Recent analysis by the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. reveals that many insurers are losing money in ACA individual markets, with aggregate year over year losses more than doubling, and with post-tax margins between –9% and –12%. Losses like these resulted in UnitedHealth Group leaving the California ACA market after only one year.
Curiosity can be costly if your medical practice staff checks a patient’s medical record in certain situations, says a healthcare attorney.
Flexibility allows practices to define what “minimum necessary” information must be shared regarding patient records, but many still are without a standard.
The disparity in pay between blacks and whites has been well documented over the years, with sociologists imputing everything from systemic discrimination to differences in education and employment expectations for the inequality in paychecks.
While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that nearly $29 billion of improper payments were made in 2015, according to spokespersons for the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and CMS, the full extent of EHR fraud remains elusive.
HCVcAg tests may cost less and improve diagnostic capacity in settings of high hepatitis C virus prevalence, according to new research.
Removing potential barriers to treat hepatitis C virus is yet another key component to patient access, notes lead researcher.
For Eve Shapiro, MD, MPH, being a delegate at this year’s Democratic National Convention is just the latest expression of her dedication to progressive causes.
Healthcare has played a very underwhelming role throughout the 2016 presidential election cycle thus far.
On the night she became the official Democratic candidate for president, Hillary Clinton’s healthcare experience came to the forefront.
When physician groups in the Dallas-Fort Worth area started to feel the pressure of value-based contracts, they realized quickly that banding together was the best way to maintain autonomy while staying competitive in a changing market.
While Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign is over, what he started must continue in the spirit of democracy.
To gain the respect and trust of Bernie Sanders voters, Hillary Clinton must utilize some of her “change maker” skills we heard about Tuesday night.
It will cost a lot to solve the challenge of covering the 30 million Americans who are still uninsured despite the Affordable Care Act.
In the latest batch of letters to the editor, Obamacare and disturbing technological advances are at the top of mind.
With all the pressures facing independent practices-from adjusting to value-based payments to meeting the growing demands of patients-business innovators may provide some key practice management lessons.
Analysts and the nation’s physicians weigh in on how the Affordable Care Act has affected the daily practice of medicine
Five areas physicians should keep an eye on to optimize reimbursement for the remainder of 2016.
With more and more hospitals in recent years evolving their own employees into attending physician roles, this appellate decision clarifies the parameters of everyone’s responsibilities-and the need for specificity in determining duties and protocols when a private attending physician is in charge.
A malpractice reform bill introduced earlier this year in the U.S. House of Representatives, the latest attempt to rein in medical malpractice awards on a national level, already has run into some conservative opposition on Capitol Hill.
Practices have been collecting this data for decades-and now is the time to start using it.
The controversy at the start of the Democratic National Convention highlights the importance of ethics and transparency, something physicians understand well.
Being sick is enough. Economic fears hurt our patients and us. It has been hard to hear many such stories over the years.
Rebecca Mueller wants to remind her fellow Democrats that there’s a true need for affordable healthcare in rural communities.
As the rules for MACRA are written, we are again at a critical juncture in U.S. healthcare. The risks to both physicians and their patients is real.
Perhaps as befits someone representing Las Vegas, Tom Grotz, MD, owed his attendance at the 2016 Republican National Convention to a deck of cards.
Amid chants of “love trumps hate,” and outnumbered by police and reporters, about 150 members of the doctors group Stand Together Against Trump (STAT) marched in Cleveland on Thursday afternoon to show their opposition to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Despite calls to replace and repeal Obamacare, issues affecting physicians have received little attention in Cleveland.
As a long-standing member of the Democratic Party, I have a confession to make. I am voting for Donald Trump. The journey from a man like Obama to a man like Trump was surprisingly short, forged as I started a small independent practice three years ago in the crucible that is healthcare.
Alvarado, a 46-year-old internist and pediatrician, will not be discussing healthcare during remarks, and will instead focus on immigration issues. In 2014, Alvarado became the first Hispanic elected to state office in Kentucky, according to the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky.