
Four physicians allege ABIM is illegally tying its initial certification to MOC.
Todd Shryock is managing editor of Medical Economics.

Four physicians allege ABIM is illegally tying its initial certification to MOC.

How practices can benefit from data-driven patient care.

Quality Payment Program and Physician Fee Schedule both see changes

Getting patient data into their EHR is rated as a major problem. So how are doctors getting the patient data they need when they need it?

Pilot program offers 25 quarterly questions in lieu of 10-year test.

What to consider before investing-and what it takes to win.

Reduce the burden sooner rather than later.

Small practices score some wins, but work remains to be done under Medicare’s Quality Payment Program and Physician Fee Schedule.

While physicians may prefer to focus their attention on patient care, it’s imperative to carefully analyze expenses and calculate how every business decision can affect overall profitability.

Physicians and patients must unite to accomplish real changes with payers and policymakers.

Physicians in practice for many years often find a comfort level with how they run their practice on a day-to-day basis.

Fend off hackers with a thorough cyberdefense plan

Partnership of six associations aims to give private practices a voice in changing healthcare environment.

Is your specialty in-demand or in decline?

Partnership seeks to better understand the factors affecting how physicians practice medicine

With quality metrics becoming more common and the quantity of forms and data reporting increasing, experts say physicians need to take steps to keep their paperwork to manageable levels.

Physicians constrained when payers put cost above care

Patient no-shows are a perennial problem for any medical practice or healthcare facility.

Prior authorizations have always been a source of frustration for physicians, but a new industry effort that includes medical groups and insurers has been established to try to streamline the process.

Prior authorizations have always been a source of frustration for physicians, but a new industry effort that includes medical groups and insurers has been established to try to streamline the process.

Industry insiders share their views of how healthcare is moving steadily toward a connected future.

Time spent on EHR data entry instead of interacting with patients is a common complaint from doctors.

CMS announces a commitment to give patients control of their records.

Four solutions to an age-old problem

Pamela Wible, MD, has dedicated herself to raising awareness about this issue and changing the conditions that lead so many physicians to take their own lives. Here's what Wible says physicians can do about the suicide issue to help themselves and others.

Pamela Wible wants physicians to start talking about the issue of doctor suicides

Tired of preparing for a Maintenance of Certification (MOC) test that didn’t reflect his skills or what he practiced on a daily basis, Paul Teirstein, MD, set out to create an alternative to the process.

There is a special group of physicians who work tirelessly to improve the lives of their patients, their own medical practice and the well-being of their community. To us, those physicians are ChangeMakers.

Searching for answers as the industry moves away from fee-for-service

What the TEFCA announcement means for interoperability and doctors long-term.