Practice Management

Video visits, patient portals and other tech tools are helping to bridge the gap between physicians and their patients.

Use of a patient portal or secure electronic communications is an effective way to boost patient engagement and improve practice efficiency. Here's how to get started.

Sharing health data remains a major challenge for accountable care organizations, according to a new survey.

CMS has released 4.4 million payment records made from drug and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals.

Standards for accessing care vary widely

A recent survey shows that many organizations are not taking full advantage of the additional preparation time.

The Medical Group Management Association is calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend the October 1 reporting deadline for providers to attest to meaningful use.

A reader says healthcare spending in the United States can't be meaningfully compared to spending in other industrialized countries.

A reader doubts the existence of a physician shortage.

Majority say they were dissatisfied with purchase experience, but like ability to compare plans and affordability

The healthcare landscape is shifting rapidly, and for family physicians, that change is placing increased importance on their role within the system.

A new guideline released by the American Academy of Neurology provides recommendations on identifying previously undetected nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and therapies for reducing the risk of stroke in patients with this cardiac condition.

Changing job descriptions and the roles of staff members can help physician practices meet quality care goals. Here's how.

HHS announced 77 new insurers have joined the Marketplace before the second open enrollment begins.

A new report from the Institute of Medicine contains five recommendations to enhance palliative care delivery

By using direct engagement and promotion, primary care practices can match or potentially surpass patient portal engagement rates posted by large health systems, according to a new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

Physicians are subject to a wide range of federal and state mandates impacting their practice. Some of these requirements are murky, such as laws addressing discrimination against patients who speak limited or no English.

A year away from the October 2015 deadline for transitioning to the International Classification of Diseases-10th revision (ICD-10), physicians cannot assume another delay will happen, experts say. Now is the time to prepare in earnest.

Integrating physician assistants into the practice can be key to containing costs, sustaining practice growth, and meeting the demands of a changing healthcare marketplace.

One decision often facing medical practice owners is whether to buy or lease equipment. Here are a few points to consider before making your decision.

Female patients present unique health challenges including pregnancy, heart disease, diabetes and breast cancer.

The American Medical Association is calling on electronic health record (EHR) vendors to drastically improve the design and functionality of their systems, which have been a source of frustration for many of its members.

Fifty-six percent of physicians are already at Meaningful Use Stage 2 and 71% plan to reach Stage 3, but a majority don't think it increases productivity, according to a new survey by Deloitte.

A new workforce survey shows physicians are feeling over-extended and shifting toward hospital employment .

Although healthcare.gov is substantially more secure than when it launched in 2013, major security issues continue to put user data and system infrastructures at risk, according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

In the first three months of 2014, the number of Americans without health insurance dropped to 41 million, down from 48.6 million in 2010, according to an Early Release of Estimates report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Enrollees in a narrow network plan in Massachusetts who kept their primary care physicians (PCPs) ended up going to emergency departments (EDs) less often and saw their PCP more, which was the opposite of what researchers in a new study expected to find.

The office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a final rule Wednesday giving EHR vendors more flexibility with its testing and certification criteria

Physicians not participating in meaningful use, PQRS should prepare for financial hits.

On September 9, Apple revealed the Apple Watch, saying it can help people lead healthier lives. It joins a growing list of new health innovations including Health and HealthKit, set launch in September.