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8 ways to make your practice more efficientWant to increase the efficiency of your practice? Here are eight ways to do so.
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Survey: Malpractice premiumsIn the past decade, there was a sharp increase in medical liability premiums, but recently, malpractice insurance has started to level off, indicating a potential new trend.
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Practice ManagementHow to ensure that conflicts won't destroy your group, When a patient is covered by an HMO and an indemnity plan, Getting Uncle Sam to help you treat staffers to lunch, Is there ever a good reason to sidestep insurance rules? A parachute for workers you must layoff, Medicare rules on supervising nonphysician providers, When a patient of means acts like a deadbeat, Accommodating patients who are self-conscious about their weight, Should you close your practice to a retiring doctor's patients?, Whether to retain an associate who turns down your partnership offer
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When patients want to buy meds onlineWhat advice do you give that will help them, while still protecting yourself? What alternatives can you offer?
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Are the best and brightest going into medicine?A loaded question, and everyone has an opinion. Among the intriguing thoughts: Maybe it's the wrong question.
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Freshen your practice--make house callsWhen you see a patient in his own surroundings, you get to connect in a way that office visits don't permit, the author says.
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Where bonds are headed--and why you need to go thereWith the stock market so volatile and interest rates poised to fall, bonds are looking better than they have for quite some time.
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How to do an RFP for an EHRBy using this formal fact-finding process, you can make picking a system a swan dive instead of a belly-flop.
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The word I couldn't bring myself to useThe author had much in common with his patient. And the patient had much to lose.
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Bauman: Nervous but gladMedical Economics editorial board member Mary Ann Bauman, MD, shares her opinion of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
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PDAs for Doctors: Decoding geekspeak: A glossary of PDA termsHalf the battle in figuring out your hardware and software needs is making sense of the terms beloved of computer files.
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Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: A lifelong ally for cystic fibrosis patientsA lifelong ally for cystic fibrosis patients
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Let your kids save you money, for a changeRaising a family costs plenty, but these tax tips may lessen the price.
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Physicians are true believersTheir religious convictions are stronger than ever, our survey finds.
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Sex and the satisfied doctorMost physicians are happy with their sex lives. But one in eight has committed adultery.
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Doctors say, and do, the darndest thingsSome responses to our lifestyle survey were a bit bewildering, amusing, or perhaps frightening, depending on your point of view.
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The patient had a headache, and I didn't feel so well myselfFaced with a tough call on a potentially fatal condition, the author went all out. When he found out more about his patient, he knew he'd made the right choice.
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Making a will: Leave nothing to chanceTo avoid heartache for the very people you're trying to protect, here's what you need to know before you sit down with an attorney.
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How I saved my patient's job, marriage, and lifeThe patient was obviously sick. But what wasn't obvious was the cause of her symptoms.
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Shorter hepatitis C regimen effective in black patientsMore patients could take advantage of shorter direct-acting antiviral treatment duration.
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How to hire great medical assistantsPractices looking to hire medical assistants should consider each candidate’s education and certification, as well as past medical and administrative work experience.
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Ethnic disparities evaporate with DAA treatment of hepatitis C infectionsHispanic and Asian patients have a higher risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer, but direct-antiviral treatment eliminates ethnic disparities.
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Malpractice discussion: Am I liable if the patient wasn’t mine?Generally, a physician owes no duty to a patient without a physician-patient relationship.
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Is your 401(k) plan all it could be?This doctor tells how to make that assessment-and suggests ways to turn things around.
