Practice Management News

When I first entered the medical profession more than 30 years ago, I was taken by the amount of trash that was produced in the emergency department where I volunteered.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, same-day discharges following minimally invasive hysterectomy for benign indications increased without also increasing postoperative hospital readmission, researchers reported.

The CDC published a guide that hospitals can use to reduce the risk for burnout among health care staff.

A record number of positions in primary care were offered in the 2024 Main Residency Match, according to the National Resident Matching Program, or NRMP.

As we discussed in our overview of the private equity, or PE, physician practice model, the buyer in an acquisition is often a PE-sponsored management services organization that purchases the nonclinical aspects of the practice’s business.

Completing medical education and training is a monumental achievement that can launch a successful lifetime career.

The number one financial goal for most doctors is, by far, getting to a comfortable retirement on their own timeline and with the lifestyle they want.

Extreme daily and nighttime heat exposure in the third trimester of pregnancy was linked to preterm birth in an Australian study, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

There is inadequate evidence to recommend for or against the use of iron supplements during pregnancy or screening pregnant people for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

The new CMS rule aiming to streamline prior authorization signals a major step forward for primary care, but the process could still use some improvement, according to experts.