A new study released by the IMS Institute shows office visits are on the decline in the United States.

The number of actively licensed physicians has grown, but those physicians are also growing older, according to a Federation of State Medical Boards report published in the Journal of Medical Regulation.

Medscape Business of Medicine has released a report detailing 12 stocks for physicians to enhance their portfolio.

This article is written by Michael J. Sacopulos is the CEO of Medical Risk Institute.

The past several years have witnessed explosive growth in HIPAA and HITECH Act enforcement actions against medical providers. Many of these actions relate to misadventures by vendors and business associates of the providers. In 2012, the Minnesota Attorney General's office announced a $2.5 million fine levied against a medical collections firm for data breaches.

Sequestration will set into full effect on Monday, cutting Medicare payments by 2 percent, according to a Medscape report.

Physician turnover has hit its highest rate since 2005, the first year the data was collected, according to the 8th annual Physician Retention Survey from Cejka Search and the American Medical Group Association.

According to the Physicians' Top Ethical Dilemmas: Medscape 2012 Survey Results report, 27 percent of physicians would stop accepting insurers that don't pay well, even if it would mean longtime patients would have to quit seeing them.

The 73 percent pay raise for primary care physicians who treat Medicaid patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be delayed, according to an article in Forbes.

William Lang, MD, and Steven Krems, MD, announced they are offering a new hybrid concierge medical practice through Concierge Choice Physicians.

In a recent Physician Wellness Services/Cejka survey, physicians and healthcare administrators were asked to review cultural attributes and rate how important they felt each attribute is to physicians' satisfaction on a 10-point scale, with 10 representing "extremely important."