Practical Tips

• Financial performance metrics guide owners, managers
• Managing cash flow can improve your bottom line
• Sustainable growth rate directs plans for expansion
• Physician payments hinge on sustainable growth rate factor
• Credit cards can help lower costs and increase revenue
• Interest rates influence almost all financial decisions
• Why having a flawed relationship with your professional advisors can set you back
• Practice-management consultant touts value of incentive programs in ophthalmology
• Selecting the right accountant is crucial
• Cooperation helps pave the way for a smooth LASIK comanagement arrangement
• New dry eye treatments give opportunity to grow business

Coding and Documentation

• System improves approach to reimbursement, record-keeping, eases administrative burden
• Coverage policies guide coding for procedures, tests
• Coding for office visits, procedures should be understood
• Dispelling some common myths of ophthalmic surgery billing
• Coding for multiple procedures requires precision
• Botulinum toxin gains popularity for variety of disorders

Technology

• Don’t let patient e-mails hang in the balance
• How to convert your Web site visitors into patients
• EMR systems pose some challenges

Staff

• Understand your practice needs before hiring staff
• 'Treat employees as you would want to be treated'

Finance

• Determine what options are best for you: private accounts or pooled accounts?
• Don’t lose your home in a lawsuit…or waste the equity
• Fundamentals help protect most valuable asset—your home
• Planning for retirement requires balancing savings, lifestyle