Mastering revenue cycle management
What you need to know to boost your profits.
Chronic care management coding requirements
What has to be documented to qualify for CCM?
Coronavirus: ACEP says two emergency physicians in critical condition
The organization says a member in his 40s in Washington is presenting symptoms and a 70-year-old member in New Jersey tested positive for COVID-19.
More is less: The future of data-driven medicine
It’s not enough to send data. For data to have value, it needs to have purpose.
Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns of 2020
Nonprofit releases annual report of most prevalent patient safety concerns.
Working from home: Is it possible for physician practices?
How can medical care provided by a physician's practice, which often requires face-to-face interactions, work remotely?
Coronavirus preparations: What physician practices need to know
ACP President Robert McLean acknowledged that physician practices will face serious challenges as the country fights COVID-19
Defining value: What does this term really mean?
You don’t need to dig too deeply to uncover the drawbacks of mandated value-based care, and why real value may be found in a much simpler way.
Getting administrators to listen to my suggestions about practice growth
4 tips to get a place at the table.
MGMA urges telehealth waivers amidst coronavirus pandemic
The organization pushes HHS fully utilize telehealth services.
Are you a high-performing practice?
Top revenue cycle management tips for maximum success.
What young physicians want from a first job
Final-year residents are in high demand, so they’re being choosy about where they want to start their careers.
AAFP tips to prepare your office for coronavirus
Hospital physicians using more patient data transferred electronically, study finds
Despite increase in use of information sent digitally in 2018, barriers still remain.
Winners of the Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge Announced
Winning technology focused on women’s health, Parkinson disease and collecting more valuable health data.
Solving physician burnout: The two keys
Health 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.
ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2020 cancelled
The ACP cited concerns with the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus as a reason for the cancellation.
AMA fast tracks coronavirus CPT code
The code is to be considered at a special CPT Editorial Panel this week.
Is being hacked inevitable? Security expert explains
Kevin Johnson, CEO of Secure Ideas and a hacking expert, discusses a medical practice's chance of being hacked, and steps that every physician should take to secure their data.
6 steps to a successful medical practice makeover
Thinking about remodeling a practice? Here are the six questions you need to be asking.
HHS finalizes patient health data, interoperability rules
The rules require public and private entities to share health information between patients and other parties.
Coronavirus update: vendors launch new testing initiatives
The new testing services follow the Trump administration easing restrictions on testing for the virus.
5 key features of successful quality collaboratives
How to bring payers and providers together to improve outcomes
Fixing EHRs: What doctors say vendors should do
Hundreds of doctors told us how EHRs should be fixed. Here’s a sample.
ACP Internal Medicine Meeting still on for now
The organization is working closely with the CDC and local officials to keep attendees safe from the coronavirus.
HIMSS20 canceled
The global health conference was canceled due to developments with the coronavirus.
ACP calls for better coronavirus response
The organization sent a letter to congressional leaders seeking more funding to fight the COVID-19 outbreak.
Are your patients worried about coronavirus?
Clearing up preventive visit confusion
Explaining what can and can't be done for an initial visit.
Fixing the problems with primary care
Physicians are the only professionals in society that try to do complex work during brief visits.
