A majority of physicians report that none or little of their pay is tied to productivity, according to 2013 Physician Compensation Survey released by Physicians Practice.
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The MGMA Cost Survey Report: 2013 Report Based on 2012 Data shows that medical practice expense per full-time equivalent physician for information technology has climbed to $19,439.
The average compensation for physician assistants rose 18 percent between 2005 and 2012, according to the Medscape Clinical & Office Staff Salary Report.
In a Medical Economics article, Susan Kreimer lays out six common risks that physicians should mitigate to avoid patient injury and lawsuits, according to several industry thought leaders.
In a Physicians Practice report, Ike Devji, JD, an attorney who helps protect a national client base of more than 3,000, discusses questions that physicians should ask about life insurance policies before buying.
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New York had the highest number of medical school graduates in 2011, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
NYU Langone Medical Center's Art Caplan, of the division of medical ethics, recently discussed whether medical professionals should report a colleague who makes medical errors in a Medscape report.
In a KevinMD blog post, Joseph Kim, MD, is a physician-executive who blogs at "Non-Clinical Medical Jobs, Careers, and Opportunities," discusses five ways in which professional connections on social media can help physicians and their practices.
Implementing an electronic health record system also requires anticipating and planning for the changes the implementation will bring, according to a whitepaper released by SourceMedical, a provider of therapy software and ambulatory surgery center software solutions and billing services.
In a Physicians Practice article, P.J. Cloud-Moulds, who runs Turnaround Medical AR Recovery, a consulting firm, discusses areas that medical practices should review and improve in the coming year.