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It can be difficult to determine how to prepare for the transition to ICD-10. Here are some tips.

Boosting staff morale doesn't necessarily mean providing higher pay. Sometimes a little recognition and fun goes a long way.

Here's your guide to keep staff morale and productivity high despite stagnant salaries, reduced benefits, and added responsibilities.

While we spend most of our days seeing patients, reaching out to teach others of all ages can very fulfilling for physicians.

The AAPS' Jane Orient discusses the suit's claim that physicians are being "locked out of the ability to treat patients" due to onerous recertification efforts.

If your practice is getting overwhelmed with patients, you may need a new doctor. But proceed with caution,

A potential hire for your medical practice may have the skills you seek, but you need to also be sure they fit your office culture. Here's how to be sure.

Training and the full utilization of the skills of everyone on the healthcare team is what made the difference in Boston, minimizing death and disability.

Fostering physician engagement and training physicians to handle the ICD-10 transition is critical. Here’s how to get your physicians up to speed.

In this podcast from the AHIMA ICD-10 summit in Baltimore, coding expert Cindy Seel shares how practices can get physicians prepared for the transition.

It is extremely important to carefully examine an employment contract and get expert advice before signing it.

Physicians are most vulnerable to turnover and voluntary departure during the first years in practice. Here’s how to avoid this common pitfall.

The events of the Boston Marathon make me reflect on my own disaster response experience and my gratitude for all the 'helpers.'

The new rules for maintaining your board certification strike some aimed at keeping physicians in line.

As is the case with physicians, there may be a looming shortage of NPs and PAs in the coming years.

A medical practice is quite similar to a patient - it needs care for problems and attention to details to keep it healthy.

Some physicians, trying to remain independent, are experimenting with subscription-based models of payment.

It's time to involve everyone, including nonphysician providers, in the healthcare team. That requires not falling back on the ways we have always done things.

Boundaries are necessary for the effective and congenial operation of a medical office.

What do you think is the appropriate approach to foreign-trained doctors who hope to practice in the United States and why?

One out of every four physicians says their EHR is negatively affecting their work flow.

Can women, especially in medicine, have great professional success and a healthy family life?

Sometimes the best thing for you - and those around you - is to get out of the office and travel.

Recent OIG alert includes a warning to physicians involved in physician-owned distributorships and important considerations for those considering involvement.

A sneak peek at our 2013 Staff Salary Survey results to help you determine how your practice’s staffing compares to practices of similar sizes.

It’s tough to be the new guy. Here’s how to deal with the five most-common problems physicians experience when joining a new practice.

Physicians must consider both the benefits and burdens before participating in clinical studies.

More practices are adding care coordinators and/or patient navigators to their teams. Here’s what these individuals do and why they are becoming so popular.

Hospitals have quickly become physicians' dominant employer. Does independent practice have a future?

In what circumstances, if any, should nonphysician providers practice without physician supervision?