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Rapidly-changing reimbursement models, rising practice expenses, and the frustration of not being able to spend more time with patients top the list of PCP concerns in the 2013 Wolters KLuwer physician outlook survey.

A reader questions the usefulness and fairness of MOC

A reader argues in favor of removing the prohibition on balance billing,

A reader argues that the Patient-Centered Medical Home model is not appropriate for all primary care practices.

A reader explains why many doctors are unhappy with the medical profession.

Although numbers are vital to the practice of medicine, they can define a physician's life to the exclusion of everything else.

With the starting date for stage 2 of the meaningful use program fast approaching, two major provider groups are asking for more flexibility in the program's requirements

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new tablet for use in helping patients with opioid dependence.

Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor

While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seeks to open healthcare access to millions of uninsured Americans, there are seemingly just as many unanswered questions about its impact on physician practices in terms of costs, payer rules, quality of reimbursements, increased collections, and other issues associated with an influx of new patients.

Doctors have more tools at their disposal for helping patients than ever before, but demands on them are also greater.

Physicians are facing a cascade of change, and primary care doctors will lead them through it.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the Cobas Integra 800 Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay can now be used by healthcare professionals as an aid to diagnose diabetes.

Virtual Lifestyle Management provides 24/7 online access to summaries and graphs of each patient’s progress, so physicians can treat numerous people in less time

Truven Health Analytics has introduced new functionality in reporting for its Pharmacy Intervention and Infection Prevention products, which allow physicians to demonstrate improved care quality and better patient outcomes

A reader responds to an article describing ways to save for childrens' college expenses.

A reader disagrees with a previous letter-writer's view that electronic health records benefit medical practices.

A reader responds to a previous letter by noting that obesity is a chronic, complex disease with a multifactorial etiology.

Medical Economics readers comment on the challenges of remaining in independent practice, the advantages of the Patient-Centered Medical Home for primary care, and the shortcomings of the Maintenance of Certification program.

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is renewing its call for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to pay physicians for telephone evaluations, care plan oversight services, and online evaluations.

When it comes to securing and protecting patient health information, physician practices with fewer than 50 providers fared the worst in a recent audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has 700 full-time staffers devoted to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and some pundits believe that number may grow to a minimum of 5,000 employees, according to a recent report in Forbes.

More than 76% of medical schools have launched or are planning to build at least one initiative to increase interest in primary care specialties.

More market efficiency is needed in healthcare, but a completely unregulated free market actually may increase costs without improving quality, according to one expert.