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Can we stop wasting the COVID-19 vaccine?We must get our act together and carry out a nationwide vaccination campaign efficiently and smartly
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FDA approves Zepbound as first ever prescription drug to treat sleep apnea with obesityZepbound is the first and only prescription medication indicated for adults with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea and obesity.
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Rein in hidden billing costsWhere do hidden billing costs typically exist-and how can practice leaders more effectively rein them in? Here are four common blind spots?
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5 ways to encourage patients to leave positive reviews onlineBy enacting a few simple techniques, you can better ensure patients share and spread positive feedback of your practice.
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More is less: The future of data-driven medicineIt’s not enough to send data. For data to have value, it needs to have purpose.
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Solving physician burnout: The two keysHealth systems cannot impose a new order on physician communities. Attempting to do so without meaningful physician input will increase their sense of disenfranchisement and aggravate burnout.
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Improving quality and increasing star ratingsWhat you need to know to perform better on quality measures and get a higher rating.
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Finalized 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule advances CCM and value-based care with new advanced primary care management codesChange is coming in 2025, but physicians can maximize reimbursement for remote physiological monitoring and chronic care management.
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Digital preparation for physicians in a time of crisisFive considerations for physicians in the face of COVID-19.
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How COVID-19 Is Changing Patients’ Perception of HealthcareA new survey of 500 U.S. consumers by Sage Growth Partners and Black Book Market Research reveals how COVID-19 is significantly changing patients’ healthcare concerns and preferences.
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Physician finances: What to do in these uncertain timesYou don’t need a lecture about what to do and not to do with your money. What you need is a survival guide.
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Chronic Care Codes Offer Greater Flexibility and Payment in 2020Here are the new CMS coding changes and ways to maximize reimbursement and care management efficiency.
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Frank Gabrin's story: Discovering 'the heart of care'Frank Gabrin, DO, passed away last week from COVID-19. In 2012, he wrote a heartfelt cover story for Medical Economics. Here it is.
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Why hybrid care starts with the patientA combo of in-person and virtual visits is here to stay.
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4 tips to use technology to gain work-life balanceTo take good care of patients, themselves, and loved ones, providers need to strike work-life balance.
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Five top use cases for data on social determinants of healthWhy many providers are starting to use non-medical consumer data in their care management planning.
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The OFFCP’s proposed rule to end the Tricare debateWhat you need to know about this proposed rule.
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The OFFCP’s proposed rule to end the Tricare debateWhat you need to know about this proposed rule.
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Top 5 Lessons Learned about Telehealth As We Face Our New NormalWe now look to telehealth not just for convenience, but for its safety and flexibility.
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Transparency in billing is a challenge and opportunity for providersUnlike most industries which have a clear cost and billing structure, the healthcare revenue cycle remains an overly complex, opaque, and inefficient tangle of patients, providers, employers, and insurance companies.
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Mitigating health care’s cybersecurity risks in the era of hyperconnectivityFor an increasingly sophisticated, global community of cybercriminals, health care pays - both figuratively and literally.
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Managing Obesity, Stress and Depression During the COVID-19 pandemicGetting a handle on the pandemic must include efforts to address the obesity and mental health crises as well
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Now what? The imminent dangers and emerging opportunities for physiciansIndependent physicians likely have two options to sustain their practices into the future.
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Is this the end of the independent physician?The plight of the independent physician has never been so stark.
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Telehealth success hinges on better toolsAs the need for telemedicine increases, so does the urgency for creating new, less intrusive technology platforms.
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Post-Acute care was broken before COVID-19 - the pandemic might fix itThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in how our healthcare system handles acute care.
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It’s not too soon to learn lessons from COVID-19 pandemicHere are four critical communications strategies to help deal more effectively with the next crisis.
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Pandemic underscores need for national InteroperabilityPhysicians and other providers need access to records now. Here’s one way they can.
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Why we need a ‘one-to-many’ telehealth model of careTelehealth is here to stay. To make it sustainable and scalable, we must utilize remote technologies that enable a “one-to-many” model of care.
