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What do we mean by value-based care?Consumers and health care providers often define the term differently. But the focus for both groups should be on health maintenance and disease prevention.
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Immunity to change: Building a healthy paradigm in the health care workplaceHealth care for patients starts with the health of the team.
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Ready or not: 3 big changes coming for primary care physiciansEven before the pandemic, primary care was complicated. Now it’s even more so.
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How health care providers can stay compliant with HIPAA audit changesHHS-OIG’s recommended changes to the audit program aim to strengthen data protections.
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Will the rise of telehealth continue post-pandemic?Over the past year, the rise in telehealth services — as well as the continued spread of COVID-19 variants — has left many patients and PCPs wondering as to whether or not these services will continue expanding in the months, or even years, to come.
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Preparing rural health providers for future transformations: administrative and financial efficiencyDoctors, if you work with a rural hospital, here is a gameplan to embrace change or risk becoming unsustainable.
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Enough with the acronyms – physicians and patients need more honest storiesThrough storytelling we can create empathy and earn trust.
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Get your estate planning done nowThere are plenty of reasons for people to get their estate planning done despite, or even because of, potential future changes from Congress.
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How virtual care benefits both patients and health care providersPatients like convenience and easy access to care, providers see reduction in no-show rate
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Whole-person health is the key to reducing disparities and driving patient trustAs we continue to face the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term consequences, it is more important than ever for providers to build trust with patients.
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Nancy Reau, MD: Challenges of ICD10 Coding on Patients with HEAn expert physician considers the challenges that arise with ICD10 coding in delivering care for patients with hepatic encephalopathy and risk adjustment.
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Helping patients catch up on cancer screeningDoctors need to address patients’ worries about costs.
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New government requirements will help secure medical devicesSoftware Bill of Materials required by the FDA will help thwart cybersecurity threats
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Advance care directives can prevent wrongful death lawsuitsThere’s a surge in a new type of litigation: “wrongful life” lawsuits. These lawsuits emerge when hospitals and clinicians don’t bother to obtain or choose to ignore a patient’s documented care planning wishes.
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Not screening for anxiety? Costs and solutionsFor most patients, anxiety treatment begins with a visit to their primary care physician.
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6 tips for identifying go-getters for your practiceWho do you want on your team, the go-getters or the gunnas?
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How do we address the nation’s mental health crisis?Effective treatment requires coordinating primary, behavioral health care
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Stock market insights for physician investors in 2023At the start of each year, everyone is clamoring to figure out what the next 12 months will be like when it comes to the stock market and investment outlook.
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Lessons Learned from the Universal Health Services Cyber AttackHealthcare providers of all sizes must ensure they are doing their due diligence to protect their networks and their patients.
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How retail acquisitions will accelerate adoption of value-based careIndustry-wide trend will help improve health equity, make care more affordable
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How health care can fight life-threatening data breachesWith healthcare data breaches approaching a boiling point, care providers need to adopt an approach that prioritizes operational continuity.
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5 ways to improve your practice’s digital marketing efforts in 2022The need for a consistent and professional digital marketing strategy is universal.
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Why I love being a primary care physicianWhen I read about the plight of primary care doctors and their widespread dissatisfaction with their profession, I remember Dr. William Vroom.
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Do no harm – The imperative for purposeful AI regulation in health careHow do we regulate AI purposefully to ensure that it enhances rather than hinders the practice of medicine?
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Weight Loss and Patient SupportClosing thoughts regarding the increasing burden of overweight and obesity in the United States, and recommendations for supporting patients who are taking a proactive role in managing their weight.
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Getting your claims denied? Here are reasons why and what you can do about itA hands-on approach may be better for physicians to manage claims.
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Integrating mental and behavioral health in specialty careOur health system is too siloed to recognize patient problems that might cross specialties.
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Generics usher in an era of affordable and effective weight-loss treatmentsBy improving health outcomes and avoiding costly obesity-related complications, GLP-1s can significantly reduce the overall cost of health care.
