Practice Management

Efforts are underway to find technology solutions to the efficiency problems physicians experience with prior authorizations

Without an act of Congress, Medicaid parity will expire on December 31, 2014

Congress urges the ONC to certify only products that “clearly meet current meaningful use program standards and that do not block health information exchange.”

The American Academy of Family Physicians is calling out the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for failing to provide details about several primary care codes in its 2015 Medicare physician fee schedule.

Medicare now reimburses physicians and other healthcare professionals for time spent managing patients' transition from inpatient to community settings. Here is the information you need to bill for these services.

Is tort reform capable of achieving gains for physicians when it comes to medical liability? The jury is out.

Beginning January 1, 2015, medical practices can, for the first time, bill Medicare for the non face-to-face time spent managing care for patients with multiple chronic diseases. But doing so may prove challenging for many practices, at least at first.

Starting in January, nearly 257,000 eligible professionals will face a 1% cut to their Medicare reimbursements for not meeting meaningful use standards, according to CMS.

Little difference found in outcomes from care provided by doctors required to recertify and those not

Fifty-one percent of physicians cite financial incentives or penalties as a possible driver for them to make adopt EHRs.

Don't let HIPAA slow you down. Part of the 2013 EHR Web Seminar Series.

The non-medical tasks physicians now have to perform have removed much of the enjoyment that comes with practicing medicine, a reader says.

A reader writes that maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements have not been shown to improve quality of care, and are damaging medicine's feeling of collegiality.

The growing national scrutiny of facility fees charged by hospitals is placing many physicians in the difficult position of factoring costs into treatment decisions, and prompting a debate on whether physicians have a responsibility to engage patients on the financial side-effects of recommended treatments.

Why the solution to the challenges of healthcare can be found in the exam room of a primary care physician

With the addition of EHRs and patient portals, many practices today are better positioned to incorporate modern processes and procedures to manage their accounts receivables more effectively, particularly by improving collections from patients.

Medical societies are dismayed that some of physicians’ top concerns were not addressed during Congress’ lame duck session.

The number of Americans eligible for Medicaid is growing, but so is the problem of finding a doctor who will treat them

AHIMA-sponsored Twitter rally reaps more than 5,000 tweets to stop another ICD-10 delay

Fewer than 7% of newly diagnosed diabetes patients take part in diabetes self-management and education training.

Overall healthcare spending reached $2.9 trillion in 2013-that’s $9,255 per person-but growth has slowed, particularly when it comes to physician fees.

Soon patients will be able to interact with physicians the same way they buy clothes or music-online.

The AMA, along with many regional medical societies, is urging Congress to include another ICD-10 implementation delay to a stalled appropriations bill during the current lame duck session.