Hiring Firing

Welcoming a new physician to your practice goes beyond credentialing and orientation. It also includes marketing, integration into the team, and mentoring.

Laura Palmer of the MGMA says a little patience in hiring your next medical practice staff member goes a long way. Here are eight tips to find the right fit.

The key to dealing with problem medical practice employees who question your decisions is moving quickly to fix the behavior. Here's what I recommend.

In the spirit of Halloween, I've identified three common physician hiring horror stories. Here's how you can avoid them.

From reviewing state laws to understanding reimbursement, the American Academy of Physician Assistants offers six tips to hiring a physician assistant.

Don't stop your physician search too early. It's critical to keep back-up physicians interested while you wait to see if your first choice pans out.

What’s the secret to finding a great job at a hospital or facility? I recently met with physician recruiters from various hospitals. Here's what they said.

Consultant Charlie Hauck provides five key components for practices to resolve conflict when it occurs and try to reduce it from happening in the first place.

Turnover is an important topic that medical practices discuss, but often changes to curb attrition don’t happen until it’s too late.

If you decide to terminate a physician or other provider at your practice, here are three key things to keep in mind to help your remaining staff and patients.

Considering a change in employer? Here are four tips to get you started on the path to finding the right match for you.

If you're looking to hire a recent medical school grad for your practice, here are some things to help you and the new physician acclimate to the new environment.

Physicians can survive and thrive, professionally and financially, if they will leave the smooth operation of their practice to business professionals.

Usually, an employee leaving is bittersweet. But one recent departure was just bitter given the employee's behavior leading up to and following her resignation.

Don't make these small errors that cause many medical practices to miss out on promising candidates.

Though salary is an important factor for physician retention, money is not the only thing that matters. Here are a few other things physicians are looking for in a job.

Finding a new physician for your medical practice is difficult enough - finding one that fits your culture may seem impossible at times. Here are some tips.

The level to which nonphysician providers can help a medical practice’s bottom line depends on how well thought-out the plan was for hiring them.

To continue to attract and keep top-quality physician assistants on staff, private medical practices should consider three approaches.

Thoughtful offboarding of a locum tenens physician will ensure continuity of care for patients and maximize the financial benefit to your medical practice.

Investing time and attention in the medical practice staff hiring process reduces costs and boosts staff retention.

Physician assistants and nurse practitioners share what they look for in recruitment packages.

When it comes to supervising members of various generations at your practice, recognize the differences, but also strive to find common ground among staff.

As demand for part-time schedules increases among physicians, medical practices that don't offer flexibility will struggle with recruitment and retention.

Don't let fear hold you back from taking advantage of EHRs. Here's how to address common fears and how to find great EHR help.