The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed rule for year two of the Quality Payment Program portion of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), affecting who’s eligible and how quality scores are calculated.
The federal agency supports a vaccine fast-tracked by the FDA for adults traveling to one of the more than 50 countries where cholera is endemic.
Pharmacies can help reach populations that have difficulty in using traditional channels for vaccines, but obstacles remain.
The CDC is warning of a high threat of tick-borne illnesses this summer, including the sometimes-deadly Powassan virus. Here are five things you need to know about Lyme disease and Powassan and how to code for them.
We already told you the top best and worst paying states for internal medicine, but what about family medicine?
Formulating what a practice wants to know when evaluating a new system in action can help ensure the best match.
Security experts say small practices remain vulnerable but can take basic steps to help significantly reduce risk.
Hepatitis C virus infection in liver transplant recipients can be treated with ledipasvir and sofosbuvir without ribavirin.
A combination of three drugs successfully treats HCV-infected patients with advanced liver disease.
The use of opioid medications to treat pain is at a watershed moment in the United States.
Have you ever done an audit of your employee personnel folders to review the actual information that has made its way into these folders? There have been many Department of Labor changes in the past couple of years, so now would be a good time to pull several folders and analyze the contents.
Nobody likes acknowledging mistakes-especially when it comes to finances. It can be painful to admitwhen we’ve made bad choices or have fallen short.
Before physicians buy a revenue cycle management system they should do more than listen to a vendor’s sales pitch.
Small practices that enroll in value-based initiatives will see revenue cycle disruptions and loss of income, one expert says.
Or could you be leaving money on the table?
Marketing efforts on behalf of doctors should be approached with care.
2017 Physician Writing Contest: Honorable mention
If a practice does not have a robust drug disposal program, it may inadvertently put patients, staff and the surrounding community at risk
Loss aversion is an all too-human tendency to place an irrational premium on things we possess
It’s time for healthcare to learn from other industries and make solutions for physicians available at the touch of a button
Why EHR interoperability remains an elusive goal
Devices generate their own forms of data, most of which aren’t compatible with EHRs
The electronic health record industry might look markedly different than it does today
Experts discuss how the federal government will approach technology during Trump presidency
With the government conducting a new round of HIPAA privacy and security audits in 2017, small medical practices need to be prepared
Can Medicare be billed for third-party chronic care management services?
What physicians must know when shopping for coverage
Four states have passed laws allowing patients to insert directives into their medical records saying they refuse their physicians’ prescriptions for opioids.
Hospital systems may no longer be quite as eager to acquire independent medical practices now that the government is scaling back a significant financial incentive for doing so
