You are right too!

Are you too young?

At a time when the value of performing aortic valve replacement surgery on elderly patients with aortic stenosis (AS) was being questioned, we reported our findings of a formal decision analysis entitled “You’re Never Too Old” (1) that revealed survival benefit of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in symptomatic elderly AS patients. SAVR is currently widely accepted as a treatment of oth...

Are you undercoding too much?

Dr. Jensen is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology. In addition to being a practicing nephrologist with Gulf Coast Kidney Associates, Sarasota, Fla, he is a certified professional coder (CPC) and works as a physician reimbursement consultant. He offers remote and onsite workshops and seminars designed to teach physicians how to apply the evaluation and management guidelines in da...

Are You Heading in the Right Direction?

Are you picking the right leaders?

When it comes time to hire or promote, top executives routinely overvalue certain skills and traits while overlooking others. Intuitively, for example, they might seek out team players, people who shine operationally, dynamic public speakers, or those who are demonstrably hungry for greater responsibility. But some attributes that seem like good indicators of leadership potential are, paradoxic...

Are you on the right track?

Physicians in early or mid-level leadership positions need different skills than those at the top. What are the skills they need and what are the risks of focusing on the wrong skills?