Medical practice today. What members have to say. Rising operating costs + declining reimbursement + EHR implementation = your top challenges.

We invited you to share your thoughts on the practice and career challenges that confront you today. You responded emphatically to our questionnaire, and two issues--maintaining physician compensation as reimbursement declines, and operating costs that are escalating faster than revenues--essentially tied for first place. The threat of further cuts in Medicare reimbursement makes these dilemmas even more acute. Another issue--implementing an electronic health record (EHR)--ranked third as a hot topic. See the poll data and read the comments and complaints, insights and observations in this special feature all about you and your profession.