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An emergency physician and hospitalist explains how a paperwork problem that followed him across his career became a startup, why he replaced his development team with an AI coding assistant and six lessons for physicians who want to build a business without leaving medicine.

Physician practices are a specified service trade or business under Section 199A. Here's how the 20% QBI deduction phases out, with 2026 IRS thresholds.

Will primary care actually get paid more under the 2027 MPFS? Here's how to get ready for it

Physician groups welcomed new payments for coaching, group visits and behavioral health integration, but warned that cuts due Jan. 1 will take an act of Congress to stop.

American Osteopathic Association leaders discuss the profession’s record growth, its training pipeline and the pressures facing practicing physicians.

Medical organizations offer reactions to the final rule CMS published Nov. 4.

Signing bonus repayment, malpractice tail coverage, lopsided notice periods and unpaid productivity pay can make leaving an employed position expensive. An analysis of 200 physician contracts shows what to check before you sign.

Free Medical Economics Practice Academy virtual event on Nov. 19 brings together experts sharing advice you can use right now.

The top news stories in medicine today: A Tennessee multi-physician practice agrees to pay $2.8 million to resolve allegations it billed nonphysician practitioners' services under physicians' provider numbers; CDC data show an early start to flu season; cannabis use is tied to higher stroke odds in an American Heart Association abstract.

Most physicians face a 2.31% conversion factor cut in January, while CMS pared back its same-day payment reduction and pushed the end of traditional MIPS to 2031.