To best judge the alternatives, you need to understand the pros and cons as well as the costs and benefits of each alternative.

The general trend in physician compensation has been to simplify and standardize policies and procedures, but there is a new frontier and new challenges.

Learning to document for payment must be done ethically, efficiently and legitimately.

Failure by one valuator or another to understand these factors can lead to an incorrect valuation, usually an overstatement of the true value of the medical practice.

Even as the baby-boomer generation requires more physicians to treat chronic illnesses, the health care workforce is increasingly comprised of physicians seeking to balance time within clinical practice with other interests and commitments.