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What is an independent medical practice?
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What is an independent medical practice?
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Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D.
The primary care physician's guide to diabetic wound referral
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The primary care physician's guide to diabetic wound referral
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Ned Swanson, M.D.
Use the widget test to craft better hospital and health system policy
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Use the widget test to craft better hospital and health system policy
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Lawrence P. Casalino, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Florida pastor says ChatGPT health advice almost killed him
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Florida pastor says ChatGPT health advice almost killed him
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Austin Littrell
Slowing down dementia
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Slowing down dementia
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Anna Chodos
Should your practice join a management services organization (MSO)?
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Should your practice join a management services organization (MSO)?
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Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D.
The shocking 15-year age gap in when physicians leave practice
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The shocking 15-year age gap in when physicians leave practice
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Lisa Rotenstein, M.D., MBA, M.Sc.
The biggest problem in health care IT
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The biggest problem in health care IT
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Joseph Kleiman
Loosening MSO rules could unlock hospital innovation
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Loosening MSO rules could unlock hospital innovation
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Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D.
The dangerous link between AI and siloed data
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The dangerous link between AI and siloed data
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Sandra Johnson

Podcasts

Off the Chart: A Business of Medicine Podcast - Ep. 170: Better care, shorter careers for women physicians, with Lisa Rotenstein, M.D., MBA, M.Sc.

Better care, shorter careers for women physicians, with Lisa Rotenstein, M.D., MBA, M.Sc.

Female physicians leave clinical practice at a median age of 49, compared with age 64 for their male colleagues, and the practice patterns patients value most may be part of what drives them out.

Off the Chart: A Business of Medicine Podcast - Ep. 169: What most physicians get wrong about direct primary care, with Josh Umbehr, M.D.

What most physicians get wrong about direct primary care, with Josh Umbehr, M.D.

Most physicians know the direct primary care pitch; whether the economics hold up once you're in it is the more difficult question to answer.

Off the Chart: A Business of Medicine Podcast - Ep. 168: Same procedure, 12 times the price, with the U.S. Women's Health Alliance

Same procedure, 12 times the price: U.S. Women’s Health Alliance sounds the alarm

A reimbursement gap of five to 12 times for the same procedure is letting hospitals outbid private practices for their own physicians. Three U.S. Women's Health Alliance advocates explain what it costs patients and what they are asking Congress to do about it.

Off the Chart: A Business of Medicine Podcast - Ep. 167: What your practice is actually worth, with Andy Colbert of Ziegler

What your practice is actually worth, with Andy Colbert of Ziegler

Independent medical practices face a hard question as consolidation accelerates: keep going it alone, or find a partner. Ziegler's Andy Colbert breaks down what a practice is really worth and how physicians should weigh their options.




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9 ways to trim overhead without cutting patient care © Luther - stock.adobe.com

Overhead swallows roughly 60% of the typical practice's revenue, and most of it sits in a few line items. These nine moves pull real money off that number without touching the exam room — and the biggest lever is the one most owners are slowest to open.