Practice Management

Coding and billing advice from Medical Economics.

Patients should share the ownership of their medical records with their care providers. In this First Take, Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, discusses how to work with patients about the management of electronic health records.

A new study finds that the risk for hospitalization for influenza pneumonia could be reduced through the influenza vaccine.

Racial and ethnic disparities exist when it comes to the five vaccines routinely recommended for adults, a new study finds.

No matter how prepared your practice is, some payment delays due to the ICD-10 coding transition will happen. Here's how to keep them under control.

An easy, cost-effective, one-step test can allow clinicians to screen, detect, and confirm hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, according to a new study.

Nearly half of all Medicaid claims for direct-acting antiviral drugs to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infections have been denied in four states recently because they were not considered “a medical necessity,” according to a new study.

We asked the physicians in our ICD-10 Diary project about their impressions of the coding transition after two months.

Physicians share the lingering effects of the coding transition as things still appear smoother than most expected.

In this First Take, Kyle Matthews, CMPE, discusses how millennials are weary of traditional institutions. Once you work to gain millennials' trust, they can be very loyal to your

If you’ve ever been speeding down the highway, passed a police car, then slowed to well below the speed limit, hoping you wouldn’t get pulled over and handed a citation, then you are likely doing the same thing when it comes to your HIPAA compliance.

The millennials have arrived, and they are shaking up the workplace-including the practice of medicine.

With reimbursement changes coming, practices need to watch every penny

Renee Dowling answers your coding questions about the aftermath of the transition to ICD-10.

Consolidation of major national payers may have a profound impact on the daily life of physicians

The surprising changes the Affordable Care Act is bringing to primary care practices

Congress will likely move to forbid non-disclosure clauses in EHR contracts with healthcare providers, but final action won’t occur until 2016 when the House and Senate come together to align their different, more far-ranging proposals on EHRs.

Depression, coupled with diabetes, can lead to poor clinical outcomes and a number of comorbidities, according to new research.

Thirty minutes of high-intensity interval exercise five days a week can delay diabetes development, according to new research.

We asked our ICD-10 Diary physicians to weigh in on the pros and cons of the new code set. Here's what they said.

In a presentation, Nancy Brown, CEO of American Heart Association, highlighted key findings of the AHA’s CEO Roundtable conducted to learn more about the state of workplace health and employee perceptions in the United States.

"Prevention of heart failure readmissions begins with effective in-hospital treatment and efficient care transitions," says Akshay S. Desai, MD in a presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference meeting.

An American Heart Association Scientific Statement about the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of using mobile health technologies to reduce CVD risk behaviors was the cornerstone of the presentation of Lora E. Burke, PhD at the AHA meeting.

In her presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference, Laura L. Hayman, PhD spoke family history of cardiovascular disease and family interventions in lifestyle management to improve heart health.

Clinical nurse researcher Pamela J. McCabe, PhD, presented information about the improvement of health-related quality of life care for patients with atrial fibrillation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference.

In a presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference, Daniel E. Singer, MD, spoke about identifying patients with an increased bleeding risk with the long-term use of oral anticoagulants and whether or not there is a benefit in those cases.

In her presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference, Nanette K. Wenger, MD, spoke about management of high blood pressure in the elderly. Wenger showed case studies to illustrate variations of blood pressure among elderly patients and how to manage them.

In a presentation at the 2015 AHA Fall Conference, Peter Zimetbaum, MD spoke on the burden of atrial fibrillation and the association with a risk of stroke in AF patients.

A new study shows that qualified patients who decreased their asthma medications under physician supervision fared no worse than those that maintained their medication regimen.

A new study finds that children with asthma that became obese by their 20s experienced increased airway obstruction-but without worsening symptoms.