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Physician career moves: List before you leap

■ Recruiters say doctors can save a lot of time, money and trouble by following a priority checklist to get the job that best suits them.

Health insurers lower spending growth but worry about ACA

■ Three of seven major plans report higher net profits for the beginning of 2013 as they continue getting ready for the Affordable Care Act.

Pay that motivates your medical practice staff

■ How physicians pay employees can be more important than what is paid to ensure they are productive — and aren't looking for work elsewhere.

Medical practice action plan: Overcome regulation overload

■ Health care is experiencing a major overhaul, and practices face the brunt of the changes. Careful planning is needed to guide practices through it all.

Hospitals are buying, but doctors don't have to sell

■ Practices have many options to gain tighter relationships with hospitals without making an outright sale.

Shopping for an EHR (the second time around)

■ When it comes time to replace a system, learning from mistakes is critical to making sure new technology doesn't bring the same heartbreak.

Health IT: Physicians are the easy part (HIMSS meeting)

■ Doctors have financial incentives to adopt EHRs. But patients don’t. Physicians are trying to see how to get them to integrate technology into their health.

5 steps for employed physicians to resolve contract disputes

■ Doctors can save themselves a lot of time, money and grief during contract disputes by following a series of steps to work out their issues.

Health system brands go national

■ The growth of high-profile institutions means physicians may be competing against more than just the doctor down the street.

EHRs: Where will your meaningful use bonus go?

■ Practices should set expectations early in the process for how the money will be divided and how it will be spent.

Physician job search: Showcase your teamwork

■ Demonstrating an ability to work with others can be the difference between a physician getting that dream job or being shut out.

Physician employment: Build a contract that suits you

■ When a doctor's contract expires, it's time to negotiate a more desirable employment package. Here are 5 steps to help.

Online patient portals: Unveiling the doctor's note

■ Growing demand for patient engagement has led some health care organizations to open physicians' clinical notes to patients. But they're doing it in different ways.

4 essentials to physician-hospital alignment (MGMA-ACMPE meeting)

■ Signing the deal that joins doctors and hospitals is easy. The challenge comes in making sure everyone is on the same page once conflicts arise.

What a buyer wants in your physician practice

■ Purchasers have specific things they want to know before making an offer. Here�s what those things are, and how doctors can prepare their answers.

When the Rx is an app

■ As apps monitor, manage and control almost every aspect of health care, some physicians are finding they help increase patient compliance and education.

Who still wants to be a country doctor?

■ There is still need for physicians in rural areas, but interest is declining. One solution: Improve work-life balance to attract and keep doctors.

Are you mentally ready to retire?

■ Successful retirements can hinge on whether physicians know what they want to do with all the time freed up from no longer practicing.

Can a computer game help practices keep data secure?

■ A practical look at information technology issues and usage

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Interactive graphic: Who is affiliated where?

■ Major health systems have launched affiliate programs that get their name out far beyond their usual geographic scope. Affiliates get to use the name and access to the resources of a major institution.

Interactive graphic: How much do health plans make?

■ An interactive graphic showing quarterly and annual earnings for seven publicly traded health insurers.

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