Practice Management

Savanna Perry, PA-C, revealed her secrets to building a successful social media presence online for both your personal brand as a physician assistant and your practice.

The providers in our clinic want to start billing e-visits. Can they bill for all the communication between the provider and patient through our online portal?

Approximately 36% of all physicians will be sued at least once before they are aged 45 years.

American Hospital Association requesting a task force from the justice department to investigate commercial health insurance companies in the Medicare Advantage program.

Chargemaster lists may encourage patients to shop around for services, but the authors of this report said the implications of this change for dermatology are not well-defined.

Learn to discern the best pain-mitigation strategies for each patient, based on research and personal experience.

Latest numbers show prices rose at a slightly slower pace in April.

Online-first engagement ensures patients obtain the right care for their specific needs.

“Given the difference in state taxes, the bottom-line difference for the physician could be in 6 figures—every year! Compounded with even a conservative growth rate, this could mean millions of dollars of difference over a career.”

“With a traditional QRP [qualified retirement plan], a participant trades today’s tax rates on their contribution for the tax rates in the future, when they withdraw the money from the plan. If rates rise, the QRP might prove not to be a good deal at all.”

A physician’s goal is to care for patients, but a key part of being able to provide that care is the eternal quest for payment. One way to ensure that a practice maximizes its coding regimen is to make sure each session can be efficiently billed.

Klint Peebles, MD, FAAD, breaks down the core terminology for LGBTQ/SGD individuals so all patients can feel understood when entering the exam room.

Social media can be a great way to expand exposure for a practice or physician; however, there are many dos-and-don’ts to understand when signing up for a social platform.

Understanding gender terms and addressing patients using the right pronouns is vital to decreasing health disparities in the LGBQT community.

Work schedule and location are also important factors.

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In this month's financial planning column, the OJM group talks about volatile markets and how to navigate investing in uncertain times.

There are barriers to telehealth adoption that physicians must overcome to realize the technology’s promise.

In this month’s “Meet the Aesthetic Expert” column, Will Kirby, DO, FAOCD, talks with Gaurav Bharti, MD, FACS, about his journey in medical aesthetics, improving patient outcomes, and how to avoid burnout.

The skin tracking platform by Miiskin has added a new feature that allowed users to submit prescription requests virtually.

Report shows public’s desire for more convenience and empathy

The results from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery annual survey showed an uptick in demand for facial plastic surgery, an increase in popularity for lifts and lasers, and a growing gender neutrality in patients.

The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic affected both dermatology practices and patients from staffing reductions to telehealth.

Two letters ask that pandemic-era flexibilities become permanent.

Medical networks and smaller practices alike are facing spiraling inflation costs and staffing shortfalls due to waves of COVID cases that are impacting physicians, staff, and management.

Both legal and tax factors come into play when deciding on the best corporate structure for a dermatology practice.

Defining the goals of the mentoring relationship can be useful to clarify expectations.

In this month’s “Meet the Aesthetic Expert” column, Will Kirby, DO, FAOCD, talks with Alexander Zinovy Rivkin, MD, an aesthetic specialist and assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Sunscreen advice, recruiting during the “Great Recession”, and tips for the office led the busy agenda at Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference this weekend.

Lubriderm and the National Hispanic Health Foundation collaborate on the Skin Scholarship sponsored by Lubriderm to help increase United States Hispanic representation and accessibility in dermatology.