Managing Your Practice

Managing Your Practice

Sharpening the saw

I write this reminder every couple of years because it’s so easy to lose sight of the overall landscape among the pressures of our daily routines...

Managing Your Practice

How to set up your own RSS feed

Doing so can help increase readership on your website, publicize a podcast, or keep patients abreast of your practice’s latest treatments and...

Managing Your Practice

RSS feeds are a versatile online tool

RSS feeds are an efficient method of staying current on all the subjects on the web that interest you – medical and otherwise.

Managing Your Practice

Your online reputation

Have you ever run across an unfair or even malicious comment about you or your practice on one of those “doctor-rating” web sites? Some curmudgeon...

Managing Your Practice

MACRA in a nutshell

Since the first MIPS “performance period” ends on Dec. 31, Dr. Eastern provides the basics on getting up to speed on MACRA and MIPS.

Managing Your Practice

Do you answer patient emails?

Despite the lack of consensus on the issue, establishing guidelines on email communications with patients in our practice is a good idea,...

Managing Your Practice

Be alert for embezzlement

A few simple measures can help prevent and uncover a large proportion of dishonest behavior in the office.

Managing Your Practice

Firing

Be prepared before you fire an employee.

Managing Your Practice

Don’t forget HIPAA

In the struggle to understand and comply with new regulations, it’s easy to neglect older ones. Recently, I suggested reviewing your practice for...

Managing Your Practice

Contract negotiations

What to consider when negotiating a contract, including choosing the right attorney, “ambiguous provisions,” conditions of employment,...

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