Search results for "Practice Management"
New content available on ACP's Patients Before Paperwork initiative
New content and resources have been added to the initiative's website, including a link to ACP's October 2017 paper “Promoting Transparency and Alignment in Medicare Advantage,” which calls for Medicare Advantage plans to increase transparency.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/07/5.htm
7 Nov 2017
Hepatitis C diagnosis, treatment changing rapidly
This issue covers topics including management of hepatitis and the effect of new direct-pay practice models on primary care practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/01/editors.htm
1 Jan 2015
Nominees named for College Officer, Treasurer and Regents
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians placed in nomination candidates for leadership positions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/11/regents.htm
1 Nov 2012
Practice Tips: The 3 Ps of physician compensation
Performance, productivity, and profitability are the 3 components of getting paid. These elements all affect one another, so balancing them is key.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/11/tips.htm
1 Nov 2014
Collections for the high-deductible (self-pay) patient
A high number of self-pay patients in the patient panel can lead to increased headaches for front-office staff.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/tips.htm
1 Nov 2016
Practice Tips: Staying on track for ICD-10
Learn what you and your practice should be doing now to meet the Oct. 1 ICD-10 deadline.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/02/tips.htm
1 Feb 2014
A road map can guide locum tenens travels
Working as a locum tenens has become more alluring to physicians with varying levels of experience.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/04/eleven.htm
1 Apr 2008
Authorization to treat and other quagmires
Authorization for medical decision making regarding end-of-life planning is something that patients need to consider both at the beginning of adulthood and in the later years of life.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/authorization-to-treat-and-other-quagmires.htm
1 Oct 2019
Practice Tips: Is ‘secure’ texting an oxymoron or a possibility?
Electronic health communication in health care must be secure. Text messaging is not, but it's how many patients want to talk with their doctors. Consider the ramifications of a message that gets misplaced, and then consider other ways of communicating.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/10/tips.htm
1 Oct 2014
Business experts urge small-practice doctors to take action
Speakers at a recent Business of Medicine Summit had some grim predictions and urgent alerts for attendees: “Start preparing for that storm that's partly on the coast but not here yet.”.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/05/conference.htm
1 May 2013