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The increasing digitalization of information means patients are using technology in surprising new ways to improve their health. Find out what it means for you.

ICD-10, practice ownership, electronic health record system interoperability, and telemedicine were among the subjects on the minds of osteopathic physicians as they gathered for an annual meeting.

Your interactions with other physicians may be more telling than ever, according to researchers studying the influence doctors have on each other.

Are healthcare costs getting you down? Find out whether a health savings account might be right for you.

Four of the participants in Medical Economics' EHR Best Practices Study share their experiences, ranging from closing in on meeting meaningful use requirements to using a computer for the first time.

If your patient has a body mass index of 30 or higher, get him or her off the scale and into a multicomponent behavioral intervention program.

EHR implementation is looming. Find out what doctors who have made the leap have to say. Create a plan now.

Several tax exemptions are being reduced in 2013. See how you can save before the deadline.

California physicians and two prominent medical organizations filed suit against Aetna claiming that the company denies patients access to physicians outside of its network.

More than 110,000 medical providers have attested to meaningful use after implementing electronic health record (EHR) systems, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Thinking about changing to a Roth IRA? Learn whether it makes sense to create smaller accounts.

This month's question asks about coding for vaccines. Find out the answer to this pressing coding question.

Hypertension, mental health disorders, and diabetes lead the list of pre-existing conditions, according to a new report from the Government Accounting Office (GAO).

A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would increase payments to family physicians by 7%.

The Affordable Care Act is going to affect your practice's Medicaid reimbursements. Discover the new paradigm.

Want to make a tax-free donation to a charity? Find out how your IRA can help.

ACA includes a new tax on income. See whether you might be paying more taxes.

One doctor looks at France's top ranked healthcare system and finds several lessons that the U.S. system could use.

The Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. What will it mean for your practice?

It can be difficult being the only person to working on the practice's finances. Discover how you can encourage your staff to work on finances.

Have you been neglecting saving up for retirement? See how you can close the gap.

Are you wondering how well your practice is running? Learn how benchmarks can help provide answers.

Discover whether the rumors about increased dividend taxes are true.

Now that the Affordable Care Act has been declared constitutional, you need to figure out where you will be in 2014 when the law is fully implemented.

Are you in the habit of running unnecessary tests on patients as protection against malpractice? See why you might have to change your behavior.

Discover the various price tags associated with EHR implementation. EHR implementation plan.

You use a lab all the time. Learn why offering those services in-house lab could bring in money and help patient care.

Medical Economics readers discuss the need to return to patients filing their own insurance claims, recertification being little more than a cash grab, and referral rates.