Physician Compensation

Many physicians feel that useless chart documentation has grown to consume most of the patient visit, leaving little time for patient care.

One doctor is finding success in a seemingly rare place in healthcare: As someone who became a solo doc. She explains how in this blog.

Value-based reimbursement isn't the future for physicians; it's here. It's time to tie quality outcomes to compensation.

Do yourself a favor: participate in as many quality programs as make sense for your practice.

The 2015 Physician Compensation Survey asked doctors with different employment statuses how much they got paid. Here are some key findings.

With people staying healthy and active into their nineties, retired physicians have to figure out how to not run out of money. Here are some strategies.

What is “clawback” language? It can be used by employers to make physicians recoup demands from federal and private payers.

Staying independent is an ongoing challenge. Here are a few reasons more clinicians are making the switch to direct primary or concierge care.

Some medical practices are cutting out insurance companies and providing services directly to employers, thereby reducing overhead and cost to patients.

Physicians looking to ACOs to solve their revenue challenges need to study the numbers carefully.

PAs can help busy MDs better address patients' oral health and meet meaningful use and other quality initiatives.

Looking at daily, weekly, and monthly revenue cycle reports doesn’t do much on its own, unless you compare them and track trends.

The decisions your practice makes and the steps it takes toward value-based care today will have a big impact tomorrow. Here's what you need to know.

To create change within an organization, practices must change physician compensation plans. Here’s a guide on how to do that.

By bucking the traditional system, Iora Health is providing a new approach to primary care.

Independent practices can succeed in risk-based contracting. It’s just a matter of understanding why, how, and what, according to Farzad Mostashari.

Major developments on ICD-10 and meaningful use are just the latest news out of Washington, D.C., affecting physicians and practices.

Many expenses go away or are reduced when you retire. In some cases, you may be able to maintain on 15-30 percent less annual income when you are retired.

With a large number of physicians planning to retire in the next few years, it will be important for them to plan ahead before hanging it up.

Here are five practical tips for physicians that are planning on retiring in the next few years and don’t want to be ill-prepared.

Independent practices likely have a lot of questions about the looming value-based environment. Here's helpful insight and guidance from two experts.

Changes to physician compensation are looming, so now is the time for small practices to start focusing on value. Here's how.

Practices can no longer afford to be remiss about collecting outstanding patient balances, as high-deductible health plans are forcing patients to pay more.

Developing better patient collections processes depends not just on good staff policies and training, but the newest in HIPAA-compliant technology.