Physicians’ biggest financial mistakes
Retirement plans, anticipating industry changes, and more.
Headlines reveal five threats to physicians’ assets
Topics include serving on community boards and disappearing medical malpractice insurance.
Tips for delivering feedback based on brain science
Seven social skills they don’t teach in medical school
These “soft skills” can be the hardest to master.
5 strategies for dealing with uncertainty
Medicine, like life, is everchanging. Here’s some strategies for abating stress in your practice.
Five strategies for building a better medical team
Effective teamwork leads to fewer medical errors and better patient care.
Five marketing tips for the first quarter
Easy, inexpensive, and sure to start the year of right.
Getting started in Locum Tenens
An autonomous alternative to the health system career.
Medicine’s shifting culture of work-life balance
What are reasonable demands of a profession dedicated to the service of our fellow human beings?
Roads Less Traveled
Physicians who have chosen rural residencies and practices report greater autonomy and a closer peer community.
Super-Users: an independent’s underutilized opportunity
Invest in tech-savvy employees to bring more value to your practice.
The intersection of HIPAA and the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
Compliance with HIPAA and state laws has never been more important.
MSOs: What you need to know
A high-level overview of two common MSO structures.
Annual wellness visit vs health risk assessment: Understanding the differences
Despite crossover in forms, both represent different things.
Risk management: a doctor’s best asset protection
Defensive planning tactics to have a safe and profitable year.
Proactive engagement improves medication management
Tips for avoiding adverse drug events in elderly and chronically ill populations.
Q&A: Coding for Medicare Preventive and 20-minute visits
Guidelines for gift-giving in 2020
Plans you can prepare, and risks to avoid, this year.
Solving the challenges of communication
Impossible to realize, but always worthwhile to strive towards.
Non-physician provider use of E&M codes
Practices are using E&M codes to bill for non-physician educational visits, but is this ok?
Recurring new year asset protection risks
Avoid these common risks to make your year more predictable and secure.
Beware phishing attempts in 2020
Implement these security measures to prevent the malware and ransomeware attacks.
5 considerations for private physicians in 2020
The questions you should be asking, and the plans you should be making.
7 healthcare trends that will impact physicians
Changing consumer preferences and tech reliance will affect clinical, operational, and financial realities of physicians.
Tis the season for HIPAA financial penalties
Why practices must provide patients with their records-or face the consequences.
A 2020 asset protection checklist for physicians
12 simple questions about your planning that will help protect your assets, your business and your family.
Specific year-end tax strategies: What to watch out for
A detailed look at year-end tax traps for doctors.
5 questions every older physician should ask themselves
Questions you should ask yourself as you think about the future for yourself and your practice.
4 reasons you should prepare a physician rights and responsibilities document
A decade of lessons learned from private practice
One physician reflects on her decision to leave her employer, start her own practice and how she followed (and deviated) from her startup plans.