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Retail-based medical clinics have their drawbacks, but they sometimes provide useful alternatives to patients.

Small ways to foster smart money skills in your children during the various stages of childhood and young adulthood.

Physicians, it is time to reevaluate holding cash for your retirement. Here’s why.

Clear and well-respected boundaries between medical practice managers and physicians are essential. Here's how to better define them.

Getting patients to understand hospital privileges - and what I can do for them when admitted - is often a difficult discussion.

Here are some of the most outrageous things physicians, administrators, and staff members say they have heard from patients and their family members.

If the government can make it appear that doctors are getting rich from Medicare payments, it will be easy to garner support to cut physician payments in the future.

A closer look at the pros and cons of the popular ABMS MOC program, and whether it's worth a doctor's time and money.

Infectious disease experts recently issued guidance on healthcare personnel attire. Here's what they recommended, and why.

The release of Medicare payments to physicians is just another step toward greater financial accountability for all physicians, no matter who reimburses your practice.

Physicians and administrators can significantly improve their leadership skills by making these small changes.

All of the complaints voiced by physicians are valid and real, but taking on the role of victim makes matters worse.

Thoughtful offboarding of a locum tenens physician will ensure continuity of care for patients and maximize the financial benefit to your medical practice.

Ten tips for physicians facing the hospital peer review process.

Family physician Marlin Gill wrote his congressman looking for help in Washington’s “war on doctors.” His facts are correct, but his reasoning is not.

Finding the right kind of IT help to move your practice forward.

A strong healthcare ecosystem needs multiple components, with its smallest at the very core.

Interpersonal skills are becoming increasingly important to quality assessment rankings, reimbursement, and even a physician's risk profile.

With the future profitability of physician acquisition still up in the air, hospitals will likely slow their approach.

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most powerful change agents in improving the quality and consistency of medicine.

Important points about the physician assistant profession that could ease physician apprehension about working with them.

Physicians are minted with the imperative to be perfect. Often that's a zero sum game; don't hold yourself to that exhausting goal.

PAs have been part of the healthcare scene for almost 50 years, yet some physicians still express apprehension or even resistance about working with them.

Pulling strings, asking for professional courtesy, whatever you want to call it, it can put physicians in a very awkward position.

Traditionally, physicians do not charge each other for medical care. Unfortunately, this belief does not seem to be well understood by all doctors.

Rapid changes in the healthcare delivery system can leave physicians with outdated disability coverage. Here's how to determine if your coverage is adequate.

Physicians must join physician assistants (PAs) in addressing misconceptions and misinformation about the PA profession.

Primary-care transformation is not just about meeting standards, it requires a fundamental change focused on reducing cost and utilization.

How should physicians handle it when a patient's family member is a problem?

New survey results suggest that many locum tenens physicians may be more satisfied than other physicians.