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J. Matthew Owens

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Get your house in order before a practice transaction

Before selling your practice, bringing on a new partner or investor or entering into a new practice management relationship or joint venture, you should first determine if there are any business or regulatory risks present in your practice, as they could jeopardize your transaction or put a portion of your proceeds at risk.


Kristin Byers

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Ensure your medical practice supports its LGBTQ employees

In order to recruit and retain critical talent, it is essential your workplace shifts its culture to embrace lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning staff members.


Caleb J. Scheckel, DO

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Medical education debt implications of the PROSPER Act

Congress is debating a plan that would have significant effects for a large majority of U.S. medical students.


Jessica R. Newman, DO

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Medical education debt implications of the PROSPER Act

Congress is debating a plan that would have significant effects for a large majority of U.S. medical students.


Ben Fangman

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Medical education debt implications of the PROSPER Act

Congress is debating a plan that would have significant effects for a large majority of U.S. medical students.


Lanyu Mi

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Medical education debt implications of the PROSPER Act

Congress is debating a plan that would have significant effects for a large majority of U.S. medical students.


Michael Golafshar

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Medical education debt implications of the PROSPER Act

Congress is debating a plan that would have significant effects for a large majority of U.S. medical students.


Kenneth G. Poole Jr., MD, MBA

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Medical education debt implications of the PROSPER Act

Congress is debating a plan that would have significant effects for a large majority of U.S. medical students.


Jennifer Zilka

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3 ways hospitals and community pharmacies can address adherence

By working together, health systems and independent pharmacists can create and sustain long-lasting relationships to benefit patients.


Pamela Tabar, CADDCT, CDP

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Competition fierce for new physicians entering practice

Practices will need to step up their recruitment game to capture the attention of this year’s new physicians, says a new survey of final-year medical residents.


John Marchisin

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Take a proactive approach to bad debt

Making a cultural shift in terms of patient payments and bad debt isn’t easy, but it helps both those giving and receiving care. 


Ravi Kumrah

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Take a proactive approach to bad debt

Making a cultural shift in terms of patient payments and bad debt isn’t easy, but it helps both those giving and receiving care. 


Michael Tuggy, MD

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Delivering value in healthcare starts with increased primary care investment

To truly improve patient care and reduce costs, primary care is the best buy in healthcare. Here’s why.


Lorraine Nardi-Gross, MD

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CMS’s E/M reimbursement cuts hurt physicians and patients

While CMS says it aims to allow doctors more time with patients with less documentation, its proposed E/M changes simply don’t achieve that goal.


Rich Joseph, MD, MBA

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Mental mayhem: The peril of multitasking in medicine

Why the multitasking demanded in our work is likely an under-appreciated, but substantive factor in physician burnout


Jeanna Palmer Gunville

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Strategies to manage risk in the value-based payment environment

In the value-based payment era, the opportunity for greater financial rewards comes with greater risks.


Brad Brooks

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5 reasons why communication breaks down during care transitions

Breakdowns in communication happen frequently in healthcare. Here’s why as well as some solutions.


Jeffrey Dlott, MD

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Physicians need more time with older chronic condition patients

With better support, patients may experience better care and outcomes as major health issues are identified early and averted.


Allison Hart

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Reducing the high cost of pain: Remote monitoring surveys help patients avoid pain and the ED

Three simple ways healthcare teams can leverage surveys to make pain management more proactive.


Ben Colton

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Avoiding a compliance and coding tug-of-war at your practice

Ensure compliance while maximizing reimbursement and staffing levels at your organization.


Chris Gaspard

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Avoiding a compliance and coding tug-of-war at your practice

Ensure compliance while maximizing reimbursement and staffing levels at your organization.


Gloria Kim MD

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How Yelp made me a better doctor

A runner-up of the 2018 Physician Writing Contest shares how she learned from a bad review. 


Nita K. Thingalaya MD

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Interoperability in EHR: the medical mine

Physician input is critical in achieving systems that can interact and provide a complete data picture of our patients.


Arunkumar N. Badi MD, PhD

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Interoperability in EHR: the medical mine

Physician input is critical in achieving systems that can interact and provide a complete data picture of our patients.


Mark Leenay, MD

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The importance of addressing social determinants of health with your patients

The conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play that can affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes.


Joseph Siemienczuk, MD

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Ready or not, quality-based reimbursement is here. Have you calculated the financial impact?

Healthcare providers show strong interest in population health management but often struggle to assess the financial impact of the change from fee-for-service to the value-based reimbursement models that accompany it.


Jonathan J. Walzman, JD

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Telehealth and the law: addressing the risks

As businesspeople, providers must understand the risks involved in providing telehealth services in other states.


Jack Stockert

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Hammers and healthcare: technology’s role in modern medicine

True benefit from new technology comes when we understand how to produce and wield the best tools for the broader job of delivering care.



Carrie Horwitch, MD, MPH

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A tale of two masters

The EHR, like many new technologies, has capacity to improve the health and safety of our patients. So what can we do to make this happen?