Practice Management

As the general population in the United States ages, its physicians are aging as well: According to the Association of American Medical Colleges' 2013 State Physician Workforce Data Book, 27.6 percent of the nation's physicians are 60 years old or…

During hiring interviews, questions should be structured to provide insight into the prospective physician, rather than to encourage "canned" responses, according to a YO Info report, the American Academy of Ophthalmology's newsletter for young ophthalmologists.

Medscape has published a list of 2014 deadlines that providers need to know and prepare for.

Here are 13 statistics on the amount and length of patient interactions with orthopedic surgeons, according to the Medscape Orthopedists Compensation Report 2013.

Physician employment and quasi-employment transactions were among the most frequent types of hospital-physician integration activities in 2011 and 2012, according to the HealthCare Appraisers 2013 report.

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.

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.