In the last decade, law firms have seen the marketplace demand more for less, and it’s taken its toll. The U.S. has recently witnessed a perplexing phenomenon, where the number of attorneys working, ...

Like many areas of medicine, the compensation structure for pulmonologists is shifting. Multiple factors contribute to this changing landscape, making it difficult for physicians to navigate.

Physician compensation is due for transformation as the traditional models based on fee-for-service payments and work relative value units misalign incentives and add unnecessary complexity. “[Fee for ...

It is no secret that over the past decade – accelerated by the pandemic – Am Law 200 firms have been moving away from traditional partner compensation models such as pure lockstep, and shifted their ...

St. Louis-based SSM Health is working to bring more specialty care under value-based compensation models over the next two years, as the health system seeks to extend physician accountability for ...

It is no secret that CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and private payers are determined to replace health care's volume-oriented fee-for-service payment system with alternatives aimed ...

In these days of increased pressure on medical centers to maintain solvency, the days of the typical “sheltered workshop” of salary-based academic medicine are quickly coming to an end. With the ...

After efforts to enact a minimum wage for Minneapolis rideshare drivers failed last year, Minneapolis City Council members continue to push for minimum- wage-equivalent pay for Uber and Lyft drivers.

Health systems moving toward a value-based care delivery model need to adjust several operational factors to be successful. This includes creating pathways for a better patient experience as well as ...

This is a bimonthly column by Les Jebson, administrator of the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute at Prisma Health. This is the second installment. Incentivizing perioperative surgical teams ...