Employment

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.

The professional model of medicine is trying to reach a sweet spot, allowing physicians to remain independent but maximize the power of a larger organization.

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.

As a doctor, you should be willing to care for patients, even if it means coming in to help them after a natural disaster.

Why Mississippi, Texas, Alaska, California, and Arkansas stand above the rest in terms of being the "Best States to Practice."

It's unfortunate that gender wage gaps remain in the physician assistant profession. Here are some thoughts on how to address them.

Female PAs make 86 percent of what their male counterparts earn, a recent study found. This is profoundly unfair.

Watch out for aggressive language in hospital employment agreements requiring physicians to recoup all payments to insurance companies.

Some physician readers are hesitant to retire no matter the age, due to their everlasting drive to care for others.

Outside of a basic set of best practices and common risks, asset protection plans are as fact specific as the care you give your patients.

Are you an older physician considering transitioning your practice to a new owner and/or retiring? Ask these five questions.

A lot of things can lead to a malpractice lawsuit. Here are 10 mistakes seen by an attorney with experience in helping docs avoid suits in the first place.

For the first time ever, practice owners no longer represent the physician majority, according to a new AMA study.

Terminating an employee is never easy, but making the right preparations for your final conversation will help things go as smoothly as possible.

This doctor has been preaching teamwork at his practice for so long his employees decided to take their support for one another to a whole new level.