Practice Management

Letters discuss the relationship between primary care physicians and specialists, electronic health records, solo practice and patient perspective on physicians.

Only 14% of patients get their medical records electronically from their physician?s offices, and 30% don?t know why they would need to do so, finds a new report by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health Research Institute. The finding has implications for you and your peers in practices and organizations that hope to reap federal stimulus payments.

One community planned a 1-day screening event for the 14,000 homeless who live on the streets and in shelters in Houston, Texas.

The author's first step into beginning the journey into the new world of the electronic health record was to buy Windows for Dummies.

Understand service corps work's impact on tax relief.

How can a practicing physician cope with being out of the office for months?

As a doctor, you can still refuse to perform abortions and sterilizations on moral grounds, but you can't refuse contraception and family planning services under a new rule from the HHS.

More than 21,000 providers registered for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs in January, and four states reported initial Medicaid incentive payments totaling $20.4 million.

The use of locum tenens is rising, underlining the ongoing shortage of doctors nationwide.

A New Jersey Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate is paying for a population care coordinator for primary care practices as part of a patient-centered medical home pilot program that compensates practices using bundled payments.

Of the 2,212 individuals who participated in the American Osteopathic Association Intern/Resident Registration Program, 74% of students and recent graduates successfully matched for a total of 1,640 placements.

How to be active in an ACO and preserve an existing specialist support network.

In today's world, we are all pension plan managers in some way.

Learn about warfarin therapy codes, as well as billing for nurses services.

The feds are getting serious about cracking down on Medicare fraud.

Medicare permits participation by practice site so that you can participate and accept Medicare 100% of the time at one location and not another.

Keeping patient traffic moving smoothly through your practice starts with realistic scheduling.

Consider how to put together an effective code of conduct for your practice.

What gets this author motivated for each new day in practice? Thankful patients.

Bernd Wollschlaeger, MD, has always sought a unique path in life; the same holds true for his career path in medicine.

What would happen if we changed our lifestyles and inspired our patients to do what we asked of them?

How can you prepare your practice for meaningful use of electronic health records?

Letters discuss the status of primary care, autonomy of nurse practitioners, DNP degree, doctor nurses, and residents.

One university-affiliated family medicine residency clinic is attempting to implement elements of the patient-centered medical home.

Medical students are often sent to community offices to learn medicine in the community setting.

The real healthcare reform revolution is happening under the radar of media and politics.

Have a policy in place for review of accounts outstanding more than 60 days on which no action has occurred.

If you're like most physicians, you don't devote significant time to providing expert testimony. Some guidelines apply to all depositions, so consider these points if you're called on to provide expert testimony.

How to bill patients who give you the wrong insurance information.

Letters discuss congressional issues, electronic health records, and partnerships versus solo practices.