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Oklahoma City-based Surgery Center of Oklahoma has announced it will accept the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as a legitimate method of payment, according to The Global Dispatch.

In a Birmingham Medical News Blog post, Marchelle Cagle of Cagle Medical Consulting, lays out tips for the successful onboarding of a new physician.

Most physicians were practicing with single specialty groups in 2012, according to the 2012 Physician Practice Benchmark Survey.

A positive culture and motivated staff are essential to overall ambulatory surgery center success. Tracey Harbour, BSN, RN, administrator of Surgery Center of Pinehurst (N.C.) and Douglas Lutz, MBA, administrator of Lafayette (La.) Surgicare describe the process of creating a…

As advisors to young physicians across the country, we are often asked the question: "What is the most important thing I should be doing financially in the first years of practice?" Our answer is simple: "You need to build a…

Here are tips for medical practices for collecting full payment from patients at the time of service, according to a Medical Group Management Association tool:

Nearly 60 percent of physicians employed by healthcare organizations have a daily patient quota, according to Medscape's Employed Doctors Report 2014.

Robert Haverly, MD, of Saint Vincent Surgery Center in Erie, Pa., has incorporated the iStent into his practice for glaucoma treatment, according to an Erie Times-News report.

As co-authors of For Doctors Only: A Guide to Working Less & Building More and advisors to physicians throughout the country, we are often asked to help doctors to protect assets against future lawsuits. From this experience, we often learn…

ASCs with a firm upfront collections policy and staff education on working with patient collections are more likely to collect higher payment rates than ASCs without a formal policy.