Physician Compensation

Once considered elitist, direct primary care practices are gaining ground with physicians and patients alike.

Before your practice enacts major changes to its physician compensation, take it slow and get everyone on board early, experts say.

A good competitive analysis is a scouting report of the actual market terrain that your practice must navigate in order to be successful.

The Triple Aim has created immense pressure to integrate the care we provide into the larger healthcare system, at great cost to our practice.

For decades, locum tenens has been one of the best-kept secrets in healthcare. There are a multitude of reasons why physicians choose Locum tenens.

In our recurring blog "Inbox" we share comments from physicians and practice administrators telling us what keeps them awake at night.

In our recurring blog "Inbox" we share comments from physicians and practice administrators telling us what keeps them awake at night.

Rising patient deductibles and cost sharing not only hurts patients, but also can put pressures on medical practices to manage their revenue cycle.

In this edition of the Physicians Practice Pearls Podcast, we discuss a recent study which found a significant gap in pay between male and female doctors.

With so many clinical restrictions in healthcare right now, physicians and their medical expertise might just become redundant unless something is done.

Medicare's new payment program under MACRA will place pressure on independent physician practices, as they compete for limited Medicare bonuses.

There is no way to guarantee that a partnership will work. Consequently, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of having a physician partner is vital.

Keeping up with the changes in the insurance industry right now is like herding cats. Here's what is on the horizon.

The number of physicians prescribing controlled substances grew 359 percent in 2015, according to new data.

Physicians have minimal downtime - something that can protect against burnout. However, when given a long weekend, they often dabble in work activities.

In our recurring blog "Inbox" we share comments from physicians and practice administrators telling us what keeps them awake at night.

Physicians are not certain what message the certification boards are trying to send about MOC. Transparency would be a good place to start.

Their practice was founded on the principle of affordable care for patients, while providing a good living for its owners. Now that dream is fading.

In our recurring blog "Inbox" we share comments from physicians and practice administrators telling us what keeps them awake at night.

Here are four strategies to make sure that your physician compensation does not fail and you find yourself having to replace a departed doctor.

More than half of the respondents said they spend less time with patients now than when they started their career, according to new study.

Why go into primary care? Physicians and medical students have their own reasons and share with us why it's a viable area of medicine.

Most physicians are skeptical of value-based care, but these four practices are proving to be outliers. What have they learned about their experiences?

Making the jump to direct primary care isn't going to generate changes overnight, but this doctor says it was worth it.

Physicians continue to merge with larger groups to gain economies of scale and offload administrative burdens, but often, professional satisfaction wanes.

Stricter government standards for the FCA suggest that physicians who do not meet all measures of compliance could be required to refund claims payment.

Could a delay to the start of MACRA be in the works? Also, what makes radiology a unique specialty when it comes to physician pay?

In this edition of the Physicians Practice Pearls Podcast, we speak with Anupam Jena, a researcher who studied the pay disparity between black and white physicians. Why do black physicians earn significantly less?

Captive insurance companies can bring significant benefits to physicians, yet the risk of an IRS audit can increase.