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Practice Mgmt

2026 Fee Schedule Proposal & Big Beautiful Bill: Impact on You

The 2026 CMS Fee Schedule proposal has been released, just on the heels of Congress’ approval of the Big Beautiful Bill. If your practice is wondering how these two regulatory documents impact you, you’re not alone. Check out five ways the 2026 CMS Fee Schedule proposal could impact your practice, along with takeaways on how […]

Front Desk Customer Service Checklist for Happier Patients

Your front desk is tasked with everything from greeting patients and handling appointment reminders to collecting copays and scheduling follow-up visits. If this never-ending list of responsibilities is overwhelming for your team, it may be time to use a customer service checklist. Ticking off boxes on a customer service checklist can help your front desk […]

Are Revenue Cycle Bottlenecks Costing Your Practice Thousands?

Dr. Lopez’s busy orthopedic practice submits hundreds of claims every week. But with denials creeping up, the billing team is constantly resubmitting claims. One front-desk employee, unfamiliar with payer rules, keeps entering incomplete patient insurance data—forcing staff to chase patients for missing information. Meanwhile, credentialing delays keep a new physician from being properly enrolled with […]
Front desk collections

Use Benchmarks to Gauge Front Desk Collections Success Rate

You’re probably aware of the fact that your front desk collections rate is one of the most important factors in ensuring you bring in copays, coinsurance and deductibles. You’ve trained the front desk team to pre-verify these amounts before patients present so they can request the most accurate amounts directly from patients before they leave. […]
PAHCOM

Navigating Medicaid Changes in the Big Beautiful Bill

Urgent Call to Action for Small Practices and Rural Clinics: In the evolving healthcare landscape, the Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law in July 2025, introduces significant reforms to Medicaid aimed at reducing federal spending and tightening eligibility. While the administration touts it as a measure to eliminate waste and focus on American citizens, critics […]
Patient reminders

The Top Forms of Patient Reminders That Reduce No-Shows

Medical practices walk a tightrope when scheduling patients. Get too many patients on the schedule and you risk the doctor running behind and patients getting upset. Schedule too few patients and your providers will be left with nothing to do if even a single patient no-show occurs. One way to make sure the schedule you’ve […]
Pivot tables

3 Ways Pivot Tables Can Transform Your Medical Practice

You’ve heard about pivot tables and you’ve seen them displayed on the computer screen — but what can they do to help your medical practice thrive? Check out three benefits that pivot tables can have at your office to keep things moving efficiently. 1. Calculate Your Income Sources It’s important to know where your income is […]
Provider Relief Fund

3 Provider Relief Fund Facts That Every Practice Needs

For some practices, it seems like just yesterday that the COVID-19 pandemic affected your operations. But other practices barely remember the whirlwind that the coronavirus created. For that reason, any money you received from the Provider Relief Fund is probably long spent and accounted for. Some practices, however, have recently gotten requests for funds to […]
PAHCOM

Guiding Vaccination Strategies for Small Practices Across Specialties

Vaccinations remain a vital tool for preventing infectious diseases safeguarding patients and communities. For small physician practices across all medical specialties in the United States—especially General Practice, our largest audience segment, alongside Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/​Gyn), Allergy/​Immunology, and others—adapting to recent federal policy changes is critical to delivering high-quality care. As medical office managers, […]
Physician practice management

5 Time-Saving Physician Practice Management Shortcuts

Do you ever think about what you could do with an extra couple hours in your week? Every physician practice management professional knows that additional time could be used to chase down patient payments, appeal denials, update the website, overhaul the waiting room’s decor and perform a variety of other tasks. Check out five physician […]