Articles
The goal of The Practice Solution Magazine is to provide practice owners with practice management information that will assist them in achieving success.
Practice Marketing: Internal and External
There are two channels or vectors for marketing your practice. The first is internal, the second is external. Internal deals with dissemination and promotion within your practice…
The Office Manager: Driving Practice Growth and Efficiency
The Office Manager is a key staff member in any private practice. A well-trained, positive and experienced Office Manager is worth his or her weight in gold…
Tips for Hiring People During the Pandemic
The biggest issue practice owners have shared with us since the start of the pandemic has been the inability to hire new staff. Many offices that we’ve spoken to…
How to Guarantee a Satisfactory Retirement Fund
It is never too early in your career to start funding your retirement. You may only be one day out of school, but you should be thinking about and planning out a retirement fund. We have found from our surveys that…
10 Steps You Must Do Before Selling Your Practice
The factors that make your practice salable include a good management team, steady profits, patient/client loyalty, a solid reputation, predictable transferability and…
How To Keep Your Team On-Task Over The Holidays
The holiday season is here, and with it comes every distraction that could push your employees off-task. Candy, costumes, decorations, vacation…the list is endless.
In this article, we’ll share…
5 Biggest Mistakes Practice Owners & Managers Make In Handling Employees Over The Holidays
The holidays can be a fun and festive time in your practice, but they also bring a few HR headaches to watch out for.
Here are the most common mistakes to avoid this holiday season…
What is Your Responsibility to Your Staff?
Just as your staff has responsibilities to you and your practice, you likewise have several responsibilities to your practice and staff…
Did you hire the wrong person?
A recent survey conducted with practice owners across the US revealed that the number-one management problem they have is personnel issues. Among the issues mentioned by hundreds of owners surveyed were…
Vital Steps for Collecting Money Over the Phone
In any practice, Accounts Receivable exist. Whoever collects money in your organization needs to know that this particular job has a two-fold purpose…
How to Increase Your Collections
Every doctor has a different idea about what a good collection percentage is as well as how to collect money for services rendered.
Resolving Negativity in Your Office
Since dealing with staff bickering and personality conflicts can be a major source of stress in an office, knowing how to deal with it can be extremely useful. When you let employee situations linger too long…
How to Handle Confrontation With Your Staff
A very common confession I hear when I analyze practices is that the executive isn’t good with confrontation and thus lets things slide when they shouldn’t. I want to address this issue for a number of reasons:
Where is Your Net Profit?
Where is your net profit? Did you work hard all week just to earn less money? The bank balance should be going up, not down!
Presenting Treatment Plans – the Do’s and Don’ts
Proper treatment-plan presentation can boom your practice, give your patients the best quality of care and can give you the ability to demonstrate how much you care for your patients. It can also generate more referrals from happy patients and help the practice to grow to its fullest.