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With reimbursement changes coming, practices need to watch every penny

Renee Dowling answers your coding questions about the aftermath of the transition to ICD-10.

Consolidation of major national payers may have a profound impact on the daily life of physicians

The surprising changes the Affordable Care Act is bringing to primary care practices

Congress will likely move to forbid non-disclosure clauses in EHR contracts with healthcare providers, but final action won’t occur until 2016 when the House and Senate come together to align their different, more far-ranging proposals on EHRs.

The holidays are upon us, so it's time for physicians to brush up on some ICD-10 codes they could see come through the door this festive season.

The patient centered medical home (PCMH)-once a somewhat nebulous concept-has become more tangible over the last eight years as primary care organizations have implemented strategies to achieve its fundamental tenets.

Depression, coupled with diabetes, can lead to poor clinical outcomes and a number of comorbidities, according to new research.

Thirty minutes of high-intensity interval exercise five days a week can delay diabetes development, according to new research.

We asked our ICD-10 Diary physicians to weigh in on the pros and cons of the new code set. Here's what they said.

In a presentation, Nancy Brown, CEO of American Heart Association, highlighted key findings of the AHA’s CEO Roundtable conducted to learn more about the state of workplace health and employee perceptions in the United States.

"Prevention of heart failure readmissions begins with effective in-hospital treatment and efficient care transitions," says Akshay S. Desai, MD in a presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference meeting.

An American Heart Association Scientific Statement about the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of using mobile health technologies to reduce CVD risk behaviors was the cornerstone of the presentation of Lora E. Burke, PhD at the AHA meeting.

In her presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference, Laura L. Hayman, PhD spoke family history of cardiovascular disease and family interventions in lifestyle management to improve heart health.

Clinical nurse researcher Pamela J. McCabe, PhD, presented information about the improvement of health-related quality of life care for patients with atrial fibrillation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference.

In a presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference, Daniel E. Singer, MD, spoke about identifying patients with an increased bleeding risk with the long-term use of oral anticoagulants and whether or not there is a benefit in those cases.

In her presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference, Nanette K. Wenger, MD, spoke about management of high blood pressure in the elderly. Wenger showed case studies to illustrate variations of blood pressure among elderly patients and how to manage them.

In a presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference, Peter Zimetbaum, MD spoke on the burden of atrial fibrillation and the association with a risk of stroke in AF patients.

A new study shows that qualified patients who decreased their asthma medications under physician supervision fared no worse than those that maintained their medication regimen.

A new study finds that children with asthma that became obese by their 20s experienced increased airway obstruction-but without worsening symptoms.

Nearly all patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections should receive direct-acting anti-viral agents, according to updated guidelines by the American Association for the Study for Liver Diseases and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Clinical studies that rely on diagnostic codes or biopsies to provide evidence of cirrhosis may be underestimating the extent of the disease among hepatitis C patients, according to a new study.

Medical Economics sat down with John Halamka, MD, MS, to ask questions about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' issuing of a Final Rule for attesting to Stage 3 of Meaningful Use programs as well as physicians' demands for delays of the 2017 starting.

I’m often asked about owning a rental house or two as an investment. My answer is of course “it’s complicated.”

Forty-five days after ICD-10 became a reality, small annoyances seem to be outweighing large payment problems, according to our latest ICD-10 Diary entries.