October 1st 2024
Are you burned out on fee-for-service?
September 30th 2024
Credit card processing fees can be difficult to decipher, but a little work can save a lot of money
September 25th 2024
Private equity investment or hospital ownership can offer management advantages. Yet doctors are opting for something else: autonomy.
September 24th 2024
Five specialties examined in review commissioned by American Independent Medical Practice Association.
Primary care physicians among doctors in federal investigations
Feds announce cases – including $43.41 million in bogus billing by surgeon – as regulators hunt for waste, fraud, and abuse.
People skip their doctor appointments when inflation drives up prices
Medical cost data is part of Fed report on national economic well-being.
Private equity: Spell out details for investors, physicians
Who controls oversight and compliance?
In Senate, Sanders leads new call for Medicare for All
Lawmakers introduce bills to ‘guarantee health care as a fundamental human right to all people in the U.S.’
When drug prices are too high, older patients don’t take their medicines. How can physicians help?
Study on prescriptions suggests how doctors, patients, real-time price tools, and pharmacists can work together.
Private equity: Physicians become investments
It can be a good relationship sometimes.
Private equity investment could lead to better health care, but expect more oversight as money pours in
A former assistant U.S. attorney offers legal perspectives on federal and state regulations and compliance.
See you in court: 31% of physicians get sued during their careers
AMA study examines legal risk varies by several factors, with short-term risk down in 2022.
Inflation nudges upward in April as health care sector prices stay relatively flat
Latest Consumer Price Index report out as White House, Congressional Republicans wrangle over national debt ceiling.
The economics of tobacco cessation: an overlooked resource in practice success
Your practice may be missing out on significant opportunities to improve net income by underperforming in tobacco cessation.
The best earning opportunities for doctors
Doximity has up-to-date info on the specialties that pay the most.
What to consider if your private practice is an acquisition target
Physicians need to conduct a careful analysis of multiple factors before considering an acquisition by a health system or other buyer.
Health care price transparency, competition on the agenda for House
Primary care at the table as Health Subcommittee hears from CMS chief, industry advocates on the flow of money.
2023: Robust Valuations for Physician Practices Continue Despite Turbulent Market Conditions
A well-run and well-prepared practice can be very attractive to private equity investors
Mergers and acquisitions grew last year for health care staffing firms
Report analyzes results as industry scrambles to cover workforce shortages.
Fixed-Rate Annuities Don’t Belong in a Fee-Based Managed Portfolio
These simple products don’t need costly “management,” but some advisors are pushing the idea.
Senators aim to save Medicaid money through PBM price regulations
Legislation the latest step among lawmakers’ scrutiny of prescription drug costs.
Physicians drive the health care economy through commercial insurance billing
Report examines claims submitted by primary care doctors, specialists, and APPs. How do the numbers add up?
U.S. primary care is hurting, but Medicare could be the prescription
Primary care is crucial to U.S. health care, but declining. The Commonwealth Fund offers suggestions on how to invest more in it.
Physicians slam court ruling against ACA requirements for free preventive care
Calls for court appeal, congressional action to ensure services continue for patients.
Challenges in getting paid: a slideshow
Financial tech adviser InstaMed compiles data about health care payment trends.
COVID-19 pandemic still affecting health care payments for physicians
Patients, payers also share 2022 perspectives as everyone deals with staffing, burnout, and high costs likely to continue this year.
Prescription for better U.S. health care spending: Four areas to consider
As medical expenditures approach 20% of GDP, Health Affairs Council delineates road map to lower national bill.
Marriage, children lead to fewer hours worked, less pay over time for female physicians
Addressing barriers for women doctors could reduce pay gap while expanding the workforce, researchers say.
Fed hikes interest rates by a quarter percent
Decision comes as central bank weighs fallout of recent bank rescues
Medicare issues guidance on negotiating Part D drug prices
HHS leader says administration is ‘making historic progress’ in pushing down costs for prescription medicines.
Four common pitfalls your first year in practice: Tips from a health care attorney
You’re done with med school – finally! Now it’s time to start thinking about practice management perspectives.
Health care adds jobs for February, but at slower rate than previous months
Latest national figures show increases in total number of employment and national rate overall.
President touts health care improvements in 2024 budget
House Republicans rip spending plans’ effects on Medicare, drug innovation.
Want to find new patients? Get set up in cyberspace
Survey examines patient preferences for online presence, communications, social media.
