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The road to real value-based careThe time has come for primary care to drive the innovative change in health care delivery and financing.
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Doctors must have robust online presence to meet today’s patients’ expectationsSavvy physicians are using social media to establish trust, build patient loyalty
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How AI-powered automation supports health care workers and improves patient careTechnology can streamline administrative tasks, freeing clinicians to spend more time for patients
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Why antitrust enforcement will matter to your practice in 2021 and beyondThere are some persuasive incentives for your practice to consider implementing or reviewing its antitrust compliance right now.
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America needs a national strategy to invest in primary carePatients around the country are being shut out of better health. It’s time to open wide the front door to care.
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Business resolutions for health care business ownersThe new year is an important time when many business owners hit the refresh button and look for opportunities to change and improve their practice or company.
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Value-based care is the antidote to health inequities, intractable costsProviders, health plans, governments, charitable organizations and patients must be collaboratively engaged for VBC to work.
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Strategies for specialty surgeons to minimize increasing insurance premiumsThe importance of implementing proactive strategies to mitigate risks and reduce premium impacts.
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A physician’s guide to a mentally healthy workplaceWith stressful conditions increasing and mental health decreasing, what is a primary care physician to do?
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Confronting the Variance in Cancer Care Cost: An Interview With Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPPDonald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, the former CMS administrator, discusses cost variation in cancer care found through the digital classification system the COTA Nodal Address.
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Tech innovation can mitigate physician burnoutThe ongoing COVID-19 global health emergency has pushed physicians to a breaking point. But physician burnout has more to it than just the huge workload that COVID-19 has brought with it and the difficult decisions that need to be made.
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Realizing a society free of vaccine-preventable diseasesThe pandemic underscored the incredible power of vaccination.
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Automated scheduling turns cancellations into revenueYou can revolutionize your practice and save money by using technology.
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Navigating ownership transitions: A guide for private medical practicesThe right kind of ownership transition plan can mitigate challenges and ensure physician (and patient) retention and the best patient care.
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3 things to address to ensure a stable supply chain for your practiceEven as we begin to envision a post-pandemic future, continuing backlogs and unsustainable workarounds and rising international turmoil supply fresh evidence that supply-chain fragility is untenable.
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Harnessing the power of AI to protect health care integrityUsing artificial intelligence to fight fraud, waste, abuse and error could have profound effects on primary care practices.
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How direct-to-employer contracting can benefit primary care physicians in private practiceWhen done correctly, doctors become the ‘quarterback’ leading a patient care team.
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Cybersecurity poised to take center stage at HIMSS21The increased volume of ransomware, data breaches and other attacks that started during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten patient, data and medical device safety.
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Interoperability plays a crucial role in medical billingIn many cases, medical billing, payer denials and the ability to connect platforms are initially overlooked in their importance for physicians to get paid correctly, efficiently and accurately the first time
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Fighting burnout through value-based careIncentivizing doctors based on patient outcomes rather than volume alleviates many causes of burnout
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The tech savvy physician: 3 steps to protect your practice from ransomwareA recent survey found that 73% of health systems, including hospital and physician organizations, reported their data infrastructures are unprepared to respond to attacks.
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Medicare's Alzheimer's math is fuzzy -- but critics are missing the bigger pictureThe Biden administration recently warned that Medicare could spend $3.5 billion on a new category of Alzheimer's drugs in 2025 alone – a figure vastly higher than what experts in the field predict – leading many to question the math.
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How practices can negotiate with a competing hospitalNot all hospitals and physicians are locked in mortal combat from which only one will emerge. In many instances, it can be beneficial for independent physician groups and hospitals to work together.
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Your doctor will (remotely) see you nowMedicare’s new rules created a $30 billion market overnight.
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What specialists must do now to succeed in MIPSAs quality measures grow stricter, choosing the best ones to report and incorporating measurements into workflow are more important than ever
