SPOTLIGHT -
April 24th 2024
Here’s how to combine best practices, technology and people to find the staff you need.
Health care was an influence in FTC decision, but effects for nonprofits are up in the air.
April 23rd 2024
Federal Trade Commission splits 3-2 on new rule about contract clauses that affect physicians and other health care workers, but ban won't cover nonprofits.
April 17th 2024
Federal regulators announce public meeting next week on issue that is divisive in health care.
April 16th 2024
Joining a practice? Father knows best
Ignoring his dad's warnings caused this physician a lot of needless pain. Here's what those troubles taught him.
See the world the locum way
Here's a series of Q&As that will help you assess a unique way to travel.
One hour too late
The author will forever wonder what might have happened had heacted sooner.
Adding Ancillaries: Counseling services
If you have patients struggling with mental disorders, consider bringing onboard a mental health professional.
Adding Ancillaries: Audiology services
This is the third 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.
Adding Ancillaries: Nutritional counseling
This is the second 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.
Letters to the Editors
A Physician's Guide to antidiscrimination law
Federal EEOC requirements—and their local equivalents—govern hiring, firing, and everything in between.
Malpractice: Another way to get sued
If a routine employment physical or workers' comp exam reveals abnormal results, your obligation to the patient goes deeper than you might think.
No thanks to universal coverage; in defense of hospice
Last Word
Solo practice saved me
Finding a job Step 2: Start looking
A physician search firm and the Internet can help you ferret out opportunities. Or you can get by with a little help from your friends, and their friends.
HIPAA Consult
Answers to your questions about...outside researchers; record removal; business associates; covered entities
How do your fees mesh?
Here's the latest data on what healthcare providers around the country are charging for the services you do most. Compare your fee schedule to see if you're on track.
Making "part-time" work for everyone
Part-time doctors can work alongside full-timers--and benefit both a practice and its patients.
Starting a practice 3-4 months out: Hiring staff
This fifth article in our series tells you how to assemble your practice team.
My 3-step hiring test
Here's how one physician assesses job applicants' skills, common sense, and other qualities. 2004 DOCTORS' WRITING CONTEST - BEST PRACTICE SOLUTION
Your liability for a locum
Many liability policies cover only practice partners, owners, and employees.
Retirement: Plan for emotional changes, too
Here's how to make your transition out of practice a truly positive time.
Malpractice Consult
The risks of being a "patient advocate"
Extra hospital days can cost YOU plenty
Accepting risk for all patient care may spell independence--but it could also spell disaster.
New respect for academic medicine; Helping your med mal carrier see reason; Why punish everyone? Confronting HMOs on coding
The world according to HIPAA
In his quest to comply with HIPAA, New York City urologist Jon Owen Marks figures he'll need to send the following letter to his referring physicians.
Liability when a doc is part-time
Should you offer group visits?
You can't beat shared medical appointments for patient education and compliance, say proponents.
The changing country doctor
Small-town physicians now have big-town worries, but they wouldn't trade places for anything.
Are you liable for a colleague's mistake?
"Vicarious liability" and "ostensible agency" sound like obscure legal theories, but they can land you in court. Here's how to protect yourself.
Look behind a patient's words
When symptoms don't make sense or a story doesn't hang together, there's usually a deeper meaning.