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Buying medical equipment for your practice that must be replaced every few years may not be the best way to go. Here's what you should know about leasing.

Practices need to expand their leadership capabilities beyond clinical-minded decisions. They have to focus on business management, too.

Vendors' products and services directly impact a practice's day-to-day operations. Here's how to be establish efficient vendor relations.

This doctor says one patient's care plan reemphasized why he has continued to stay independent in the era of consolidation.

Doctors are dealing with more outside forces than ever before, like third-party and government payers. Here's why they have to organize.

As physicians create joint ventures and Accountable Care Organizations, what do they have to know about structuring a new entity?

It’s hard enough as private practice doc in today’s reimbursement environment. Medical school debt can make it worse, here are tips to avoid this issue.

The price of that prescription might be weighing on your patients' minds, but let them know that by accepting it, they are helping someone in "need."

What is a payroll leap year and does it apply to you? Learn the critical details of this payroll topic and what you need to do to comply for your practice.

Ancillary services, like toxicology screening, are part of good patient treatment. So let’s stop scolding docs for getting paid for doing it.

Here are some guidelines to measure the true value of your medical practice, including a look at post-transaction compensation.

Simple strategies to trim expenses can pay big dividends for your practice.

Money is tight at medical practices. Here are some small ways to reduce your operating costs.

Understanding the principles of leasing medical office space will enable practices to negotiate a lower-cost and equitable leasing agreement.

Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the company's top 5 for categories including Blues, and regional.

If your practice is looking to boost its profitability and spend more time with patients, automating your billing and collections may be a solution. Here's why.

Don't let the ICD-10 transition hurt your practice's bottom line. Here are ways for you and your staff to survive and thrive during this major change.

Here's a five-step way to calculate the cost of your common procedures and decide if lower reimbursement is actually fatal to your medical practice.

By taking a hard look at reducing costs for staffing, overhead, and technology at your medical practice, you may see increased physician compensation.

Growing gross revenue is not the only way to increase profits. Reducing expenses can play a big role.

Evaluating medical office purchase alternatives based on cost is an incomplete analysis and likely to be misleading.

Doctors can breathe a sigh of relief as a Medicare pay cut of nearly 30 percent is narrowly averted - at least temporarily.

The blogs that garnered the most attention among our physician readers in 2012, and some of the lessons learned from each.

The medical business is a microcosm of the larger economy itself, in which the lack of cash flow has become all too common.

Use this tool to identify, track, and monitor revenue-enhancement and cost-containment strategies.