Practice Management News and Education

In value-based care, physicians are paid for keeping people healthy rather than the volume of services delivered. Through coordinated care focused on specific

Changing economic conditions and rising rates have dramatically impacted the Medical Office Building (MOB) real estate market.

As we move forward as a healthcare community, it is important to understand which waivers will continue and which will expire at the end of the PHE, not only telehealth waivers, but all waivers.

In February, CAP hosted a webinar on Evaluation and Management coding, titled 2023 E/M Billing, Coding, and Documentation Rules Impacting Your Practice, presented by healthcare coding and billing expert, Terry Fletcher. During the one-hour presentation, Ms. Fletcher covered a number of E/M rules and 2023 updates, including time-based versus Medical Decision Making (MDM) guidelines, Public Health Emergency (PHE) guidelines and changes, and hospital coding

Did you know that April 16th is National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD)? NHDD was founded in 2008 and is promoted by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to highlight the importance of making Advance Directives.

You can now go online and set up recurring payments to pay your CAP bill easily and securely directly from your checking account, just like a paper check but with a lot less hassle.

The Cooperative of American Physicians (CAP) is pleased to offer its members free courses for this mandated training, which also includes an optional 40-minute diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) training program addressing discrimination in the workplace.

CAP can assist you with several new laws and regulations impacting California medical practices that went into effect in January 2023.

You may have recently become aware of the Open Payments Program, previously called The Sunshine Act, through the California Medical Board and may be asking, “What is it and how does it affect my practice?”

A regularly scheduled practice evaluation can help you stay ahead of policies and procedures that support optimal business performance and a healthy bottom line, even when you think your practice is running like a well-oiled machine. It may seem obvious, but clinical excellence aside, the care you provide for your patients may be impacted by the efficiency and effectiveness of your practice operations.