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Millions of people might be signing up for healthcare insurance under Obamacare, but verifying their eligibility may pose major administrative challenges for physicians in January. Management experts offer advice.

Doctors don't have to be the only provider of care to patients in order to feel professional satisfaction, a reader writes.

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 dynamics of primary care will enter a new era as major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) take effect on January 1, 2014. While the changes are expansive and the impacts are in many ways still unknown, experts who spoke with Medical Economics offered predictions falling into five main categories.

The impact of the health exchanges and Medicaid expansion will depend on geography, but every practice will be affected to some extent.

The Food and Drug Administration’s black box warning is the strongest advisory that prescription drugs can contain without being pulled from the market in the U.S. If improperly prescribed, drugs with a black box warning can lead to serious adverse events. How can prescribers reduce the legal risks of prescribing drugs with black box warnings?

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

As more adults are being charged with taking responsibility for their healthcare costs and outcomes, a recent survey suggests that many don’t have a clear understanding of what many health insurance terms mean.

GlaxoSmithKline changes its sales and marketing practices to put more focus on patients, CEO says.

Features such as short wait times and convenient location are not what keep patients coming back, according to a new study

As the deadline to secure 2014 healthcare coverage grows closer, many Americans say they would rather pay a fine than sign up for insurance.

The complexity of insurance reform and time demands of administrative mandates are putting ever-greater pressure on primary care doctors' ability to care for their patients.

‘High deductible’ patients provide an opportunity for practices to modernize payment policies.

A new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule known as the “two-midnight provision” instructs physicians on when hospital admission is appropriate.

Some patients with high deductible plans neglect preventative care.

Delivering quality patient care key to physician satisfaction, study finds

Thought leaders identify risks that many physicians overlook and offer steps to protect from liability

U.S. physicians have more problems dealing with insurance companies than their counterparts

Two Connecticut medical associations won a temporary injunctive order against UnitedHealthcare in federal court hours before the insurer was set to drop thousands of doctors and patients from its rolls.

Timelines were extended today to meet Meaningful Use (MU) 2 and 3 electronic health record (EHR) incentives, report two top officials from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Researchers found that most medical graduates practice near where they trained, a trend that partly explains the primary care shortage.

The Hartford County and Fairfield County medical associations in Connecticut took their fight against UnitedHealthcare to a town hall meeting November 26, in front of prominent federal and state legislators.

A new proposal to reform the broken Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula has emerged from Congress. It calls for a repeal of the SGR, a 10-year payment freeze and a new performance-based incentive program.

Most primary care physicians love their work, but they are clearly frustrated about their income and the increasing compliance challenges associated with payers and government initiatives, according to results from the 85th annual Medical Economics 2013 Exclusive Continuing Study

The decision to leave a health plan is often still a difficult one, especially with the dominant health plans in your market. However, if you do decide you are through, here is how you can get out of your agreement and start your new life as a non-participating provider.