By providing physicians with the appropriate incentives, hospitals and health systems can enlist them in the effort to manage costs while simultaneously maintaining or improving patient outcomes.

There is growing interest among medical students for dedicated business courses, emphasizing the importance of integrating business principles into medical education.

North Carolina's ambitious plan to tackle medical debt, announced by Gov. Roy Cooper in July, faced opposition from hospitals but ultimately secured federal approval. Now, all 99 hospitals in the state must eliminate patient debt to receive Medicaid ...

Review of the healthcare statistical highlights from the third quarter of 2024.

Since 2010, 149 rural hospitals in the United States have either closed or stopped providing in-patient care, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina.

Review of the healthcare statistical highlights from the second quarter of 2024.

Healthcare is evolving with nontraditional models such as telehealth and retail clinics, prioritizing convenience and reshaping delivery.

CMOs need to be knowledgeable about the various CMS payment models and develop a strategy to keep up to date. While they do not necessarily need to be subject matter experts on any one model, they need to be alert to changes/ modifications. It would ...

Physicians face substantial tax burdens throughout their careers, prompting the need for proactive tax planning strategies. This eBook offers practical advice to maximize after-tax money and build robust retirement savings. It emphasizes the importan...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential cost implications for hospitals when shifting from sterile water and saline to in-house distilled water for wound care and surgical procedures.

What consumers truly value can be difficult to pin down and psychologically complicated. But universal building blocks of value do exist, creating opportunities for companies to improve their performance in existing markets or break into new markets.

This article shares our experiences in designing a physician compensation model for a physician-owned multispecialty group.