Practice Management

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office issued a report in December that urged lawmakers to forbid most financial relationships, gifts and free meals between physicians and pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

The American Medical Association (AMA) changes in Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding from year to year can have an enormous effect on any practice.

Get your questions answered on managed care capitated plans when planning for retirement.

Get your questions answered on whether to accept managed care capitated contracts.

Most primary care physicians work in practices with too few Medicare patients to measure differences of quality and cost performance.

Dissatisfaction with health records is widespread among physicians, but a recent study has found that physicians do not grade all systems equally in terms of performance and satisfaction.

There is no reason you can't provide high quality care in a timely fashion. Ten to 15 minutes is plenty.

Orem, Utah-based research firm KLAS released its annual rankings of the best-performing healthcare IT software and services vendors.

Asset protection is addressed

A survey of hospital chief executive officers showed that 95 percent report a shortage of physicians in the U.S.

Identity theft is addressed

Your level of risk in practice is a function of the complexity of care required, your ability to deliver that care, and the success of your treatment regimen.

Various areas of coding, including nurse visits and phone services, are addressed

Tighter government control and expanded regulation are likely to occur in the near future, even if fundamental healthcare reform doesn't materialize.

Get your questions answered on fee discounting.

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In one such free clinic model, called Project Access, physicians donate appointment slots in their offices, allowing them to practice in familiar surroundings without the restrictions of free clinics.

More practices are streamlining billing and collection programs, as a result of the recession.

Going bare, or going without malpractice insurance, can leave you exposed to financial disaster.

The NCQA plans to update its evaluation program of medical practices pertaining to patient-centered medical home demonstration programs.

A discussion of economic hardship to defer loans is addressed

A Massachusetts bill, if passed, would require physicians to accept a new health plan designed for small business employees or they risk losing their medical license.

Get your questions answered on Medicare e-prescribing.

The Medical Group Management Association says many medical groups may not achieve "meaningful use" and will not qualify for the EHR incentives if the criteria are too burdensome.

Get your questions answered on coding and billing skills, as well as what to consider before taking the job.