Three patient lists hit the same deadline this quarter. Here's how to prioritize them for patient care and revenue.
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As AI vendors tighten token and credit caps, staff who turn to free chatbots can expose patient data to vendors with no business associate agreement. Eight steps can keep practices protected.
AI advances promise to automate the mundane administrative tasks for doctors, but will the free time just mean more patients added to the schedule?
Dengue is no longer just a travel disease in parts of Florida. Here’s how to test, treat and report it.
Protecting patient health information may be easier than you think. Here's a working checklist to start for your practice's website.
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Consolidated financials average out the gap between your best and worst offices. Here's how to measure profit by location, allocate shared overhead and decide whether to fix, expand or close an office.
Speakers at MGMA's centennial conference in San Antonio covered a proposed 2027 Medicare pay cut, Medicare Advantage downcoding and what physicians should know before using AI scribes.
A critical flaw in the code behind most websites and a breach at one of the nation's largest lab companies landed in the same week. Here's what physicians should check, ask and tell patients now.
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If Medicare cuts surgeon pay, it does not follow that Medicare should also cut reimbursement for primary care.
HFMA proposes ‘Declaration on Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability’ as physicians and patients feel the squeeze.
Prescription abandonment climbs sharply as out-of-pocket costs rise, and prior authorization delays push more patients away. Showing cost and coverage at the point of prescribing could change whether patients ever start therapy.
A Texas family physician built a nonprofit that offers free maternity care and now wants to share the blueprint with other doctors.
An AI system that simulates a panel of physicians reached the correct diagnosis in about 80% of test cases, compared with 36% to 47% for generalist physicians, though researchers caution the results come from a controlled, text-only benchmark rather than real-world practice.
From opt-out handling and consent records to encryption and carrier registration, here's what a compliant patient texting system needs and the questions to ask before choosing a vendor.
Physicians have embraced ambient documentation faster than almost any technology before it. But every note it writes carries your signature, and lawyers, auditors and patients are starting to read those notes closely.
The Kirksville center's grant arrives weeks before maternity care billing splits into separate services Jan. 1.
Physician groups in risk contracts often learn what they owe months or years after the fact. Medical Economics spoke with Najib Jai, M.D., MBA, chief operating officer of Arbital Health, about why settlements turn into disputes and how actuarial AI tracks contract performance while the year is still underway.
The physician and health tech executive will argue that patients labeled "hard to reach" were never the problem.
Connected devices can stay in a practice for a decade or more. Here are the security, software-support and connectivity questions physicians should put to manufacturers before anything goes on the network.
An FAQ for practices closing gaps in both commercial and Medicare programs
Sandra Johnson of CliniComp explains why cost has overtaken technology as the biggest barrier to interoperability and what fragmented patient data means for physicians at the point of care.
A former congressman and two health policy advocates expect shutdown standoffs to set the terms of any health care deal next year.
A Maryland pathologist and MedChi past president explains how all-or-nothing contracts, anti-steering clauses and private equity deals inflate costs. He also outlines the federal and state reforms that could restore competition.
So many postnominal letters, so little room on ID badges and business cards.
An AI scribe's price tag is only part of its cost. A three-part framework helps physicians and practice managers measure return on investment, clinician well-being and the time it really takes to get the tool working.
Why U.S. health care needs more sources of investment, not more restrictions on private equity.
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