Business of Medicine
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‘Can I survive without payments from insurers?’
“A client recently told me that if he couldn’t open a concierge practice, he might have to quit medicine. And he’s only 51.”
Hitting a Nerve
Fridays at the oasis
Opinion
“How long, how long to sing this song?”
I thought about my patient’s suffering and the brutal injustice of fate. It feels like it’s everywhere lately.
Managing Your Practice
Employment and buyout agreements
These are not negotiations to undertake on your own. Enlist the aid of a consultant or attorney (or both) with ample medical practice experience...
Hitting a Nerve
Time to toss the tomes
If I haven’t opened my old medical textbooks in 20-25 years, the odds are that I’m not going to now.
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‘My malpractice insurance doubled!’ Why, when fewer patients are suing?
Latest News
Substance use the main cause of physician license actions
“What appears to account for the difference is physician distress, and in the case of drug abuse, plentiful access.”
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Surgeons, who see it up close, offer ways to stop gun violence
A committee of the American College of Surgeons developed specific recommendations in 2018, which are still valid today.
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Woman who faked cancer gets 5 years in prison
Conference Coverage
High rates of med student burnout during COVID
Compared with male medical students, female medical students were more apt to exhibit signs of burnout, emotional exhaustion, and cynicism.
Hitting a Nerve
How do you treat noncompliance?
The consequences of noncompliance in migraineurs certainly aren’t as bad – or as expensive – as those for seizure patients, but they aren’t minor...