Author: Francesca Mathewes

While advancing patient outcomes lies at the center of physicians' careers, the everyday administrative burdens and tight routines of many physicians can make it difficult to constantly push the envelope toward innovation. 

Here are five organizations helping physicians start or maintain independent practice through new and innovative business models:

Marshall Weintraub, a financial planner with Finity Group, spoke with Medscape in an article published Feb. 18 to discuss key financial planning moves for young physicians. 

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has signed an extradition order for Margaret Carpenter, MD, a physician in New York who was indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana for providing abortion pills to a minor in the state via telemedicine,…

Here are four updates related to unions involving physicians in the last two weeks, as reported by Becker's:

A recently introduced bill in the Alabama House of Representatives would allow more rural physicians to access income tax credits, CBS 42 reported Feb. 12. 

State lawmakers in Iowa are considering several bills that aim to address the state's growing physician shortage, the Des Moines Register reported Feb. 12. 

A group of physicians in South Carolina claim that exceptions in the state's abortion ban are too vague and infringe on their religious beliefs in a federal lawsuit, the Arkansas Advocate reported Feb. 10. 

Here are three updates on union negotiations between Portland, Ore.-based Providence and the bargaining units within its system. 

Here are the federal policies that four physicians told Becker's they are watching most closely: