Search results for "Physician compensation"
What's new in other College publications
ACP Internist, ACP Hospitalist, ACP Press, Annals of Internal Medicine, and MKSAP
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/07/highlights.htm
1 Jul 2008
RVUs—the common denominator in financial management
In today's economy, tight financial management is more important than ever. Relative Value Units can be used as a powerful tool for financial management in medical practices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/cpii.htm
1 Apr 2009
Change fee for service to another method that reflects quality
Fee-for-service payments need to align incentives with value of services rendered.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2010
Distributing pay for performance
Once a practice receives pay-for-performance bonuses, how should they be distributed? Do they go to the treating physicians, the entire practice or some kind of hybrid? There options aplenty to consider.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/04/tips.htm
1 Apr 2012
Spending on physician services, take two
Reform is required in how physicians are paid, including a more rigorous analysis of the relative value of services and compensation for the cognitive work done outside of the patient encounter.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2012
Practices report gradual shifts toward tying pay to quality and patient satisfaction metrics
Quality measures are a small but possibly increasing percentage of total compensation for physicians, a recent report found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/08/2.htm
8 Jul 2014
Practice Tips: The 3 Ps of physician compensation
Performance, productivity, and profitability are the 3 components of getting paid. These elements all affect one another, so balancing them is key.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/11/tips.htm
1 Nov 2014
Nonspecific symptoms may have a very specific cause
This issue covers topics including management of lupus, the effect of telemedicine on primary care practice, and new approaches to treating Clostridium difficile.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/11/editors.htm
1 Nov 2014
Teach-back
Reflection on the past year as ACP president has taught lessons on advocacy and the scope of medicine, among other lessons.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/teach-back.htm
1 Apr 2018
Reducing overuse and misuse in medical care
Proceedings of the 2017 American College of Physicians International Forum
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/reducing-care-overuse-misuse-focus-of-2017-international-forum.htm
1 Apr 2018