Physicians Practice - June 2008 - (Page 5) WWW.PHYSICIANSPRACTICE.COM • VOLUME 18 • NUMBER 6 JUNE 2008 CONTENTS FEATURES 24 COVER STORY Examining Payer Performance Payers love judging your performance, but who’s watching theirs? Now in its third year, PayerView is the only data-based method of analyzing payer performance and ranking payers against one another — and we have it exclusively for you. Who’s been good this year? Who’s been naughty? You can check our list as often as you’d like. 40 HUMAN RESOURCES Physician Employment Agreements: Build ’Em Right. Get ’Em Signed. Employment contracts are a must-have physician recruitment tool. But what should be in yours? What shouldn’t be? Here’s how to negotiate fairly with physician recruits. 59 TECHNOLOGY An EMR for Free? Have you heard about that “free” electronic medical records system that your local hospital, government agency, or EMR vendor is offering? Sounds good, right? But be careful. While there are ways to get EMR software for little or no cost, there are still expenses (and sometimes other strings) attached. PERSPECTIVES 10 LETTERS We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts by e-mailing one of our editorial staffers directly or via editor@physicianspractice.com. 18 NOTEWORTHY Marrying for healthcare … America’s worst foods … How Oregon “saved” money 67 START IT UP How to Launch a Practice: Staffing The latest installment of our series on starting a practice from scratch offers key pointers on hiring the staff you’ll need. ALSO 76 CLASSIFIEDS 80 AD INDEX COVER ILLUSTRATION: SERGE BLOCH http://WWW.PHYSICIANSPRACTICE.COM
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