SPOTLIGHT -
May 6th 2024
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May 1st 2024
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April 30th 2024
Five-year test starts in 2025 to promote innovative, proactive approaches to care.
April 29th 2024
The top news stories in medicine today.
April 25th 2024
A hands-on approach may be better for physicians to manage claims.
Emergency financing sources for medical practices
Practices should take advantage of federal and state programs
Budgeting for medical practices
Practices need to regularly evaluate their revenue and expenses
Coronavirus: Primary care practices still not at pre-pandemic levels
The condition of primary care has been improving modestly, but 35 percent are still seeing revenue and pay lower than pre-pandemic levels.
How successful ACOs treat their physicians
What makes an accountable care organization (ACO) successful?
The pros and cons of outsourcing billing
Should your practice outsource its billing services?
How to vet a telemedicine vendor
Succeeding at telemedicine into the future requires selecting the right third-party vendor. Here are some tips.
Hospital, private equity or super group: Pros and cons of different practice arrangements
Analyzing different ways practices can stay competitive, including hospital arrangements, private equity and forming a super group.
Trump signs executive order seeking to lower drug costs
The order aims to lower drug prices by “putting America first.”
2020 Coding Guide: Get Paid What You're Owed
Address coding vulnerabilities to protect practice revenue.
Take a consumer-oriented approach to your billing cycle
The three main areas where physicians can focus their billing practices.
Major coding changes for 2021, explained
A coding expert explains how evaluation and management (E/M) coding is changing next year, and answers your coding questions.
Streamline the denials process to increase revenue
Too many practices don’t follow up on denied claims. Here’s how to change that.
Supreme Court sets hearing date on ACA case
As expected, the case will be heard after the general election.
Insurance coverage a looming crisis, survey finds
Americans were underinsured even before the start of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic began.
10 ways to reduce operating expenses and sustain your practice
When was the last time you took a hard look at your expenditures to help increase profitability?
Feds to provide funding for rural hospitals
The new Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model creates two tracks for funding.
A financial and operational checkup for physicians
It’s critical that healthcare providers understand how to better prepare, operationally and financially, for the next outbreak.
The financial benefits of telehealth
Russell Libby, MD, says greater use of telehealth reduces practice expenses while also replacing some of the lost income from fewer in-person visits and elective procedures.
Health care's future: telehealth, payment models and more
The COVID-19 pandemic will have an unprecedented effect on the U.S. heath care system.
How should primary care physicians be paid?
COVID may have permanently changed the reimbursement landscape
Teladoc Health, Livongo merge in massive deal
The merger is expected to create a comprehensive platform for virtual healthcare delivery.
What will COVID-19 mean for value-based models?
If you’re a small practice living on fee-for-service, and suddenly all your patients disappear, you realize how much risk you’re under, as opposed to those who have moved to some sort of capitation or bonus for quality.
Exclusive survey: Physicians explain COVID-19 financial impact on practices
The COVID-19 pandemic has proved an unprecedented challenge for physician practices.
Telehealth coding guide
Code it right, get paid.
ACP commends new Medicare fee schedule
The organization say the changes to payments for offices visits will help physicians and practices.
Primary care, specialist pay gap narrowed slightly under ACA: study
Primary care doctors are getting paid slightly more than specialists, according to a new study.
Preparing for Three Federal Mandates to Improve Healthcare in 2021
Here are three key government mandates taking effect in 2021 that physicians should be preparing for.
CMS proposes permanent expansion of telehealth benefits
This would make concessions implemented due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic permanent.
The financial importance of telemedicine
Russell Libby, MD, says telehealth has helped practices fill the gap in patient visits and revenue created by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus: “New normal” poses threat to independent primary care
A failure to act both by the government and the private sector has left primary care providers particularly vulnerable.