How I play financial catch-up
Better late than never is this doctor's motto. Here's how he made up for lost time.
Are you leaving money on the table?
Many doctors are afraid to bill Medicare for home healthcare certification. But if you follow the rules, you will get paid.
What you can learn from my bum leg
Will you be ready if you or one of your partners becomes disabled?
Consult for Wall Street?
Consulting for Wall St. may be lucrative, but some critics say such arrangements involve inherent conflicts of interest.
Me? A substance abuser
The author learned that being bright and accomplished are inadequate shields against the dark attractions of drugs and alcohol. 2005 DOCTORS' WRITING CONTEST-GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Getting patients to commit
Which patients want regular preventive care and which ones have opted out? Knowing the difference could help you.
Tune up your Web site
Technology Consult
Want to beat Wall Street? Talk to this teenager
If this doctor's kid can do it, so can you.
Letters to the Editors
Latest Research
A summary of the "must-read" articles from the journals in that pile on your desk.
A simple change
This FP was inundated by unassigned ED patients?until his hospital committee came up with an innovative quality improvement idea.
Rx vs OTC? Damned if you do,...
To save patients money, physicians are writing prescriptions even when an equivalent OTC med is available. Should they?
Healthcare IT: How safe is your patient data?
Massive security breaches are a wake-up call to tighten up your computer defenses. Here's how.
Do your patients take your advice?
This doctor reveals why she'll keep doing her job—despite patients who eat cheese and don't listen.
Malpractice: One patient's suit saved another's life
Preparing his defense in a similar case may have helped this doctor spot the symptoms of a near-fatal condition.
Scheduling drug reps online
Companies offering online sales appointment scheduling say they can make your practice life easier. Are they right?
The AMA's charm offensive
Outlook
Adding Ancillaries: Botox injections
This is the seventh in a series of articles on specific ancillary services that can boost your bottom line and keep you and your practice busy in a competitive market.
Medication errors: An mg of prevention
Most medication errors are easily avoidable.
Adding Ancillaries: Counseling for smokers
This is the sixth in a series of articles on specific ancillary services that can boost your bottom line and keep your practice busy in a competitive market.
Malpractice: My very close call
A bad scare with a difficult diagnosis taught this doctor the importance of thorough treatment and careful records.
After-hours answering machines
Malpractice Consult
Adding Ancillaries: Clinical trials
This is the fifth in a series of articles on specific ancillary services that can boost your bottom line and keep you and your practice busy in a competitive healthcare market.
New year, new plan
This doctor has a unique plan to be the finest person and best doctor he can be.
Familiar, comfortable, safe
How buying a house helped this physician make his patients feel at home in his practice.