In this article, we track how the arc of physician compensation is bending, how the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act will drive further changes to physician compensation models, and how these changes may affect physician practice patterns...

Learn about nine principles that can help a health care organization’s operations run more smoothly.

Healthcare delivery to patients is becoming more and more centered on the hospital or institutional setting, thus making contractual relationships with hospitals even more important for medical practices. As a natural outgrowth of this relationship, ...

This article uncovers the latest technology trends for retaining and reactivating your patients, an approach that is much more cost effective than constantly bringing in new patients as others go out the back door.

The purpose of our study was to compare performance between Medicare Advantage and stand-alone prescription drug plans on the two quality assurance measures of drug-disease interaction and drug-drug interaction for elderly heart failure beneficiaries...

This article explores practical strategies the medical practice manager can use to assess, foster, and increase employee commitment.

Physicians in training, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, attending physicians, and institutions that sponsor medical education are all at risk for potential professional liability issues. This article addresses these medical education setti...

Hospitals Learning to Defuse Violence to Minimize Patient-Induced Trauma.

Shipwrecks are defined as employees who turn out to be bad hires. Here are some hints to avoid “shipwrecks.”