Laws bind, ethics codes guide and morals are personal. Here's why physicians need to know the difference, especially on conscientious objection.

Practice bankruptcies are climbing. Here's what owners should plan for, from warning signs to a patient care ombudsman to who keeps patient records.

One missed lunch can signal a practice-wide wage and hour problem. Here's how to spot it, fix the process and keep it from becoming a class action.

A former congressman and hospital and medical school advocacy leaders outline which federal health programs could shift in a divided Washington.

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 survey revives a stalled bill that would end the physician agreements practices maintain for the nurse practitioners they employ.

Plaintiffs' attorneys now pull the EHR audit trail as routinely as the chart. Here's how to make sure yours tells the story you need it to.

Neil Baum, MD, offers physicians a simple ethics check: Could you comfortably explain your decision to a patient or colleague over coffee?