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A Texas physician opened a new practice with everything in place – staff hired, patients scheduled, and a busy calendar ahead. A few months later, a renewal notice went unnoticed in a pile of mail. The license expired. The practice had to pause operations while the issue was corrected. Patients left. Income stopped.

Topics: Operations, Compliance, Practice Management

Your biller is three weeks behind on claims. Two no-shows went unfilled this morning. Your office manager just asked for overtime again. This isn’t a staffing problem. It’s a capacity problem.

Topics: Business Growth, Practice Management, Medical Billing

Every minute spent chasing paperwork or fixing scheduling issues is time taken away from patients. Most physicians don’t go into medicine to manage billing, staffing, or compliance – but those responsibilities never stop showing up. Over time, they start to limit how much a practice can grow.

Topics: Marketing, Business Growth, Operations, Practice Management, Patient Volumes, Financial

Most physicians didn’t go through years of training to become billing experts, HR managers, or IT troubleshooters. Yet that’s exactly what running a medical practice can feel like.

Topics: Operations, Practice Management, Consulting

 

If your medical practice overhead seems to be eating into your revenue, you’re not alone. Research shows that the average medical practice overhead percentage ranges between 60% and 70% of revenue. Which, unfortunately, means a large portion of your income isn’t going into your pocket; it’s going straight to expenses. 

Topics: Operations, Practice Management, Financial

Marketing and referral strategies are part of running a private practice. In Texas, they come with legal risks that aren’t always obvious.

Topics: Compliance

Opening a medical clinic is rewarding – but it comes with upfront costs. Lease deposits. Equipment. Insurance. Payroll. Marketing. It all needs to be paid for before you ever see your first patient.

Topics: Practice Management, Financial, Practice Start-Up

Ending a relationship with a patient isn’t something providers take lightly. But when certain patterns continue – missed appointments, refusal to follow a treatment plan, or inappropriate behavior – it may be time to move on.

Topics: Operations, Practice Management, Physician-Patient Relationship

The Stark Law, officially called the Physician Self-Referral Law, is a federal rule that shapes how healthcare providers handle referrals and financial relationships. It was created to prevent arrangements that might put financial interests ahead of patient care. In Texas, providers often have questions about what the law covers and how to stay aligned with it.

Topics: Compliance, Practice Management, Physician-Patient Relationship

Starting or growing a medical practice in Texas comes with its fair share of logistical challenges, but few are more critical than completing the physician credentialing process. Whether you’re opening a new clinic in Austin or adding a new specialist to your Fort Worth group, the credentialing process for physicians is what ensures compliance, payer reimbursement, and uninterrupted patient care.

Yet, many practices stumble at this stage, not because they’re disorganized, but because the process is packed with technicalities, deadlines, and payer-specific requirements. In Texas, with its blend of national insurers, Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), and independent hospital systems, credentialing can feel like assembling a 1,000-piece puzzle, without the box lid.

Topics: Business Growth, Credentialing, Practice Management, Financial, Practice Start-Up, Medical Billing