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

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

Referral relationships are part of everyday operations in a medical practice – but they can also create unexpected legal risk. If a physician refers patients to a facility where they have or a family member has a financial interest, that referral could violate federal law. The Physician Self-Referral Law, known as Stark Law, was created to prevent these conflicts and reduce unnecessary services billed to Medicare or Medicaid.

Topics: Operations, Compliance, Liability, Practice Management

Let’s face it: EHR systems aren’t the shiny new toy in your office anymore — they’re the standard. 

For most healthcare practices, EHR implementation is no longer a question of “if” but “how well.” Spurred by federal incentives and evolving care standards over the past two decades, electronic health record platforms have gone from novel innovations to non-negotiable tools in modern healthcare. Today, almost every provider depends on EHR software to centralize patient data, streamline workflows, and coordinate care seamlessly.

But simply going live doesn’t guarantee success. Even well-established systems can leave teams battling workflow hiccups, security blind spots, and lingering frustration long after “implementation day” has come and gone. The real test now isn’t adoption — it’s optimization.

Topics: Business Growth, Operations, Compliance, Liability, HIPAA, Practice Management, Practice Start-Up, IT

Building a healthcare clinic — a space where care meets community — is a dream for many forward-thinking entrepreneurs. You don’t have to wear a white coat to want to make a difference. But if you’re asking yourself, “Can I open a clinic without being a doctor in Texas?” you’re asking the right question.

Topics: Operations, Practice Management, Practice Start-Up