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A new study shows all-oral direct-actin antiviral agents for hepatitis C can provide both short- and long-term economic value.

More awareness of COPD by primary care physicians can lead to early treatment and better care for this growing group of patients.

Primary care physicians should not underestimate their role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Keeping primary care practices open for more hours, particularly on nights and weekends, reduces patient visits to emergency departments for non-life threatening issues, according to a recent study published in PLOS Medicine.

As deductibles rise, the ability for you to avoid financial ruin gets to be tougher if you don’t take patient balances seriously. So what to do?

While physicians and their patients increasingly focus on the importance of a healthful, balanced diet, paradoxically, data show diets of more than 90% of Americans fall short in providing the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) or Adequate Intake (AI) for one or more vitamins and minerals.

Physicians have long expressed dissatisfaction with the amount of time and money it takes to deal with insurance companies, but the alternative, going insurance-free, may seem a risky, problematic model of operation that could send patients fleeing from their practice-something no physician wants to happen.

Scaring young doctors one reality check at a time.

While Medicare and Medicaid are bankrupting federal and state governments because of deep structural flaws, our Congress refuses to address these flaws and to learn from its past mistakes.

As they analyze the 2,398-page final rule revamping Medicare reimbursement, Republican physician lawmakers say they will, if needed, intervene to improve the regulations for the nation’s physicians.

New Medicare reimbursement rules will focus on uniqueness of independent practices vs. single them out, says administrator.

The care you receive from your doctor could depend on whether he or she is a Democrat or Republican

In order to survive and thrive, private practices must adopt and embrace integrated physician and patient workflows

For this year’s Medical Economics EHR Report, we wanted to get right to the heart of the matter regarding what’s working and what’s not with electronic health record systems, so we went to the experts: you, our readers.

Containing healthcare costs and MOC are the hot topics of this edition of Your Voice.

The risk for physicians is real, but solutions do exist.

Physicians expect more from their electronic health records (EHRs). These systems were supposed to provide efficiency and troves of useful data, enabling doctors to manage patient populations and meet the demands of quality care. But EHRs are lacking in all of these areas.

If we have a patient who is being seen by a physician for a problem that was already treated by another physician in the group, is the problem considered a “new” problem to the second provider?

Independent physicians are concerned about data security, but feel they are limited as to what they can do to protect it.

Despite widespread unhappiness, surprisingly few practices say they plan to change their EHR system. Here’s why.

Federal reimbursement changes are coming, so physicians need to ensure that data collection tools are up to the task.

The healthcare information technology (HIT) marketplace-not Congress-should solve the problems with technology to aid physicians, according to electronic health record (EHR) vendors.

Keeping up with Dr. Google is exhausting.

Exchanging information is vital for quality patient care in an era of technology-based medicine, but progress is lagging.

The troubling reality is that review sites like Yelp and Healthgrades often attract patients who are more likely to air grievances, rather than praise. In other words, it’s a near certainty that every physician and medical practice will encounter a fair share of negative patient reviews.

MACRA, with all of its distractions and fool’s errands, not only interferes with the way we practice, but threatens our compensation if we don’t get with the program.

The Medical Economics Physicians Report published earlier this year took an exclusive look at the financial state of primary care practices in the United States, including asking physicians if they received a secondary income outside their practice or employer. But how does a physician, with a full-time practice, for example, become an expert witness, staff extra shifts in urgent care or work in telemedicine?