Operating a private healthcare practice in today's environment presents many challenges. Shrinking insurance reimbursements, changing regulations, rising business costs and other challenges can all feel like barriers to success.
ACP has an array of products, services and expertise to help you along the way. From financial management to insurance to managing your staff, ACP strives to provide you with tools and advice that can assist the establishment and growth of your practice.
Telehealth Guidance & Resources
Offering guidance on clinical use cases, technology, regulations and waivers, and billing and coding.
Behavioral and Mental Health Integration into Primary Care Practice
Eight leading societies established the BHI Collaborative to cultivate effective and sustainable integration of behavioral and mental health care into primary care practices.
Patient Care and Office Forms
ACP has compiled a wide variety of forms for use in your practice, including patient charts, logs, information sheets, office signs, and forms for use by practice administration. Most can be used as is or customized to meet the needs of your own practice.
Patient Care and Office Forms
Flow sheets, progress notes, problems lists, patient history questionnaires, plus registration, encounter, telephone message forms, and much more.
Clinical Chart Abstraction Tool
Downloadable Excel file for easy office use.
Office Financial Tools
Developing your business plan, understanding the key economic indicators that will make your practice successful, how to properly code and bill for services to ensure appropriate reimbursements are among the many tools and resources ACP provides to members.
HR Info
Hiring and retaining the best healthcare professionals to make your practice successful is an important part of your practice growth. Patients want to see stability in the staff as they come to develop relationships and trust with their clinicians. Clinicians want a practice where they are not only compensated fairly but also where they can grow their skills and make a difference in their patients' lives.
ACP has developed resources to help you navigate human resources issues including negotiating a physician contract; consider a part-time physician; adding physician assistants or nurse practitioners to your practice and how to conduct effective evaluations.
Insurance Info
ACP members have access to physician-exclusive rates and benefits through the College’s relationship with AGIA Affinity.
Practice Ownership Tools
- Starting a Practice (login required)
- Buying or Selling a Practice (login required)
Audio and Video Instructional and Inspirational Series
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Small Practice in America: Perspectives from Patients, Physicians and Their Teams - This video series can inspire and motivate practicing physicians, office staff, residents, and medical students to strive continually to improve all aspects of care.