Practice Management

Experity's Andrea Giamalva, M.D., FAAFP, says urgent care was never designed to replace primary care, but with a looming physician shortage and nearly 40% of Gen Z without a PCP, it's filling gaps the system hasn't figured out how to close.

PYA consulting principal Tynan Kugler breaks down the market, regulatory and workforce pressures pulling physician compensation in competing directions, and what organizations and physicians need to understand before structuring a deal.

Concrete habits that help primary care physicians close charts in the room, not at 9 p.m.

Prosper Beyond VBC's Doral Jacobsen on why most practices lose negotiations before they even get in the room, and what to do differently.

A pediatric emergency physician explains how she took her fight against preventable child injuries, unsafe sleep and online predators from the emergency room to social media.

When it comes to filling prescriptions, having a nearby pharmacy isn't always enough.

Patients don't fill prescriptions for a variety of reasons, and unfortunately for physicians, they don't always know when it happens or why.

Cardiologist authors explain what primary care physicians should know about the latest research on CVD.

The clinical and financial case for teaching physicians how to communicate after a medical error

Lumeris CMO David Carmouche, M.D., makes the case that AI's biggest opportunity in primary care isn't replacing physicians, it's giving them back the time and cognitive space to actually practice medicine.

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Patients and policy makers should know a key part of the U.S. health care system is crumbling

Skillsoft's Asha Palmer, J.D., explains why banning artificial intelligence (AI) doesn't stop your staff from using it — and what a practical governance plan actually looks like for smaller practices.

Physicians Advocacy Institute study finds just 18% of doctors work in physician-owned practices.

A new American Medical Association survey ranks the country's largest commercial health insurers by the prior authorization burden they impose on physician practices.

Leon Moores, M.D., a pediatric neurosurgeon and author, says listening is the highest-leverage leadership skill most physicians are leaving on the table.

No physician wants to write a prescription that their patient can’t afford. But having affordability information, such as co-pays and vouchers or discounts, embedded into the EHR encourages better conversations between patients and providers about medication costs and support options.

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Here’s how to augment your front-end workers so they can focus on patients when staff and funding are in short supply.

No one wants to make a medical error, but when they happen, there is a right way to tell the patient.

GeoVax President and CEO David Dodd makes the case that the U.S. vaccine system isn't quite broken, but it is badly in need of better communication, clearer processes and a lot more listening.

Climbing the wall: A lens approach to physician leadership growth

A surgeon in longtime independent practice shares lessons from dealing with the micro- and macroeconomic forces over medicine.

Is DPC for me? Hear from physicians who made the switch and found success.

Veradigm’s survey of 360 practice leaders finds operational and financial pressures, not clinical concerns, are the top threats to independence.