If you provide care to a patient, even if he or she normally sees another physician for such care, you have established a duty to treat that patient and are a potential defendant if something goes wrong. Learn your responsibilities as well as ways to minimize your risk in such situations.
Determine whether to pay cash or not for a new car.
When we see the aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster on television or in newspaper reports, we tend to be overwhelmed by the destruction and human impact and think we have some idea of what it must be like to be there. Or at least that's what the author thought until she saw the devastation firsthand of the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Understand appropriate coding for when a doctor certifies patient care plans while the patient is in home health care facilities. Also, how to code for a rapid flu test.
The increasing use of electronic health records has led to a collaboration between the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) and the World Health Organization to harmonize WHO classifications with the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine?Clinical Terms maintained and distributed by IHTSDO.
Ninety-four percent of physicians are using smartphones to communicate, manage personal and business workflows, and access medical information, according to a study released by Spyglass Consulting Group.
Even when physicians have access to e-prescribing capabilities, many do not routinely use the technology, particularly the more advanced features the federal government is promoting with financial incentives, according to a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
The Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration have announced a joint effort to help ensure that the capabilities of broadband use in healthcare and wireless-enabled medical devices are fully realized.
Sixty-six percent of healthcare providers responding to a recent survey said that certification is a very important element in the process they use to evaluate ambulatory EHRs, but 52 percent erroneously thought that they must purchase an EHR certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology to receive stimulus funds to cover the purchase.
We never ever truly forget those who have touched our lives in death and have made us the people we are today.
Patients are more likely to routinely take inhaled corticosteroids for asthma control when physicians kept close watch over their medication use and reviewed prescription information, according to research.
Doctors and nurses were among 94 people in five cities charged in July for alleged participation in schemes to collectively submit more than $251 million in false claims to Medicare, according to the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services.
Letters address midlevel usage, malpractice reform and electronic health records.
Discover why revenue adjustments may be rising.
Less than two months remain for physicians to file a claim for the $350 million settlement reached against UnitedHealth Group and its Ingenix subsidiary for flawed out-of-network reimbursement database.
Family and general internal medicine doctors are the most requested specialties, according to a national recruiting firm.
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.
If managing your patients' chronic pain requires controlled drugs, you will want to take these steps to reduce your liability and help your patients avoid addiction.
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.
