Practice Management

Here are four ways in which the federal or state healthcare exchanges have affected physician practices, according to Physicians Practice's 2014 Great American Physician Survey:

Here are four strategies for physicians to improve communications with electronic health record vendors, according to a Physicians Practice article:

"Fee-for-service is dead" seems to be the new mantra in healthcare. But, if this traditional payment model is going by the wayside, what business models are physicians turning to?

Independent physicians are not only responsible for clinical leadership, but business leadership as well. Here are three important practice management issues for independent physicians to understand, according to a Physicians Practice report.

In a Physician's Practice report, Audrey McLaughlin, CEO of McLaughlin Sales Group, discusses five ways to improve patient retention at a medical practice.

Bad reviews online can spell disaster for small businesses in today's hyper-connected world, however there are steps that businesses can take to use negative reviews to their advantage, according to a Small Business Trends report:

Virginia Mason, a nonprofit regional healthcare system in Seattle, implemented a program to offer warranties for knee and hip replacement surgeries. The program is designed to protect patients, insurance providers and employers from incurring additional costs from avoidable surgery-related complications.

  The Medicare pilot program for risk-sharing among orthopedic and spine surgeons is scheduled to begin January 2015. Participants are already signed up for the Medicare Bundled Payment Care Initiative, which provides surgeons with data about their costs to decide…

For one-fourth of physicians, collecting deductibles has become more challenging since healthcare reform was enacted, according to Physicians Practice's 2014 Great American Physician Survey.

It's not uncommon for medical practices to face challenges such as outstanding claims submission, increasing denial rates and incorrect benefits verification. NextServices, a healthcare management company, found solutions to these problems for one private nephrology group based in Albuquerque, N.M.