Bob Keaveney

Efficiency, courtesy, and patient service drive referrals

How mediation can save your partnership

Every doctor has a "problem patient" war story, but primary-care physician Anne Biedel's will knock your socks off.

Legal issues to consider before staging a walkout

The current state of physician-patient e-mail

Great ideas for cutting costs

Physicians Practice identified the friendliest U.S. states in which to hang a shingle

An interview with Francine Gaillour, MD

Three steps to reduce your chances of a lawsuit - and five ways to fight back

Mentoring programs are common in much of corporate America. Why don't more medical practices have them?

When a minor seeks treatment without the consent of a guardian, it's rarely clear how you should proceed. To whom do you owe your allegiance - the patient or the parent?

Opening a satellite office is a risky and complex undertaking. Here are some things to consider before you begin.

Crystal Run Healthcare has come a long way from its 1982 beginnings as a one-physician, one-site practice with an unfinished floor. And so has its founder, Hal Teitelbaum, MD, a former academic who launched the practice with no business experience and no

Atlanta Obstetrics and Gynecology has employed nurse-midwives in its practice since the early 1980s, but it doesn't think of them or its nurse practitioners as

Should you drop Medicare? And how would you do it?

How to help new physicians fill their schedules and fit in fast

An interview with Robinsue Frohboese, principal deputy of the Office for Civil Rights, on HIPAA

HIPAA allows for some incidental violations of patient privacy. Get the scoop.

How one expert approaches facilty design

Practices can't afford to ignore HIPAA legislation anymore