Todd Shryock

How will your rates be affected?

Health care breaches affected more than 26 million people last year.

If you aren’t reviewing your malpractice and other liability coverage, you may be putting your practice at risk.

While physicians are focused on COVID, there are other areas that pose grave financial risk to their practices.

Make sure you take these appropriate precautions.

What does this mean for the average medical practice?

Is your practice protected?

COVID may have hurt your finances, but the issues of risk remain.

New technology is already hitting the market, but how will it hold up?

Will financial incentives for physicians drive greater long-term adaptation?

Telehealth has been positive for both doctors and patients, but challenges remain.

Is this a valid argument?

Private payers initially embraced telehealth, but some remain wary about a full commitment.

Many patients who used telehealth have since returned to in-office visits

In the past, Medicare primarily focused telehealth benefits on rural areas where care could be hard to access.

What did the federal government get right and wrong about telehealth?

Telehealth has helped patients, but better technology is still needed.

Avoid these common mistakes to reduce your risk to having your health records stolen or taken hostage.

Reminders for the second dose needed in most cases, and patients don't like the message to come through patient portals.

Physicians need to be aware of the most at-risk groups in order to deliver quality care that meets all of their needs

COVID has brought a host of new practice liability threats. Is your practice protected?

In late 2020, Medical Economics® asked our physician audience what they thought would be the most challenging issues they will face this year. This is what they told us. Original articles are linked in the descriptions

Virtual visits will remain important part of engaging with patients even after the pandemic.

These steps are inexpensive and provide the first line of defense against hackers and data loss

The pandemic brought telehealth into the mainstream, but will government and private payers make the right moves to make it a standard part of medicine?

Despite the challenges the pandemic has presented to medical care, the vast majority of patients are happy with how their doctors met the challenges.

Reimbursement trends every physician must watch for.

Insurance industry group says proposed rule too much, too fast

A comprehensive look at the opinions of physicians in private practice.

Doctors say that delays are hurting patient outcomes.