Staffing challenges: A human resources perspective

Payer enrollment rarely lines up with a new physician’s first day. A week-by-week plan helps practices avoid a revenue gap, handle pending claims and know when the schedule can safely open.

A physician and retired Air Force Reserve colonel explains how active-duty and Reserve service work for doctors, from scholarship payback and deployments to pensions and Tricare, and what employers should know before bringing one on.

The top news stories in medicine today: A federal order requires every international air passenger bound for the U.S. to attest they haven't recently been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; an Illinois man pleads guilty in a $227 million Medicare COVID-19 test kit scheme; aspirin alone holds up after left atrial appendage closure in a JAMA trial.

Control of Congress, 30 governorships in Medicaid work-requirement states and eight statewide health care measures were on Tuesday's ballot. Here is what each one would change for physicians and their patients.

Only 22 of the articles in a Georgetown scoping review defined health equity, a gap the lead author said could steer resources toward the most advantaged groups.

A workplace researcher discusses what employers can do about rising incivility, caregiving duties and high-stakes work of doctors, nurses and support staff.

Primary Care Collaborative leads first major study of uptake of new Advanced Primary Care Management codes.

About 1 in 3 U.S. adults avoid or delay blood tests, leaving physicians without results that inform most clinical decisions. Here's how easier scheduling, less-invasive collection options and clearer results communication can help patients complete ordered testing.