Tag: Practice Management
Three New Year’s Resolutions To Keep
At this time of year, many people take a moment to reflect on the past year and plan for ways to improve in the new one. In addition to traditional resolutions about personal health, there are some resolutions you should consider in your practice as well.
How Doctors Can Handle Negative On-Line Feedback
Whether you have recently opened or purchased your practice, or whether you have an established practice, very few things can be as damaging to your ability to attract new patients than negative on-line reviews. The proliferation of social media websites such as Facebook, Yelp and Twitter, as well as doctor-specific…
Exceptions to the Stark Law on Doctor Self-Referral
We previously looked at the origins of the Stark law, as well as the scope of its coverage. With this post, we will examine the exceptions to the Stark law prohibitions and how they apply in practice.
The Scope of the Stark Law’s Prohibitions
In our previous post, we examined the origins and rationale underlying the Stark Law’s prohibition against physician self-referral. In this post, we look at exactly what the Stark Law prohibits.
Forming A Practice Group Part 3: Planning For The Unexpected
In an ideal world, partners in a medical or dental practice would work until they are ready to retire, then sell their interest in the practice to their other partners or to a new doctor in a seamless transition. Unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world. Although it…