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Opportunities and strategies for billing non-face-to-face encounters

Who owns patient data in an electronic health record? The traditional concept of ownership is unraveling as patient data migrates from paper charts to the cloud.

Healthcare workers are in a unique position to separate the facts from the fears concerning the Ebola virus in the United States. Make sure you and your staff members are educated about the virus and able to answer any questions from patients.

While a recent study has found that electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) pose less of a health risk than conventional cigarettes, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a ban on indoor use and stronger regulation.

Recognizing the rising cost of healthcare and the importance of providing value to patients, resource utilization and value assessments will now be explicitly considered in the development of clinical practice guidelines and performance measures from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.

Immunization payments

A table showing the dollar amounts physicians may bill Medicare for administering vaccines under various CPT codes.

President Barack Obama skimmed the surface of the Affordable Care Act during his sixth State of the Union speech, while physicians, nurses, educators, and thought leaders in the healthcare industry weighed in on the country's challenges.

A reader writes that today's physicans are subject to so many government requirements that they can no longer practice in the way that best suits patients.

The numbers of new Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) climbed to 123, according to new numbers from Health and Human Services.