Practice Management

In this month’s “Meet the Aesthetic Expert” column, Will Kirby, DO, FAOCD, talks with Gaurav Bharti, MD, FACS, about his journey in medical aesthetics, improving patient outcomes, and how to avoid burnout.

The skin tracking platform by Miiskin has added a new feature that allowed users to submit prescription requests virtually.

Report shows public’s desire for more convenience and empathy

The results from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery annual survey showed an uptick in demand for facial plastic surgery, an increase in popularity for lifts and lasers, and a growing gender neutrality in patients.

The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic affected both dermatology practices and patients from staffing reductions to telehealth.

Two letters ask that pandemic-era flexibilities become permanent.

Medical networks and smaller practices alike are facing spiraling inflation costs and staffing shortfalls due to waves of COVID cases that are impacting physicians, staff, and management.

Both legal and tax factors come into play when deciding on the best corporate structure for a dermatology practice.

Defining the goals of the mentoring relationship can be useful to clarify expectations.

In this month’s “Meet the Aesthetic Expert” column, Will Kirby, DO, FAOCD, talks with Alexander Zinovy Rivkin, MD, an aesthetic specialist and assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Sunscreen advice, recruiting during the “Great Recession”, and tips for the office led the busy agenda at Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference this weekend.

Lubriderm and the National Hispanic Health Foundation collaborate on the Skin Scholarship sponsored by Lubriderm to help increase United States Hispanic representation and accessibility in dermatology.

In this month’s “Meet the Aesthetic Expert” column, Will Kirby, DO, FAOCD, talks with Emily Kaye Perbellini, MSN, FNP-Ca, board-certified family nurse practitioner specializing in aesthetic dermatology. They discuss how to avoid burnout, challenging patient populations, and the role allied healthcare professionals in aesthetics.

Experts detail 5 tips to ask a financial advisor so they can best serve your interests.

An expert details the ways to gain and retain new practice staff.

Mandell is an attorney and founder of the wealth management firm OJM Group in Cincinnati, Ohio. Braunscheidel is a wealth adviser at OJM Group.

Experts discuss their tips for dealing with difficult patients, including those who refuse to pay, badmouth colleagues, and even cause a scene in the waiting room.

Experts put forth their top pearls to help better take care of patients. Here’s what they said.

O’Dell is the managing partner with OJM Group in Cincinnati, Ohio, a financial consultant, and the author of more than a dozen books on wealth management for doctors. Foos is a partner and lead tax consultant with OJM Group in Cincinnati, Ohio.

There wasn’t much change in healthcare hiring in September.

The two companies are using their DREAM initiative to support the diverse dermatology index.

Margins in August still low along with many volume metrics.

The agency wants to give clarity to the Health Breach Notification Rule.

The funds are available for practices impacted by the pandemic.

Insight about what to document for these visits.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, explores selling your practice to a private equity interest and the challenges that can follow, including staff shortages and longer patient wait times.

185,000 adults with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were hospitalized in June and July. Of those, 182,000, or 98.3%, had not been vaccinated for the disease.

A jump in new COVID-19 cases dropped margins and volumes.

The share of physicians in private practice has dropped below 50 percent.

The development and implementation of quality improvement (QI) programs can positively impact patient care and outcomes. As such, it behooves physicians to research and implement QI practice initiatives and measures in their practice.