Tag:
ethics
Latest Headlines
Latest Headlines
Extra practice revenue streams: Look before you leap
With tight finances still creating a struggle for many physicians and their businesses, it can be tempting, if not essential, to look for additional revenue streams to help keep the practice or the
Vaccines a sticking point for practices
The practice of pediatric offices ‘firing' parents who refuse to vaccinate their children is more than a minor trend, according to The Wall Street Journal. In Connecticut, for example, a study
Concierge practice: 5 legal issues to address
The tougher running a traditional medical practice becomes, the stronger the appeal of providing concierge or retainer-based medicine may be to some doctors. Setting aside recent criticisms of the
Meds, vaccines, payments: Should physicians ever say never?
Practices face tough decisions these days that deal with how to treat patients in regards to addictive medications, vaccinations, and payments upon services. Increasingly, practice managers must
Legality of concierge practice questioned in Canada
Much like here in the United States, a growing number of Canadian physicians have begun charging membership fees in exchange for a higher level of healthcare service. Most "boutique," "retainer," or
Can concierge be ethical and profitable?
Since 2004, the primary-care physicians at Tufts Medical Center have offered patients two care options: being part of a traditional general medical practice or belonging to a retainer practice.
Small-practice physicians among most reluctant to report impaired, incompetent colleagues
Even though physicians are ethically bound to report a colleague who is incompetent or impaired by drugs or alcohol, more than a third of physicians responding to a nationwide survey don't fully
ABIM displays zero tolerance for physicians cheating on exams
On June 9, The American Board of Internal Medicine sanctioned 139 physicians for seeking out and sharing board exam questions with test-prep company Arora Board Review--and sought legal action
