Employment

Five questions managers and physicians should ask and answer before jumping into acquisition. 

The only thing certain in life is change. Learn how one physician is coping with the transition back to solo practice following her associate’s departure.

The benefits and challenges of providing care on America’s last frontier.

There is a way that physicians-including employed physicians-can manage the effects of healthcare consolidations. 

Credentialing a new provider is a tedious and slow process in which every false step or delay can cost you money. These seven tips can expedite the process.

Physician assistants can improve the quality of care and reduce physicians’ burden, especially when they want to take a vacation.

Real talk about what it’s like being a woman in medicine.

A projected physician shortage means it’s time to appeal to the new crop of docs.

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.

Terminating a provider’s employment with a physician practice is a sensitive process that needs to be handled with care.

Use these tips to ensure you choose the right medical coder for your practice, and that the coder chooses you back.

Consider taking precautions to prevent staff from leaving-and taking your belongings with them.

Locum tenens physicians serve communities and populations hardest hit by the physician shortage. Take time to thank a temporary physician for their contributions during National Locum Tenens Week.

Locum tenens assignments can help kick-start or restart career passions and have a meaningful, even life-changing, impact on providers.

Both employers and providers need to understand what factors will allow a noncompete provision to be found enforceable.

Insight into what's on the minds of newly graduated physician assistants.

Exploring the wide world of healthcare careers.

Whether a position opens up at your practice because of an unexpected departure or practice growth, deciding how to fill it can present a dilemma.

Stepping back for perspective in the middle of your career can unveil fresh insights and help plan future accomplishments. Here are six ways for medical practice staff to advance their careers.

Short-staffed practices need to have a plan in place when they lose a doctor to preserve the practice operations and patient care.

Entering a new employment agreement? Here's why and how you need to plan your exit strategy as soon as possible.

Leadership teams wonder why their best-laid plans have gone awry. Here's how employees feel.

Here is some basic contract advice for physicians receiving an offer and practices making an offer.

Home health agencies and home visiting companies are employers that physicians should approach with great caution.

Everything physicians need to know about the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and how it can further their career.

Keeping morale high is often difficult in medicine. Concierge medicine can help, according to this healthcare expert.

Who brings in more money, employed doctors or independent practice owners? Experts talk about the advantages and disadvantages of both roles.

Economic opportunity, a busy international airport, and a warm climate are fueling our move from Massachusetts to Sin City, and from owner to employed.

There is a shortfall of physicians in the field - here are a few potential ways to keep up with increasing demand.