This article presents a general overview of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model and briefly explains how it relates to the other healthcare reforms taking place.

This article discusses the use of the relative value unit as a metric of productivity and how the use of this metric levels the playing field.

This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study to determine whether a relationship exists between work relative value unit (wRVU) awareness and wRVU accumulation among faculty physicians. Considering the financial importance of wRVU generation for h...

There are two distinct paths within a Patient-Centered Medical Home transformation: one that centers on the completion of the application and another that focuses on the true care transformation. Either one without the other does not provide a true p...

Research conducted by members of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (recently renamed the Obesity Medicine Association) and others shows remarkable health benefits associated with wellness protocols that limit the intake of carbohydrates an...

In this article, the author outlines important things medical practices should be doing to prepare for the new world of value-based contracting. Medical practices that embrace this change and work hard to evolve with the future are the ones that are ...

This article presents a general overview of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model and briefly explains how it relates to the other healthcare reforms currently taking place.

A practice assessment is an overall review of the practice’s effectiveness in delivering excellent patient care efficiently, professionally, and in a manner that permits sustained or improving profitability over time. This article provides four steps...

This article explores what medical practices need to know when choosing a new business telephone system in order to find the right solutions for their businesses.

This article discuss how insights from the field of positive psychology and social neuroscience can help healthcare providers and their organizations flourish, in both their professional practices and personal lives.

This article discusses how practice administrators can use actions, electronic medical records, and training to increase overall retention and create a high-performance culture in their medical practice.

Moving patients effectively from check-in to check-out results in savings of time and money for a rural group practice.