Perspectives
Commentary
What are your weaknesses?
What would it look like if we started treating ourselves less like physicians and more like patients?
Commentary
Ten steps for clinicians to avoid being racist: The Francis commitment
The scars never go away and your status is always in question, no matter your title or uniforms of respect. Eventually it wears you down.
Rheum for Action
Will ‘gold card’ legislation and others rein in prior authorizations?
“Gold card” legislation already passed or in the works in several states has potential to reduce prior authorization burdens on clinicians, but...
Opinion
More practice merger options
When joining any group, read the agreement carefully for any clauses that might infringe on your clinical judgment.
Opinion
Merging small practices
A little planning and negotiation can prevent a lot of grief, regret, and legal expenses in the future.
Opinion
The work after work
Are you a super doer, reluctant doer, admin denier, or admin avoider?
Commentary
How social drivers of health lead to physician burnout
Opinion
‘We don’t want to be an inspiration’
Although acknowledgment is appreciated, the women I work alongside don’t need me to be inspired by them.
Rheum for Action
New law will awaken employers to health care’s ‘transparency gap’
Not only will the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2020-21 help to eliminate much of the “transparency gap” in the system, but it may encourage...
Opinion
Selling your practice
My previous column...
Commentary
Direct specialty care: Concierge service without the price tag
Rheumatologist Diana Girnita discusses why she left a “traditional” rheumatology clinic and decided in 2020 to start a concierge-style direct...