Physicians Realty Trust, a self-managed healthcare properties real estate investment trust, has acquired Peachtree Dunwoody Medical Center in Atlanta, Ga., for $36.6 million, according to a heraldonline.com report.
Practice Management
The biggest driver of nurse practitioner and physician assistant satisfaction is work environment and staff, according to "Advanced Practice Trends 2012-2013," released by Jackson Healthcare, a healthcare staffing company.
Practice management systems are effective tools for helping organize a medical practice's administrative and billing functions, according an educational resource released by American Medical Association and Medical Group Management Association.
A majority of physicians believe that defensive medicine is a major driver of healthcare costs, according to "A Survey of America's Physicians: Practice Patterns and Perspectives," released by The Physicians Foundation.
In a Family Practice Management article, Jennifer Bush discusses strategies that physicians can implement to improve their job satisfaction.
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This year, many patients are facing substantially higher deductibles, forcing surgery practices to collect more payments pre-operatively in order to keep accounts receivable from ballooning.
In a Journal of the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters article, Jason Crepeau, a physician recruitment solutions leader at HealthcareSource — a provider of talent management software — lays out tips for onboarding and retaining physicians at medical practices.
A majority of physicians personally provide more than $50,000 of uncompensated care in the course of a year, according to "A Survey of America's Physicians: Practice Patterns and Perspectives," released by The Physicians Foundation.
Seventy-five percent of all medical school graduates practicing medicine, between 1978 and 2008, were white, according to "Diversity in the Physician Workforce: Facts & Figures 2010," released by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
In a McGraw-Hill Business blog post, Steven P. Dinkin, president of The National Conflict Resolution Center, discusses tips for managing conflict in the medical practice workplace.