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Should you buy the practice down the street? [on-demand webinar]
In recent years, many of our clients and friends have been involved in practice acquisitions or mergers. In many of these cases, a practice in a nearby area has come up for sale, perhaps due to retirement or death of a physician owner. These can be exciting opportunities, but stressful,
Time for a review of your E&M/office visit utilization? (DOWNLOAD free spreadsheet.)
Office visits represent a huge proportion of revenue for most practice types. It's easy for small errors in coding to become habitual, and the resulting inaccuracy can be costly for your practice. Under-coding can mean lost revenue -- multiplied by hundreds or even thousands of visits per year. Accidental over-coding
Nurse practitioner search got you down?
You're in luck. Apparently, Amazon and Walmart can both ship you one for free! And at a great price, too!
Ask us anything!
Ever wonder how a practice management consultant might respond to the questions that come up every day in your business? With our new Ask Us Anything website feature, you send us your questions, and we'll share our thoughts on them here -- where you and other physicians and practice managers
[PINNED POST] New! Ask us anything
Do you have a general practice management question you'd like our opinion on? Share it here anonymously and we'll respond with our view. (Please note, this feature is for public questions, asked anonymously, and answered with our general viewpoint. If you'd like a private consultation about a specific problem at
Don’t believe the hype: patient portals aren’t “largely unused”
A provocative headline got my attention recently. It proclaimed that patient portals are "largely unused." It caught my eye partly because it didn't sound all that plausible -- and because taking such a headline at face value could be unhealthy for your businesses, dear clients and friends of Capko &