Practice Management

The American Medical Association has filed a brief in federal court in support of a Georgia law that was created to curb “unfair business practices” by companies that pay medical bills.

Now is the time for all physicians to come to the aid of themselves, their professions, and their patients.

The government wants to accelerate health information exchange and “build a seamless and secure flow of information to help transform the healthcare system” this year.

This issue's question focuses on the recent crack down on modifier 25 claims and what it could mean for your practice. Find out the answer to this pressing question.

The law regarding self-referral, or the Stark statute, can be a bit mystifying. Find out how to ensure that you remain compliant.

Physicians and consultants share advice on communicating electronically with patients.

A recent decision on a lawsuit over 'out-of network' payments carries potential repercussions for reimbursement rates. Discover how your practice may be affected.

Newer Technology has introduced its next generation Power2U AC/USB wall outlet, which it says is the first patented and UL listed device to blend into any wall as a standard power outlet.

RemitDATA has launched ClarifyMD, a subscription service for practices that provides comparative analytics and consulting advisory services.

According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, health information is not individually identifiable if it does not identify an individual and if the covered entity has no reasonable basis to believe that it can be used to identify an individual.

In the report “Professionalism in the use of social media,” the American Medical Association offers advice for physicians.

Privacy, security, professionalism remain top priorities as use of e-messaging, patient portals, and social media grows.

In an attempt to get past politics and ideology, a group of researchers recently published a report in Health Affairs that examined the health systems in Canada, England, France and Germany for insights on how the United States could better control costs.

Selected comments from a thread discussing whether or not primary care doctors should do locum tenens work in New Zealand. Comments are taken from the subreddit /r/medicine on reddit.

The American College of Physicians has unveiled new booklets and DVDs designed to help patients and physicians manage pre-diabetes, gout, obesity and weight loss, and Alzheimer's disease.

President Barack Obama's proposed 2014 budget includes roughly $300 billion in Medicare savings, reforms to the sustainable growth rate, and cuts to graduate medical education.

There's only problem with CNN"s recent attention-grabbing article on physician practice bankruptcies: We have no idea if its basic premise is even true.

Primary care physicians aren’t yet seeing the higher fees for treating Medicaid patients promised under the Affordable Care Act.

Walgreens is ready to take retail clinics a step further, with an announcement yesterday that the pharmacy chain will begin offering chronic care in addition to immunizations and acute care.

A new proposal for repealing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate formula is incubating in the U.S. House of Representatives, and its authors are seeking comments on it from doctors and other health professionals.

Solo physicians shouldn't get too excited about the prospect of a meaningful use exemption - yet. The bill, called the EHR Improvements Act, is a long, long way from becoming law.

TEDMED exists to break down silos in the healthcare world that have been built up in part by specialists going deeper and deeper into their specialties, which can prevents experts from seeing beyond their own sometimes narrow viewpoints.

Primary care physicians (PCPs) are in the greatest demand by hospitals, medical groups, and other healthcare organizations seeking to fill staffing needs, a new survey indicates.

Doctors as a group are pessimistic about the future of their profession-worrying about clinical autonomy and income-but primary care physicians are the least satisfied in their work when compared with their specialist peers, according to a new report.

If you thought demonstrating meaningful use annually to receive electronic health record incentive payments was enough, think again.