Why Every Private Medical Practice Should Have a Website (part 1 of 3)

Five years ago, if you asked me if a website was mandatory for physicians, I would have said “no”. But times have changed. Now, I believe every doctor should have a website. Here’s why:Websites ...

Need to hire a practice manager? Look for the three “Cs”.

If the thought of hiring a practice manager makes you anxious, your reaction is perfectly reasonable. Your practice manager is an incredibly important person in your life. You will not only spend significant amounts of time working with that person, you will trust him or her with the financial under...

Cleaning Up Your Billing Claims For Better Results

I continuously stress to my clients and their staffs that they are the first ones touching the superbill, charge slip, routing slip, encounter form. The cleaner it is, the more advanced it is in using modifiers and trying some add-on codes that are clearly described in a CPT book/computer program t...

Why Medicare Is Not The Enemy

As a billing service, I come in contact with many insurance plans on a daily basis. Every year, I have my favorites and the ones that I dread. In all the years I have been in this business, the latter change from year to year (I always have at least one on my hot list [...]...

Physicians in Private Practice Need to be Entrepreneurs

It is more important than ever for private practice physicians to sharpen their entrepreneurial edge, and I mean that in a good way. With the various healthcare reform options being discussed, I hear a recurrent theme that in order to bring healthcare costs down, and the quality of patient care up, ...

Share Your Private Practice Management Tips

For PrivatePractice.MD to become truly useful for doctors starting a new private medical practice, members will need to share their own knowedge and experiences with other members.  I would be thrilled to see experienced doctors become mentors to the newly minted doctors. Private practice mastermin...

X Prize for a New Health Care Paradigm

The X Prize Foundation has announced a $10+ Million prize to the person or group that creates a fundamentally different US healthcare delivery system.  I think the private medical practice community can win this prize! In the description directly from the X Prize website it states “This first...

Business Liability Insurance For Your Medical Practice Is A Must!

If you have a business, which a medical practice is of course, you need business liablity insurance. Your malpractice insurance won’t protect you if your patient slips on your front step and breaks her hip. As doctors, we’re used to the concept of risk. Some doctors are even comfortable ...