At MedMan, we believe if physicians aren’t happy and healthy, neither is our nation’s healthcare system. We seek to improve physicians’ lives – and ultimately, the healthcare system – by doing what we’ve done best for the past 40 years: hands-on practice management. Today’s sophisticated physicians are overwhelmed with the changes in compliance, reimbursement, revenue cycle, EMRs, human resources, and a host of other complexities that take their time and attention away from their true passion: taking care of patients. In addition to the operational challenges with their medical practice, physicians today spend less time with family, experience exceptionally high rates of burnout, and struggl

All improvement requires change, but not all change leads to improvement. How can you know for sure that your change efforts will create positive outcomes? People and organizations go through “improvement cycles” every day. Anytime we attempt something new, refine a skill, or test an idea, we conduct mental improvement cycles. The value of a structured improvement tool is that, when utilized correctly, it can be used by employees and teams to create better systems and processes, and accelerate organizational learning. Most improvement cycles have three to five parts, but they are all based on similar concepts, and are fairly easy to learn. Two of the easiest and most intuitive models are: Pl

Oftentimes in practices, middle managers or leads are promoted from within because they have proven to be an asset to the organization for various reasons - their work ethic, knowledge and expertise and/or their longevity with the practice. However, do they have the skills to be successful leading a team? We often are not setting these individuals up to succeed because they have not had the training to develop the skillset needed. Skills such as motivating teams, providing feedback, ability to have crucial conversations, hiring, firing - the list goes on. However, we expect them to perform and do well at it. What are you doing to set your new managers up for success? MedMan offers traini

It’s been quite the roller coaster ride on capitol hill as republicans in the senate have attempted several times to carry out some version of healthcare reform. We’ve seen a number of repeal and replace plans, a straight repeal plan and a “skinny” repeal plan all come and go, then come and go again. From all of this, a coalition of around 40 House Republicans and Democrats released a proposal on healthcare reform. This bipartisan coalition, known as the Problem Solvers Caucus, is led by Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) Forefront in this new plan are ways to stabilize the insurance markets, primarily by funding the cost-sharing subsidies that have been under threat this last we

The book Who – is a great piece about hiring the right people. Jim Collins, author of the classic management book, Good to Great, tells us success is a function of Who then What. Even Dr. Seuss wrote of Who. Not saying they are wrong, but if I were a famous author I’d write about Why. Why? Because why is to understand the reason, or the purpose, and purpose gives us the drive to achieve results. As we drive for results, it seems there are parts of medical practice management that we just don’t want to address. Regulatory Compliance…. need I say more? In my work providing oversight to medical practices, I find there are things, in addition to compliance, that practices would rather not do,