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Two physicians' groups urged changes to the CMS' proposed definition of meaningful use of an electronic health record in the days before the rule's public comment period closed in mid-March.

Know how to process diagnostic tests out of the office, as well as discussions with a patient's family when a patient is not present.

In my years of medical practice, I have learned how to approach patients with an appreciation for diversity.

In patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk for cardiovascular events, combination lipid therapy with fenofibrate and simvastatin does not reduce rate of cardiovascular events, compared with simvastatin alone.

I was surprised that no family member accompanied Howard for his major surgery.

A compliance plan can help protect your practice from allegations of healthcare fraud. Learn what such a plan should and should not include.

If the retirement plan offers an employment match in which you will be vested when you finish your residency, you may want to consider contributing.

Researchers found 29 percent of patients age 65 or older referred to a specialist are never seen by that physician, according to a new study.

The state of Louisiana has launched a new website, www.healthfinderla.gov, in an effort to give residents easy access to detailed, accurate information on how to live more healthful lives.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded more than $2.4 million to five grantee teams to test whether and how information?such as the stress levels of caregivers of premature infants and medication-taking routines of senior citizens at risk of cognitive decline ? can be collected, interpreted, and acted on by clinicians and patients in real-world clinical settings.

A new initiative is designed to enable your patients to more easily share their family health histories with you, so that you can make well-informed treatment decisions.

Twenty-five percent of all office-based prescribers now use electronic prescribing, according to a new report by e-prescribing network Surescripts.

Two Texas nurses were cleared of criminal charges for using patient information to file a complaint against a family physician.

Paying off student loans is addressed

The electronic health record adoption rate in medical offices has climbed 3.2 percent since last year to 36.1 percent.

Despite a gain in public awareness, almost half of all American women are unaware that heart disease is the leading cause of death in women.

Several laws in addition to the federal False Claims Act and the Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act require careful attention.

Michigan physicians are fighting a receipt tax in the state's 2010-11 budget proposal.

The HITECH Act was swept into law as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It affects many aspects of your HIPAA compliance and means increased enforcement and harsher penalties for violators. Here's what you need to know.

Owning a second home is a common goal for many families.

Physicians attribute 26 percent of overall healthcare costs to the practice of ordering extra tests, referrals, procedures, and hospitalizations to protect themselves from medical malpractice lawsuits.

It's critical that developers or purchasers of electronic medical records systems consider more than billing function.

When it comes to accommodating people with hearing, visual, mobility, speech, and other impairments, the ball has been in the physician's court since Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect in 1992.

In the face of flat or shrinking reimbursements, physicians tend to order more profitable Medicare services.

Get your questions answered on credentialing and HMOs.

Some top malpractice attorneys explain what non-medical mistakes physicians make that get them into deep legal trouble.

While this author was away from home at a conference, he found himself wondering about life and how scared he had always been of death.

Get your questions answered on how Medicare impacts reimbursements.