Staffing & Salary

Nearly a third of new hires quit within 90 days, and onboarding is usually why. Here are six fixable mistakes that push good people out.

Staff pay fell for 10 of 18 core practice roles in 2025 but stays well above five-year levels, new MGMA benchmarks show.

Clinical applications are climbing while hires lag behind, and Trent Cotton of ICIMS says the practices that win top talent are the ones that make hiring fast, personal and transparent.

Hallmark Healthcare Solutions CEO Bharat Sundaram says the physician shortage is really a capacity problem practices can solve right now.

The highest offer is rarely the best deal. If you're waiting until you're ready to sell, you've waited too long.

Nearly 40% of Gen Z patients don't have a primary care physician, and Andrea Giamalva, M.D., FAAFP, says urgent care is quietly stepping in to fill the gap.

John Cianca, M.D., FAAPMR, left institutional medicine 22 years ago to build a cash-only solo practice. He says the care he delivers is better for it.

Physician pay rose in 2025 even as productivity fell, MGMA data shows. MGMA's Andy Swanson on what the split means for practices.

Two Physicians Foundation experts on why where a patient lives may shape health more than the care received and what physicians can do about it.

The plan that recruited your physicians may be the reason they leave. Eight building blocks for a hybrid model that retains and rewards.

Pediatric neurosurgeon Leon Moores, M.D., makes the case that every physician is already a leader and shares how to guide teams through uncertainty.

Operational levers that practice administrators can pull to give clinicians their evenings back

Lumeris CMO David Carmouche, M.D., says AI's biggest opportunity in primary care is giving physicians back the time to actually practice medicine.

After-hours coverage is not the same as reliable access — and the gap between the two is showing up in ED utilization, physician burnout and patient outcomes.

A dying friend's perspective shift shows how gratitude and the lost art of the handwritten note can transform your practice and prevent burnout.

Veradigm’s survey of 360 practice leaders finds operational and financial strain, not clinical concerns, are the top threats to independence.

AI scribes get the headlines, but the highest-yield documentation fixes are workflow changes practices can make without a new vendor contract.

Four experts unpack a landmark report showing investment in primary care is the most powerful cost-reduction strategy the U.S. isn't using.

Before you sign on the dotted line, these nine questions can protect your income, your patients and your career.

These seven scheduling fixes can help practices recover lost revenue and keep patient flow moving.

State law is moving fast — here's what physicians need to know before signing or renegotiating a contract.

The tools to catch heart failure early exist — now it's time to put them to work.

Burnout fell to 43.2% of physicians in 2024, AMA data shows, but rates remain above pre-pandemic levels heading into planning season.

John Pack of Mitsubishi HC Capital America breaks down the financial pressures squeezing independent practices and the financing options that help.

Benchmark staffing ratios by specialty, optimize billing support, and use tech wisely to reduce burnout, wait times and overhead.