by MBA Medical | May 10, 2016 | Blog, Medical Practice Management
According to the American College of Physicians, about 20 percent of new physicians create their own practice. Fresh out of medical school, every good doctor wants to live up to their Hippocratic Oath and provide the best care possible. But even the best prepared new...
by MBA Medical | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Upcoding and downcoding are issues that are concerning to medical professionals and patients alike, for various reasons. For those of us who are not familiar with the particulars on this subject, we’ll take a step back and define what all this means. What it...
by MBA Medical | May 4, 2016 | Blog, Medical Practice Management
It’s not uncommon these days for employers in the appropriate types of work – office jobs and positions that largely or entirely involve computer use – to allow employees to telecommute (work mobily). That philosophy has started to catch on with how doctors interact...
by MBA Medical | May 4, 2016 | Blog, News
The field of telemedicine got a big boost when a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators led by Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., introduced a bill that would eliminate restrictions on Medicare telemedicine coverage. Proponents applaud the move, saying...
by MBA Medical | May 3, 2016 | Blog, Medical Practice Management
You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to know that being a medical doctor comes with some level of stress. But that stress is leading to burnout in a significant number of doctors, and it’s something we should all be concerned about. A recent Mayo Clinic study found...