Practice Management

While the old adage, “It’s not what you know; it’s who you know” doesn’t always ring true, networking frequently plays a vital role in a physician’s career search.

The perceived current and future shortage of primary care physicians has been attracting lots of attention from U.S. health policymakers, but a recent policy brief from the Graham Center suggests the U.S. is facing a bigger primary care problem: an uneven distribution of physicians.

For physicians who share that "Don't-Tread-On-Me" mindset, a recent report from nonprofit group The Physicians Foundation can be seen to represent a laundry list of what's ailing the medical profession.

3D printing could lead to new practical and tiny medical implants thanks to a Harvard team developing 3D printed micro-batteries.

A group of more than 40 electronic health records developers made headlines recently when they announced an "EHR Developer Code of Conduct" that outlined plans to enhance patient safety, data portability, system interoperability and security. But not everyone in the health IT industry was so impressed.

Oct. 14, 2014, is the compliance date for ICD-10. That looming deadline has many physicians anxious about the amount of training that will be required. In the Medical Economics webinar, “ICD-10 Expert Views on Preparation,” three panelists discussed some of the major implementation concerns for physicians and offered advice to help them get started.

In healthcare, climbing up the career ladder takes time and hard work. But Allan Cacanindin, Senior Executive Vice President of Client Services for Cejka Search, a physician and health executive recruitment firm, says physicians can easily take small steps to advance their career.

Medical app usage in a medical practice was much higher among smartphone users (51% daily) than tablet users (30% daily), according to a report from American EHR Partners.

More than two-thirds (67%) of physicians who participated in an ACO last year reported no personal financial benefit, such as a bonus or shared savings agreement, as a result of their participation, according to a survey of about 3,500 physicians from a healthcare staffing firm.

One innovative Florida primary care practice has innovated to optimize care for seniors with multiple chronic conditions - increasing patient satisfaction, boosting the amount of time doctors and patients spend together, improving patients' medication adherence, and achieving lower rates of hospital use than its peers, according to Health Affairs.

Effective management of Type 2 diabetes usually requires a multi-pronged approach that includes drug therapies and lifestyle changes. Patient adherence to a plan is the main challenge for primary care physicians.

Hospital systems primarily led the initial movement to form ACOs, but physician groups now have surpassed them as the most common sponsoring entity among all ACOs.

Physicians with busy practices need to carefully consider whether to add a new provider, and if so, whether the provider should be another physician or a midlevel.

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Not sure if you can find a job on your own or if you should work with a physician recruiting firm? Jim Stone, president and co-owner of physician recruitment organization The Medicus Firm, may have the answer.

Some policy analysts have suggested expanding the roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners as one potential way to help alleviate some of the burden on physicians, and a new study published in Health Affairs shows that consumers are open to that idea.

While employee handbooks serve a very important role, keep them simple and to-the-point, and outline the practice’s most salient expectations and legal obligations when creating them.

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is renewing its call for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to pay physicians for telephone evaluations, care plan oversight services, and online evaluations.

When it comes to securing and protecting patient health information, physician practices with fewer than 50 providers fared the worst in a recent audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has 700 full-time staffers devoted to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and some pundits believe that number may grow to a minimum of 5,000 employees, according to a recent report in Forbes.

As more people become eligible for healthcare under the Affordable Care Act, the question of access will become paramount. Discover how care coordinators can help ensure access for all.

Tired of worrying about lost charges, payment delays, and other errors? Find out how mobile charge capture can prevent bottom line headaches.

More than 76% of medical schools have launched or are planning to build at least one initiative to increase interest in primary care specialties.

The federal Employee Retirement Income and Security Act (ERISA) offers physicians opportunities to challenge and collect on claims denied by commercial insurers.