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Why independent doctors may want to consider going back to school to more efficiently run office operations

Information regarding the ICD-10 codes E66.01 and E66.9 causes confusion

Social media is becoming more common in physician recruiting, particularly among large practices

There is growing concern that electronic health records (EHRs) will not meet physicians’ needs in a value-based care environment

When it comes to identifying a practice’s top cybersecurity threat, look beyond the hackers and email scammers.

For physicians tired of working under the constant threat of a malpractice suit, the signs of positive change are encouraging.

When it comes to investments such as mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs), most people bury their heads in the sand and cringe at the thought of figuring out how to reduce their investment’s annual expenses.

Read on to find out the top industries primary care physicians bring in the revenue.

When documented and coded appropriately, high-level E/M codes translate into greater reimbursement than their lower-level counterparts

Here’s a roundup of some reactions to the proposal rule, both from organizations and practicing physicians.

While small practices now know exactly what “virtual groups” are, will they participate? Even CMS is skeptical of their success in 2018.

In America, there is an incontrovertible truth: the richer you are, the healthier you are likely to be.

Some physicians embrace social media and use it to assist their peers and patients. Here are 10 of the best primary care accounts you should follow.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed rule for year two of the Quality Payment Program portion of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), affecting who’s eligible and how quality scores are calculated.

The federal agency supports a vaccine fast-tracked by the FDA for adults traveling to one of the more than 50 countries where cholera is endemic.

Pharmacies can help reach populations that have difficulty in using traditional channels for vaccines, but obstacles remain.

The CDC is warning of a high threat of tick-borne illnesses this summer, including the sometimes-deadly Powassan virus. Here are five things you need to know about Lyme disease and Powassan and how to code for them.

We already told you the top best and worst paying states for internal medicine, but what about family medicine?

Formulating what a practice wants to know when evaluating a new system in action can help ensure the best match.

Security experts say small practices remain vulnerable but can take basic steps to help significantly reduce risk.

Hepatitis C virus infection in liver transplant recipients can be treated with ledipasvir and sofosbuvir without ribavirin.

A combination of three drugs successfully treats HCV-infected patients with advanced liver disease.

The use of opioid medications to treat pain is at a watershed moment in the United States.

Have you ever done an audit of your employee personnel folders to review the actual information that has made its way into these folders? There have been many Department of Labor changes in the past couple of years, so now would be a good time to pull several folders and analyze the contents.

Nobody likes acknowledging mistakes-especially when it comes to finances. It can be painful to admitwhen we’ve made bad choices or have fallen short.

Before physicians buy a revenue cycle management system they should do more than listen to a vendor’s sales pitch.

Small practices that enroll in value-based initiatives will see revenue cycle disruptions and loss of income, one expert says.

Or could you be leaving money on the table?

Marketing efforts on behalf of doctors should be approached with care.