Practice Management

The Feds' final guidelines say you don't have to have a compliance plan. But if you want to protect yourself against a costly audit . . .

Doctors are finding nontraditional ways to supplement stagnant practice earnings--selling everything from pregnancy calendars to advice on aging. Here&s what works.

The young boy&s valor in his life-death struggle continues to influence his father.

The bottom line is more income, happier patients and staff, and shorter hours for physcicians, say doctors who've adopted the techniques described in this series.

They figure Web-based transactions will save them elephant bucks. It will cut your costs, too, if the plans can learn to cooperate.

An intranet at the University of Michigan Health System is pulling patient information together into a useful electronic medical record.

Intimate partner abuse is as common--and as much of a medical problem--as smoking, hypertension, and other ills that you routinely ask patients about.

Here's a guide to rules so complex, they might have stumped Einstein himself.

Unless your billing department is vigilant--and fully staffed--some insurance claims could be coming up dry.

It isn't hard or time-consuming to measure results. One key: Start small.

Defying conventional wisdom, this doctor reluctantly acceded to his family's wishes.

Flashing back in Medical Economics

Regulation; Fraud 'N' Abuse; Tough Choices; Collective Bargaining; Children's Health.

Two top malpractice attorneys explain why some physicians are more likely to get sued. Basically, its a business decision, but some personal factors--like a doctors arrogance or poor bedside manner--can also weigh heavily.

The elderly airplane passenger had swallowed a foreign object. Thank goodness for the author's ingenuity!

The aging boomers remain a powerful economic force. Investing in the industries they support could pay off big in the years ahead.

These nurse midwives had a hard time winning physician acceptance. Now they're not only accepted, but sought after.

FRAUD AND ABUSE, REIMBURSEMENT, WRONGFUL DEATH, CAMPAIGN 2000, MANAGED CARE, ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, DID YOU KNOW?, HEALTH BENEFITS, ONLINE PRESCRIBING.

When properly supervised, physician assistants and nurse practitioners should reduce your malpractice risk. "Properly supervised"--ah, there's the rub.

They want access to online health information, but they can't always distinguish between well-established clinical protocols and quackery.

This old-fashioned service pleases patients, combats burnout, and can even pay well, depending on the care you provide.

Helping some patients may get you into trouble with others, warns this physician.

Our Financial Guide tells you how to husband your wealth. Now a philosopher takes a different slant.

When Medicare says, let's see your records

doc and partner hire a 3rd doc, who turns out not to be a good doc