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My father’s last ski run got me thinking: The unprecedented growth of the oldest Americans is putting significant demands on our society and healthcare systems, including primary-care providers.

A strong referral network can be a huge advantage for your practice and a source of new patient volume. Here are three key ways to create such a network.

Patients have definite opinions about EHRs, technology security, and other related subjects.

Physicians are now perceived as identical to businessmen … [and] as our authority has waned our responsibility has become greater.

Having your soul mate at the office is great, but beware of bringing personal issues into your practice.

Self-awareness of bias helps to reduce its effect on the medical decisions we make every day.

Here are some specific dos and don'ts when it comes to physicians using limited partnerships in a legally defensible way.

Here's how to work with your physicians to deliver the best possible outcome for your practice, yourself, and your boss.

A physician considering hospital employment should also consider the effect on their healthcare business interests outside of their practice.

Make sure your relationship with a future partner is established properly by communicating and sharing information from the start.

Here are some simple tips and rules for physicians to use your limited partnership in a legal and defensible way.

Appropriate and fair reimbursement for the work physician assistants do in medicine is a priority.

Among the tools commonly used for a variety of asset protection and estate planning purposes is the familiar “limited partnership” commonly referred to as a “family limited partnership.”

Driving skills: learning to navigate the road to a successful medical career

I would urge each and every one of you to be familiar with the warning signs of abuse, and the resources available to you all as healthcare providers.

Here are some general tax considerations related to the sale of practice assets and hospital employment transactions.

While the demographics of the physician assistant student population are changing, the quality of the graduate PA remains solid.

Five trends to watch out for in 2012 as a result of shifting reimbursements.

A community physician’s gut reaction to a contractual referral restriction will likely be negative … but the restrictions should not be of great concern.

It's time to say goodbye; here's how to do it without creating collateral damage

By emphasizing a team-oriented approach to healthcare and using PAs, we increase access to care for our patients.

If the specialist becomes a hospital or hospital group practice employee, then two factors might cause a decrease in referrals.

Are the majority of patients in your state healthier or less healthy than patients in other states?

Recruiting physicians is only half the battle - retaining them comes next.

In order for mobile health solutions to find success with providers and patients, physicians need to be involved at the development stage of initiatives.