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February 20, 2013
7 Tips to Transform Your Patient Base

There are many reasons why a medical practice might want to transform its patient base. Maybe you want to increase the profitability of your practice by attracting a different demographic or you want to enhance your offerings and expand your reach into the community. Perhaps you’ve become intrigued by a complementary specialty that appeals to a different audience than the one you’re currently serving. Whatever your reasons, changing up your patient base can be a smart move, as long as it’s a forward step for your practice and not an “escape” from something you’re ignoring about your current practice.

There are many reasons why a medical practice might want to transform its patient base. Maybe you want to increase the profitability of your practice by attracting a different demographic or you want to enhance your offerings and expand your reach into the community. Perhaps you’ve become intrigued by a complementary specialty that appeals to a different audience than the one you’re currently serving.
 

January 9, 2013
7 Signs It's Time to Relocate Your Medical Practice

With so much change and uncertainty afoot in healthcare, many practice owners may wonder if relocating is a wise decision. The answer isn’t always clear-cut, but there are some definitive signs you can look for to determine if relocating is the way to go. MOT spoke with a couple of experts to identify seven significant signs it’s time to relocate. Here’s what they had to say.

With so much change and uncertainty afoot in healthcare, many practice owners may wonder if relocating is a wise decision. The answer isn’t always clear-cut, but there are some definitive signs you can look for to determine if relocating is the way to go. MOT spoke with a couple of experts to identify seven significant signs it’s time to relocate. Here’s what they had to say.

Sign #1: You want to transform your patient base

May 23, 2012
Big Ways Your Practice Could Be Impacted If "Obamacare" Were Overturned

During oral argument on the fate of the Affordable Care Act, several members of the U.S. Supreme Court spoke almost casually about one possible remedy in the event federal individual coverage mandates were deemed unconstitutional: an order finding the entire Act unconstitutional. The only problem: much of the Act is already law, and striking it will have the effect of reversing a rather large amount of law that has already re-shaped healthcare, in many cases irreversibly.

By Mark Rust
 
During oral argument on the fate of the Affordable Care Act in late March, several members of the U.S. Supreme Court spoke almost casually about one possible remedy in the event federal individual coverage mandates were deemed unconstitutional: an order finding the entire Act unconstitutional. In the days that followed argument, such a possibility was widely discussed in the media with the ease that comes of knowing that a thing not yet created can be easily cast aside.

March 13, 2012
Medical Practices of the Future: Staffing

When it comes to staffing a medical office, as Sam Cooke sang, “A change is gonna come.” The advent of healthcare reform, affordable care organizations (ACOs) and alternatives to the traditional physician/nurse/receptionist model means a new “typical” medical office staff is taking shape. But how will this new model evolve, and what measures will practices need to take to accommodate those changes? Read on for the experts’ perspective on what the medical office staff of the future will look like.

When it comes to staffing a medical office, as Sam Cooke sang, “A change is gonna come.”
 
The advent of healthcare reform, affordable care organizations (ACOs) and alternatives to the traditional physician/nurse/receptionist model means a new “typical” medical office staff is taking shape. (see MOT’s article ACOs: Creating the Medical Home)
 

February 8, 2012
Smart Acute-Care Ideas that Can Be Used in Medical Offices

You might not think about turning to acute-care facilities for ways to improve your practice, but they utilize certain methodologies that not only get the job done, but can also translate well into traditional practices. Here, MOT outlines several methodologies that you might want to adopt.

You might not think about turning to acute-care facilities for ways to improve your practice, but it’s smart to step outside the box and learn from a medical model that differs from yours but still serves the patient community well. The truth is, acute-care facilities, which provide both outpatient and inpatient services for patients whose needs cannot be served by traditional medical offices, utilize certain methodologies that not only get the job done, but can also translate well into traditional practices.
 

September 26, 2011
ACOs: Creating the Medical Home

UPDATE JULY 2, 2012
 
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are one of the most discussed provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act. The aim of the ACO initiative is to assemble different elements of care for the patient such as primary care, specialists, hospitals and to ensure that everything works well together. The medical home will be an integral part of any ACO due to the need to manage the health of a large patient population. In this healthcare delivery method, patients are assigned to a “home” where their entire health is managed by a team of healthcare professionals, rather than one doctor. Here, MOT outlines the steps to create a medical home.

UPDATE JULY 2, 2012
 
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are one of the most discussed provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act. The aim of the ACO initiative is to assemble different elements of care for the patient such as primary care, specialists, hospitals and to ensure that everything works well together. The aim of the ACO initiative is to assemble different elements of care for the patient such as primary care, specialists, hospitals and to ensure that everything works well together.