Off the Chart: A Business of Medicine Podcast

Physicians Practice® spoke with Rich Miller, chief strategy officer of Qgenda, about practices' clinical capacity management during the pandemic and what you can do to optimize your capacity management strategies.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Dr. Jonathan Wisen, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of MediOrbis, about specialty telemedicine for the treatment of chronic conditions and how these technologies can improve a practice's offerings and patient outcomes.

Health care attorney Jonathan Levitt explains pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and how they have come to play a major role in drug pricing and availability. 

Physicians Practice® spoke with Dr. Wayne Jonas about the rise in reported burnout among physicians, especially during the pandemic, and how the industry can work to overcome stigmas and begin to address these issues.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Dr. Anisha Abraham, author of the recent book Raising Global Teens: A Practical Handbook for Parenting in the 21st Century, about signs that a patient may be at risk of suicide and self-harm as well as interventions and communication methods physicians can employ in the clinical setting.

Leon McDougle, MD, president of the National Medical Association, explains why Black Americans have been especially hard-hit by the COVID pandemic, and what policy changes the nation needs to improve health care for Blacks and other traditionally underserved communities. 

Our coverage this month is focusing on patient engagement in communications. This week, Dr. Caroline DeFilippo, MD, MPH, FACP of CareMount Medical in New York, explains how physicians can grow more comfortable with these conversations and when they should consider having them with their patients.

If telehealth is here to stay, it could bring major financial and operational changes for medical practices. Ron Holder, COO of the Medical Group Management Association, offers advice on how practices can prepare for what may lie ahead.

Physician's Practice® spoke with Steve Avery, president and chief client officer at Abeo, about the practice of surprise billing—a practice that can present complications for patients, providers, and the practice as a whole.

Physician's Practice spoke with Paul Joiner, chief operating officer of Availity, to discuss the implications of an American Medical Association survey and find out how you can improve your prior authorization processes.

Happy Holidays! Earlier this year, Physician's Practice® spoke with Elizabeth Woodcock, founder and Principal of Woodcock and Associates, about what physicians need to know when setting up telehealth services at their practice.

Josh Claman, the CEO of Rimidi, discusses how remote monitoring devices can provide doctors with important patient health data while also creating a new revenue stream for practices.

The pandemic has shed a light on the importance of communicating with patients. Physician's Practice speaks with Dr. Tashfeen Ekram about why now is the best time to start developing these strategies and how they can help encourage patients to return to your practice.

Where can a practice go when it needs to borrow money to expand? How should it decide whether to buy or lease a new piece of equipment? What are the pros and cons of venture capital? We explore these and other practice financing questions with Julianne Andrews, MBA, CFP, co-founder of Atlanta Financial Associates.

Coding expert Bill Dacey, principal of The Dacey Group, answers viewers' questions in this second installment of our Coding Q&A podcast series.

Physician’s Practice® presents our conversation Dan Dooley, vice president of physician services at R1—a leading provider of technology--enabled revenue cycle management—about how the pandemic will change revenue cycle management, as well as how practices can achieve financial clearance and thereby further support their patients.

On November 10 the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. What would it mean for health care if the Court overturns the law? In the second of two episodes addressing that question, Jacqueline Fincher, MD, discusses the impact from her perspective as a practicing internist and president of the American College of Physicians.   

On November 10 the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. What would it mean for health care if the Court overturns the law? In the first of two Off the Chart episodes addressing that question, Christine Eibner, Ph. D., an analyst with the Rand Corp. discusses the health policy implications of ending the ACA.   

Bill Dacey, president and CEO of The Dacey Group, pens the popular Coding Columns on Physician's Practice. In our first podcast version of this column, we answer contributed questions on provider types, protocols, and patient behavior.

Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan outlines his vision for primary care medicine in a post-COVID world.

In part 2 of our discussion with Banker’s Healthcare Group, hear from the President of Patient Lending, Keith Gruebele, on how these programs can benefit your practice by extending the amount of patients that can receive and finance your services.

According to a recent survey, more than 40% of working-age Americans, including many with employer-sponsored health insurance, can't afford the care they need. These "underinsured" represent a growing challenge for health care policymakers, insurance companies and providers. In this episode of Off the Chart with Medical Economics, Dr. Sara Collins, vice president of The Commonwealth Fund and lead...

In this episode, hear about how physicians can establish new practices or finance existing ones with loans, as well as how and when to implement business cards in your practice, from Banker's Healthcare Group's CMO, Chris Panebianco.

Travis Singleton, a vice president with the physician recruitment firm Merritt Hawkins, discusses the job market for doctors and how it's being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sachin Gupta, CEO of IKS Health, discusses how independent practices can remain administratively stable during the pandemic and after, as well as provides the key determinants of success for new and growing practices.