Where do you stand on exchanging medical services for something other than a direct payment?
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In a recent blog, Dr. J. Scott Litton discussed the practice of bartering with patients where they provide a service in return for medical attention or advice with the caveat that such arrangements need to be reported to the IRS.
Former Integrated Medical Services CEO Monique Delgado explained how practice leaders can build performance-based physician pay with physicians at the table and why the work starts with the practice's own finances.
Health care attorney Tatiana Melnik, J.D., says practices adopting artificial intelligence tools should reread their vendor contracts, train staff every week and plan for patients who decline an AI scribe.
Six national physician organizations warned that claims of AI superiority undermine patient trust, putting new attention on how practices set rules for AI use by clinicians and staff.