Practice Management
Commentary: Strategic Tax Planning for Physicians
In the United States, physicians are paid on a higher-end as compared to the professionals working in other industries. However, since you earn more, you also have to pay a larger sum in taxes as compared to others. But there are ways to reduce your taxes with strategic tax planning.Read
Are You Getting the Most from Your Medical Practice Social Media Campaigns?
Social media is an integral part of your marketing strategy, but how do you measure success on social media platforms? Many people look at the number of followers as the single determinant of social media success, but (big buzzer sound) that is wrong. Did you know accounts pay for followersRead
Everything Physicians Need to Know about the Paycheck Protection Program Forgiveness
The last few months have been very tough on the careers of physicians. Specifically for the practice owners, juggling between staff and patient management and keeping their finances in check has become a challenging ordeal. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by SBA has provided the much-needed stability required by physiciansRead
Successfully Launch An Online Wellness Education and Lifestyle Medicine Program
Since the pandemic, they way you manage your patient relationships, their wellness goals and market your practice has no doubt changed. Even if you thought everything was covered before the world turned upside down, there is much to learn in this new digital age of medicine. And, there’s always somethingRead
The Benefits of Becoming a Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner
The new Lifestyle Medicine (LM) diplomas and lifestyle medicine’s recent addition to the curriculum at medical schools such as Cambridge University represent its emergence as a standalone specialty. However, despite its basis in a holistic approach to health, LM is not a complementary or alternative form of medicine. It isRead
Defining and Fulfilling True Patient-Centered Care
Though the popular catch-phrase “patient-centered care” is often used, but it may be missing the mark because needs are not being met in this COVID-19 era of care. Patient drop outs and refusals are common with telemedicine becoming more common, as a recent telemedicine Cochran Database study shows. In thisRead
New CME Course: Physician and Health Professional Well-Being from American College of Lifestyle Medicine
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine announced a new CME- and CE-accredited five-hour course, “Physician and Health Professional Well-Being,” designed to support health professionals in achieving and sustaining a total healthy lifestyle and engaging in mindfulness and positive psychology activities. The self-care approaches as discussed in the course, in combinationRead
Pivoting Your Practice to Telemedicine in the Pandemic and Beyond
Have you been considering pivoting your business so it enables you to work online with telemedicine and telehealth? This may be a wise decision. Working online makes more sense than ever for both practitioners and patients or clients. It has a lower cost for patients. It’s faster, more convenient, andRead
Tips to Build Your Practice with an Effective Digital Communications Platform
With the world turning more and more to a digital communications platform, do you find yourself falling behind online marketing trends? As a busy healthcare professional, your job is to treat patients, not become experts at digital marketing. Yet, many healthcare professionals realize their practices require they go beyond theRead
More than Half of U.S Physicians Recommend at Least One Complementary Health Approach to Patients
A new study has shown that more than half (53.1%) of office-based physicians in the U.S., across specialty areas, recommended at least one complementary health approach (CHA) to their patients during the previous 12 months, with female physicians (63.2%) more likely to recommend a CHA than male physicians (49.3%). ThisRead
