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Have a difficult employee, low staff morale or trouble filling vacancies? Tips and guidance for how to be a better leader.

One solo practicioner mulls over what she should or shouldn’t say when sought for a reference check.

Here are four ways practice owners and administrators can ensure temporary employees are successful.

Advice on attracting and retaining younger talent.

How modern technology can help with understaffing.

Avoid legal trouble by doing a thorough review of the electronic prescription process, security options, audits and potential loopholes.

Effective onboarding can help ensure your new hire knows what is expected and becomes productive more quickly.

Credentialing is a critical undertaking no matter the size of your practice. Here's how to make the process less cumbersome.

You cannot avoid employee mistakes, but you can make sure the same mistake isn't made twice.

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.

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.

In order to foster high-performing teams, organizations need both coaches and mentors.

Yes, you need to delegate some tasks to employees. But as practice owners and administrators, it’s your responsibility to oversee and double check-not blindly sign your name for a whole lot of trouble.

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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.

Non-clinical staff play an important role in ensuring a practice runs smoothly and provides high-quality patient care. Keep these tips in mind when assembling your practice’s staff.

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

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.

Parting ways with patients and staff is a difficult and emotional process. Here’s some gentle guidance.

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

Looking to see if your staff salaries are in line with national benchmarks? View our national data on key positions in medical practices broken out by years of experience.

Physicians may be eager for the financial rewards of recruitment deals, but they need to understand such enticements can become a tremendous burden.

A new survey of young physicians gives six lessons on what they are looking for in a medical career.

Don't leave your new hire in the dust and out of the loop. Here's how you can get them started.

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

Physicians who solely rely on forms and checklists to terminate an employee are making a huge mistake, says this lawyer.

It's easy to check references, verify clinical skills and training, and see if a physician is in your price range. Cultural fit is harder to ascertain.

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