Why is it that most residency programs place very little emphasis on teaching physicians the ins and outs about contracting with health insurance companies? With so much riding on paying down medical school debt, teaching institutions should help graduates understand health insurance plans better. Professors are certainly at a disadvantage since most of the residency
-> Continue reading 3 Mistakes Doctors Make When Joining Health Plans
At least one out of three doctors is vulnerable to personal health problems such as injury and physical and mental illness at some point in their career. This keeps healthcare professionals from functioning properly and practice medicine safely, contributing to the onset of disruptive physician behavior. Healthcare professionals are more prone to suffer from depression than
-> Continue reading Benefits of Massage Therapy: Empowering Young Physicians and Healthcare Providers
We as physicians often forget the importance of following best practices in our personal lives. We are highly trained and often very bright students that have always excelled in class. How is it then that once we graduate residency programs we veer from the path of best practices in our personal and professional lives? We
-> Continue reading Best Practices in the Business of Healthcare