Physician Compensation

Ensure your practice’s long-term health by educating patients about their financial responsibility and staff on how to improve medical billing and collections.

What steps have physicians taken to boost revenue at their practices? Physicians Practice's annual compensation survey answers this question and more.

Some deny that it is really an issue while others acknowledge it but don’t think it’s a problem. But it is a real issue that affects everyone. 

Explore factors that determine how locum tenens physicians pay rate and non-salary offerings are calculated-and whether that adds up to an attractive gig.

The physician shortage is more pronounced in rural communities, where access to healthcare is limited despite an increased need. Locum tenens doctors can benefit a community in need, and the community can offer advantages practically unheard of in the city.

Negotiating with health plans is not about who you are or what you do. It is about fair compensation for what you deliver.

Medicare as rolled out its “direct primary care prototype,” but physicians should look closer at the model as it’s not quite DPC.

Greater competition for services and other factors are resulting in pay raises-and other benefits-to physicians at many practices.

A new survey of young physicians gives six lessons on what they are looking for in a medical career.

Physicians are stuck choosing between the lesser of two evils when it comes to payments and reimbursement.

Physicians have to jump through more hoops than ever to be paid. Is there an end in sight?

A legal expert outlines recent cases where physician's wealth took a hit and then gives his advice on how such situations can be avoided.

New guidance unveiled this week would allow states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, but one physician advocacy group is not on board.

Three initiatives are changing the momentum for behavioral health and chronic care reimbursement.

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to review the annual goals you made last year at this time.

A recent study found practices lack confidence in EHRs and population health management solutions with regards MIPS and MACRA.

A new study from MGMA found that non-academic physicians earn significantly more than their academic peers.

A medical practice is a business and cash flow matters. Here's how to be sure you thoroughly understand your bottom line.

This doctor fears money may be leaving medicine, should more physicians be worried?

How did the first year of the program go for practices and what does the final rule mean for them in 2018?

The Physicians Practice Compensation Survey explores the impact MACRA will have on physician reimbursement in 2019.

Where is the money? For its annual compensation survey, Physicians Practice breaks down the compensation between employed physicians and practice owners.

Keeping overpayments can end up costing a healthcare organization dearly. Here's what you need to know.

Maintaining practice revenues is increasingly tough in the era of high-deductible health plans. Here are nine tips to improve patient collections.

A young doc spent six months as an employed physician, hated it, and started his own practice. Here’s what he learned and how it can help others.

With an evolving healthcare landscape, it is becoming more difficult to put a price on quality care. Why is this the case?

It's unfortunate that gender wage gaps remain in the physician assistant profession. Here are some thoughts on how to address them.

Concierge models offer doctors flexible schedules that remain financially lucrative and afford them more free time.

Participating in locum tenens helped a group of new doctor's excel in their everyday practice. Here's what they had to say about their experience.

Here are 10 relevant financial reports each physician at your practice should see … whether they read them or not.