# Physicians Practice

> Physicians Practice - Healthcare Publication

- Base URL: https://www.physicianspractice.com
- Generated: 2026-10-20T17:51:48.213Z
- Content updates: multiple times daily

## Content Access for AI Agents

This site supports content negotiation for AI/LLM consumption. Request any article URL with an appropriate Accept header to receive structured content instead of HTML.

**Supported content types:**
- `text/markdown` — Clean Markdown with YAML frontmatter
- `text/plain` — Plain text (same as Markdown)
- `text/html` — Default HTML response

**Example request:**
```
curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/article-slug
```

**YAML frontmatter schema** (returned with every Markdown response):

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `title` | string | Article headline |
| `description` | string | Summary/excerpt (max 300 chars) |
| `url` | string | Canonical article URL |
| `canonical_url` | string | Canonical URL if different from `url` |
| `published` | ISO 8601 | Original publication date |
| `modified` | ISO 8601 | Last modification date |
| `authors` | string[] | Author display names |
| `content_type` | string | Content category (e.g., "News", "Clinical") |
| `categories` | string[] | Taxonomy categories |
| `tags` | string[] | SEO tags |
| `image` | string | Featured image URL |
| `publisher` | string | Publication/site name |

**Discovery headers** (included on all responses):
- `Link: <https://www.physicianspractice.com/llms.txt>; rel="llms"` — RFC 8288 link to this file
- `X-Llms-Txt: https://www.physicianspractice.com/llms.txt` — Explicit discovery header

## Usage Policy

- Robots policy: [https://www.physicianspractice.com/robots.txt](https://www.physicianspractice.com/robots.txt)
- Cache behavior: responses are cached for ~5 minutes (max-age=300, stale-while-revalidate=329)
- Rate guidance: prefer RSS and sitemap feeds over crawling individual pages
- Attribution: All content © MJH Life Sciences. Include source URLs when citing.

## Content Categories

- [Accounts Receivable](https://www.physicianspractice.com/topic/accounts-receivable)
- [Best States to Practice](https://www.physicianspractice.com/best-states-practice)
- [E&M](https://www.physicianspractice.com/topic/em)
- [Financing Technology](https://www.physicianspractice.com/topic/financing-technology)
- [Great American Physician Survey](https://www.physicianspractice.com/great-american-physician-survey)
- [MJH Broadcast Channel](https://www.physicianspractice.com/mjh-broadcast-channel)
- [Medical Billing & Collections](https://www.physicianspractice.com/topic/medical-billing-collections)
- [News](https://www.physicianspractice.com/news)
- [Physicians Practice Pearls®](https://www.physicianspractice.com/pearls)
- [Podcasts](https://www.physicianspractice.com/podcasts)
- [Practice Academy Practice Management Track](https://www.physicianspractice.com/practice-academy-practice-management-track)
- [RVU](https://www.physicianspractice.com/topic/rvu)
- [Reimbursement](https://www.physicianspractice.com/topic/reimbursement)
- [Resources](https://www.physicianspractice.com/resources)
- [Sponsored Topics](https://www.physicianspractice.com/sponsored-topics)
- [Survey Results](https://www.physicianspractice.com/survey-results)
- [Tools](https://www.physicianspractice.com/tools)
- [Topics](https://www.physicianspractice.com/topic)
- [Video Series](https://www.physicianspractice.com/video-series)

## Featured Content

- [8 ways to win physician recruits when you can't match the signing bonus](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/8-ways-to-win-physician-recruits-when-you-cant-match-the-signing-bonus): Signing bonuses now average $49,306. Independent practices can still land recruits with offers built on ownership, clarity and speed.
- [Why your payments might not be as secure as you think](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/why-your-payments-might-not-be-as-secure-as-you-think): Managing payments in a dental practice is more complex than ever, with evolving compliance requirements and patient expectations. This guide breaks do...
- [Workplace friction is driving staff out the door. Here's how to smooth it out](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/workplace-friction-is-driving-staff-out-the-door-here-s-how-to-smooth-it-out): Try cheap solutions now because your most reliable employee may be ready to walk.
- [CMS can now exclude physicians and practices from Medicare and Medicaid](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/cms-can-now-exclude-physicians-practices-from-medicare-medicaid): A new HHS delegation lets CMS bar practices from Medicare and Medicaid, and no guidance says how it will share that power with OIG in settlements.
- [The five minutes that decide whether a new patient books](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/the-five-minutes-that-decide-whether-a-new-patient-books): A review of 1,536 patient inquiries found those answered within five minutes booked at more than three times the rate of those waiting over a day.
- [Using AI to fix the hiring mess AI made, with Dina Taylor of HireVue](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/using-ai-to-fix-the-hiring-mess-ai-made-with-dina-taylor-of-hirevue): Dina Taylor of HireVue explains how practice managers can use AI to screen a flood of job applicants and how the interview changes when they already k...
- [Protect, grow or cover differently — getting ahead of physician vacancies in rural settings](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/protect-grow-or-cover-differently-getting-ahead-of-physician-vacancies-in-rural-settings): How not to be the administrator who says, I didn't see that coming
- [Shel Silverstein’s ‘The Giving Tree’ and health care](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/shel-silversteins-the-giving-tree-and-health-care): Neil Baum, MD, reads “The Giving Tree” as a warning for health care workers: Give generously, but don’t give until you’re a stump.
- [State AI insurance laws give practices new grounds to fight denials and downcodes](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/state-ai-insurance-laws-give-practices-new-grounds-to-fight-denials-and-downcodes): States are limiting AI in coverage decisions. How billing teams can cite the laws on appeal, and why self-funded plans fall outside them.
- [Survey: Pennsylvania candidates back ending NP collaboration agreements](https://www.physicianspractice.com/view/survey-pennsylvania-candidates-back-ending-np-collaboration-agreements): The survey revives a stalled bill that would end the physician agreements practices maintain for the nurse practitioners they employ.

## Feeds and Indexes

- [RSS Feed](https://www.physicianspractice.com/rss.xml): Latest articles in XML syndication format
- [Sitemap](https://www.physicianspractice.com/sitemap.xml): Complete URL index for all published pages
- [News Sitemap](https://www.physicianspractice.com/sitemap-news.xml): Recent articles optimized for news indexing
- [Authors Directory](https://www.physicianspractice.com/authors): Browse all contributors and their published work