Private Practice Perspectives
Private Practice Perspectives
The benefits of conducting clinical research in private practice
The protocols are the same, but the benefit of being in a community setting is that you have a wide range of patients that you are seeing every...
Private Practice Perspectives
Telehealth: The 21st century house call
Congress should consider the lessons learned over the past 20 months to ensure that health care providers have the flexibility to meet the needs...
Private Practice Perspectives
The importance of education and screening for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
The number of patients we see with NALFD and NASH continues to rise, and it’s taking its toll.
Private Practice Perspectives
Lessons from COVID-19 and planning for a postpandemic screening surge
There may be a surge in screenings once more people are vaccinated and comfortable getting back into the office, and we’re planning for this as...
Private Practice Perspectives
Our role in colorectal cancer prevention education
Each year in the month of March, advocates, physicians, and health care educators come together to promote the importance of colorectal cancer...
Private Practice Perspectives
How productivity influences compensation in private practice
Most practices utilize relative value units, a standard used by Medicare to determine the amount to pay physicians according to their productivity...
Private Practice Perspectives
Quality measures and initiatives in private practices
The road to improving quality within a private practice starts by defining the aspects of care that affect the quality of the patient experience...
Private Practice Perspectives
Navigating a pandemic: The importance of preparedness in independent GI practices
As early-career GI physicians who are familiar with new technologies, you are in a great position to lead the practices you join into the future...
Private Practice Perspectives
The pros and cons of pathology lab ownership: What early career GI doctors need to know
From colonoscopies to endoscopic ultrasound, gastroenterology is fundamentally a procedure-based specialty. Given that reality, making a decision...
The New Gastroenterologist
Ambulatory surgery centers 101: What new GIs need to know
Gastroenterologists who are new to the field can and should ask questions of any practice they are considering joining about the buy-in process...