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How do you bill situations when you see the patient in the office and then direct the patient to go to the emergency department (ED)?

Last year, just one in 10 U.S. medical school graduates went into family medicine and the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts that the U.S. will be short by as many as 43,000 primary care doctors by 2030.

President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 federal budget includes major spending cuts for medical education programs and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, each of which could have negative impacts on doctors, according to organizations like the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

With the paradigm shift to value-based care, physicians, health plans and policy makers are all striving for a crucial goal-achieving better outcomes at lower costs

The 88th annual Medical Economics Physician Report illustrates the state of primary care today, providing information on physician income, productivity, malpractice costs and more.

Vaccinating my patients almost killed my practice last year. I

New study highlights the challenges of taking care of rural patients and opportunities for rural providers to utilize telehealth.

Experts predict an increasing number of patients will want, and need, to share data generated from devices, forcing health IT to find ways to keep up.

Studies show documentation remains a significant pain point for physicians, but technology developments on the horizon deliver hope for improvements.

As communities build their population health infrastructure, one expert says small practice physicians are ideal partners to solve health issues.

By now, we know that women physicians have higher rates of burnout than their male counterparts, with increased levels of depression and suicide.

If patients are going to hurt the practice’s financial bottom line by causing adverse scores, are they patients we want to continue to serve?

The introduction of direct-acting antiviral agents has transformed hepatitis C care among veterans.

Multiple oral direct-acting antiviral agents show great promise in treating the vast majority of hepatitis C patients.

Monitoring of arterial stiffness could be a potential target for prediction of renal decline in younger type 2 diabetes patients.

Targeting all eligible patients would be cost-effective, but cost might be reduced by focusing on certain patient subgroups.

When Melanie Gordon, MD, FACP, walks into a patient’s room at the John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, she’s frequently misidentified as a nurse, a dietician or someone else.

I have loved baseball for as long as I can remember, but as I get older, I have the same problems with those who play our national pastime that I have with our national representatives in government.

The article “I was hacked” (February 10, 2017) by Dr. George Ellis was quite timely.

Defining supervision when using transitional care management

Good cybersecurity also means protecting patient data when it’s held by a business associate

Viewed as a small-practice savior for data reporting, CMS has yet to reveal how they can assist with quality metrics

The 16-member caucus remain concerned about how the law could affect physicians.

Getting a head start on learning how bundled payments work can help physicians prepare for MACRA

Patients seek digital connections

The secret to smart investing for physicians is finding your number and the right financial professional to help you reach it

While retirement or a reduced role in the practice might feel like a long way off, the reality is that positioning yourself and your practice for a smooth transition takes time and thoughtful planning.

Healthcare professionals must be careful when hiring marketers because of complex laws that could result in fines and criminal penalties.

Merger mania has ended

Commercial payers, large employers and leading provider systems across the nation have fully embraced this transformation and they will not simply revert back to the fee-for-service system of healthcare delivery and reimbursement.