How the fiscal cliff could affect physicians

A primary-care voucher model would pay practices upfront for predictable care and leave insurance to cover catastrophic risk, cutting administrative burden and giving physicians time back with patients.

Wendy S. Harpham, M.D., FACP, draws on decades as a patient with lymphoma to show physicians which phrases comfort patients and which cause distress without meaning to.

Revenue per patient is a common way to split practice profit. It’s also the wrong way.

MGMA’s 100th-anniversary conference runs Sept. 27-30 in San Antonio, and these 10 sessions put physician contracts, compensation and legal exposure on the table.

Rachel Brace and Nicole Hart of BackPocket Talent say private practices lose strong staff when employees can't see where their jobs lead.

Four forces created the perfect storm to sink physician-owned medicine. There are policies that could help keep it afloat.

A randomized trial found a FORTA-based, pharmacist-led medication review sharply reduced inappropriate prescribing, overuse and underuse among older cancer patients with polypharmacy.

Generic, template-style language from ambient AI tools is triggering payer scrutiny under CMS's G2211 rules.