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The United States ranks last overall compared to six other industrialized countries on measures of health system performance in five areas, including quality and efficiency.

Be sure to update retirement account data for beneficiaries' sake.

Learn how to reverse and IRA/Roth IRA conversion and its tax implications if markets drop.

How to make an offer at a lesser price than asking price.

Understand how to bill with the 94660 code to get reimbursed properly.

Could a multidisciplinary approach to practice be right for you? Chances are you have had more reasons to consider it, as rising costs force primary care practices to look for additional sources of revenue.

Medical malpractice is big business, and there are a lot of players feeding at the trough.

How to determine whether to go ahead with a partnership with new associate.

A survey of physicians finds most say they would report other physicians whom they feel are incompetent or impaired.

Neither employers nor employees - or practice owners - have complete control over all the people or conditions that are necessary to maintain physician satisfaction on a consistent basis.

The author believes that because he has taken the time to learn more about his patients, the medical care he has provided to them has been better. He has had a relationship with them, not just an encounter.

Consider 10 pearls of advice for your practice.

A coaching program administered via telephone for parents of children with asthma can improve their quality of life and can be put into operation without additional doctor training or practice redesign, according to a study published in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

Patients with cancer who participated in a program that included telephone-based care management and home-based automated symptom monitoring had greater improvement in pain and depression compared with patients who received usual care, according to a study published in the July 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Primary care physicians (PCPs) and specialists have dramatically increased their use of electronic health records in the past two years, and more than half of them have smartphones, according to the results of a new survey by Knowledge Networks.

Your patients increasingly are relying on their cell phones and wireless Internet via laptop computers instead of landlines and Internet connections via desktop computers.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' July 13 announcement of the final rules for the "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) has elicited mixed responses from medical societies representing primary care physicians.

Use of drugs that inhibit gastric acid is linked to a higher risk of hip fracture among patients, new research shows.

Letters address midlevel usage and consumer options.

Weighing the best time to leave a practice.

More than nine out of 10 physicians believe concerns over malpractice lawsuits resulted in "defensive medicine," ordering more tests and procedures than necessary, accoridng to a survey.

The 21 percent reduction in Medicare physician rates has been postponed for another six months. This matter will come up for review again after the fall elections.

One in five medical claims are processed inaccurately by health insurers, according to an AMA analysis.

Rising operating costs and uncertain Medicare rates dominated this year's challenges for medical groups, accordin to survey results.

Dyspnea Is commonly reported by coronary artery disease patients taking ticagrelor, but it did not appear to have a negative impact on cardiac or pulmonary function at 6-weeks follow-up, according to research.

With money market and short-term U.S. government yields not very different from hiding your dollars under a mattress, huge amounts of investment dollars have gone into bond funds.

Prioritize and coordinate recommendations from financial advisors.

Decide whether to buy into a practice that has issues.