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09/22/2025
You’ve educated your staff on how to recognize the warning signs that a patient is litigious. You’ve emphasized that they should communicate their concerns to a supervisor or practice owner. Your next step is to give your team more guidance on what to do when they believe a patient is likely to sue the practice, has threatened to sue, or is currently suing the practice.
09/22/2025
Recently a New Jersey practice lost a suit to enforce a restrictive covenant against a physician they had released. Experts say the case reveals pitfalls that practices should take care to avoid when they write and enforce their noncompetes and other covenants, and ways to get around them if they still come up.
09/22/2025
A Medscape survey of 1,001 physicians suggests that the shortage of health care providers in the U.S. is being felt keenly at ground level, with doctors lamenting a lack of sufficient “qualified applicants” to relieve it. Experts suggest luring recruits with relevant offers and engagement.
09/22/2025
Higher-level E/M office visit codes for established patients continued to climb in 2024, with significant growth for Level 4 and 5 codes. Yet total payments for the office visit suite (99202-99215) were at their lowest levels in four years.

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