Chronic Condition Management

How physicians can help patients adhere to treatments.

Understand the tools physicians need to combat chronic pain as the opioid crisis continues.

With the right strategy, physicians can help patients stay on track for improved outcomes.

Doctors have long known that patients’ expectations have a significant impact on the effectiveness of treatments prescribed for them. But much less is known about the effect of providers’ expectations for those treatments.

We need to re-examine the role of physical activity in obesity management. Here’s why.

The organization presented recommendations to stop the guideline from harming patients.

28-day mortality was reduced by 41 percent for those requiring ventilation and 25 percent for those requiring oxygen, according to the RECOVERY study.

The health care community weighs in on how to make insulin affordable.

Human stories have the ability to help patients cope

Does the state you practice in have a patient obesity problem?

It takes a team to care for patients with chronic disease, but who should take the lead?

What you need to know to perform better on quality measures and get a higher rating.

What has to be documented to qualify for CCM?

How to keep your patients and your staff healthy

If your patients are curious about medical cannabis and its benefits, here is guidance on how to answer common questions.

Medical Economics sat down with Christina Tan, MD, the state epidemiologist for New Jersey, to discuss the latest on the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) and how to answer patient questions about the disease.

The top three barriers identified.

The triple-combination tablet is taken once daily to lower blood sugar in adults.

As the deadly coronavirus spreads to thousands, concern grows across the globe.

Life expectancy has decreased among middle-aged adults due to deaths of despair. 

Tips for understanding and treating one of the nation's most prevalent diseases

Understand the details of obesity counseling to maximize reimbursement and positive patient outcomes.

Some experts say  primary care physicians are not routinizing sexual health discussions as part of general health screenings

Physicians understand the connection between mental and physical health, yet many don’t feel equipped to address patients’ behavioral health problems.

William Maruca, JD, discusses changes to the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback statute.

Even though physicians have been able to bill CCM since 2015, they still run into problems in terms of getting paid.

Tips for primary care physcians 

While vaccination is mostly identified with immunizing children against diseases, providing vaccination services in a clinically and economically efficient way is foundational to the health of all patients and can add to a practice’s income stream.

Doctors are avoiding opioids and patients who are prescribed them, despite government warnings against sudden discontinuation

While physicians often struggle to keep their asthmatic patients in good health, experts say that new treatment approaches and medications may be able to reduce these costs and improve quality of life for asthma patients.