March 2014 - PracticeSuite

How a Patient Portal Can Help Your Office Provide Better Medical Care

Posted on March 31, 2014 By Michael Sculley

What is a HIPAA Compliant Patient Portal? Almost every medical professional in private practice today has a business website, but does it have the ability to provision a HIPAA compliant account for your patients? A portal like this will enable your patients to interact with your practice, review the...

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Physician House Calls : Concierge Medicine Still On The Rise

Posted on March 31, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Dr. Russell Dohner hangs his signature fedora on the hat rack precisely at 10 o’clock each morning. One by one they arrive – with colds, ear aches and the occasional broken bone. Regardless of why they come, each will hand over a $5 bill – payment in full for services rendered. No insurance re...

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11 Things Physicians Should Never Say to Patients

Posted on March 31, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Consultant Live’s Physicians Practice asked Jeff Brunken, president of insurer The MGIS Companies, and Sue Larsen, president of Astute Doctor Education, to come up with 10 things physicians should never say to patients. Have you already banished these phrases from your patient interactions, or wil...

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Increasing Medical Office Productivity While Supporting Working Moms

Posted on March 31, 2014 By Michael Sculley

A working mom’s life is, quite literally, a balancing act. Lean too far toward the office, and your children get short shrift. Lean too far toward home, and office resentments can flare up. Practice managers and physicians can relate to this type of performance—working moms must be accommodated ...

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Docs: EHRs Make Us Frown

Posted on March 26, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Universal implementation of electronic health records does not mean they are viewed favorably by those who use them, particularly physicians. According to RAND health reports, doctors’ perspectives of EHRs remain mixed even though they have been widely adopted. Although the overall concept of ...

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Six Effective Ways to Solve Your Patient Payment Woes

Posted on March 17, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Patient payments, long a sore spot for providers, are becoming increasingly important as more patients move to high-deductible plans. Here are six ways to ease the pain. 1. Make it easy for patients to provide information. For collections and medical billing, the more information you have on a patie...

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Should PAs Play a Greater Role in Your Practice?

Posted on March 16, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Since the goal of most physicians is more time with patients, many are turning to mid-level providers like physician assistants (PAs) to help shift the balance. Although the PA role was created by physicians and the certification has been around for almost 50 years, some myths about PAs persist. For...

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Top Money Tips for Physicians

Posted on March 14, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Although doctors easily earn six figure incomes annually, Fidelity Investments reports that most of these high-earning physicians are currently on track to contribute a mere 55 percent of their salary to their retirement nest egg. While this is definitely a higher than average contribution to retire...

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Rescuing a Practice on the Brink

Posted on March 13, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Owning a medical practice can be a jarring experience, even for those with nerves of steel. In the face of increasing regulations and stagnant reimbursements, many small practices seem to teeter on the brink of closure. Rising to meet those challenges, though, is the key to ensuring the success and ...

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Are Your Patients Pot Smokers?

Posted on March 12, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Medical marijuana is allowing chronically ill patients to relieve painful, often debilitating symptoms by legally “toking it up” instead of popping pills that they claim were not doing anything to ease their severe pain. The widespread acceptance of marijuana as a useful medication is al...

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How a Patient Portal Can Help Your Office Provide Better Medical Care

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11 Things Physicians Should Never Say to Patients

Increasing Medical Office Productivity While Supporting Working Moms

Docs: EHRs Make Us Frown

Six Effective Ways to Solve Your Patient Payment Woes

Should PAs Play a Greater Role in Your Practice?

Top Money Tips for Physicians

Rescuing a Practice on the Brink

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