Feel I Am Successful When I Am Prepared'
Juggling motherhood and private practice makes preparation key.
Many Roles for PAs in an ACO Healthcare Model
Many PAs do very well in this ACO care delivery model because of their unique relationship with physicians, staff, and patients and coordination of care responsibilities.
Communication Breakdowns at Your Medical Practice
Are docs and staff just not on the same page? Here's how to fix it.
Picking the Right Health Insurance for Medical Practice Staff
Choosing the right health plan for my staff means balancing business expense and employee satisfaction.
Make Your Medical Practice More Efficient
Not enough hours in the day? Small changes can have a big impact on your practice efficiency - and your life.
Today's Medical Practice Cash Flow Tied to Internet
Are you restricting Internet access to your medical practice staff? If so, some of your cash flow is not only offline but also in jeopardy.
An Employee Benefit to Consider for Your Medical Practice
A neighborhood tragedy followed by a coincidence brought another potential employee benefit to mind for my medical practice.
Improving Communication in Your Medical Practice
What is true for marriage relationships is equally true for relationships with your staff in your practice.
Poll of the Week – When Does a Background Check Go Too Far?
A small but growing number of employers are asking potential hires to share social networking login and password information.
Weighing Employee Benefits for Medical Practice Staff
I know money isn't everything …but I also want to provide for my staff what I can for them.
Proper Introductions at Your Practice Are Critical to Patient Relations
In the medical world, the way you introduce yourself and others can make or break your relationships - with patients, their families, and your colleagues.
Addressing Sexual Harassment at Your Medical Practice
Sexual harassment happens every day in the workplace and physician practices are not immune. Here are some tips to handle such situations.
Employing Your Spouse at Your Medical Practice
Having your soul mate at the office is great, but beware of bringing personal issues into your practice.
Health IT Support at Your Medical Practice: Hire or Train?
Properly using technology at your practice is critical, as is determining who will help you use it effectively.
Managing Staffing Costs at Your Medical Practice
Work flow, technology, and shaking up traditional job duties can all affect staffing needs
'Managing Up' a Critical Part of Practice Management
Here's how to work with your physicians to deliver the best possible outcome for your practice, yourself, and your boss.
Monitoring Revenue Cycle Management at Your Medical Practice
You've purchased the technology needed to keep tabs on your practice's operations. Now make sure you're looking at the right reports.
Planning for ICD-10 Conversion
Here's how your medical practice should build a plan for the looming transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in 2014.
Managing Difficult Medical Practice Employees
Tips for transforming immature staff members into great employees
Can That Applicant Do the Job at Your Medical Practice?
Tips for testing job skills - before you hire.
Does Your Practice Provide Culturally Competent Care?
If like many communities, yours has significant numbers of non-English speaking people with whom neither you nor your staff are able to converse, your practice is at a serious disadvantage.
How Should Your Medical Practice Handle an Impaired Physician?
Waiting until the impaired physician is arrested, a patient is injured, or the reputation of the practice is irreparably affected is not an option.
Physician Assistants Play Key Role in Access to Healthcare
By emphasizing a team-oriented approach to healthcare and using PAs, we increase access to care for our patients.
7 Ways to Mentor Staff
Mentoring might be one of the least costly ways to cultivate professional development of your staff