Practice Management

Lee Kim, JD, FHIMSS, director of privacy and security at HIMSS, answers five questions for physicians facing possible issues now or in the future arising from Heartbleed.

In recent months, close to 65 electronic health record (EHR) systems have been certified to meet Meaningful Use 2 criteria for complete EHR systems.

Even though Congress failed to repeal Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate formula last month, the odds are good that it will happen in the not-too-distant future. Here's what repeal may mean for your practice.

What screening recommendations and the arrival of new-but expensive-treatments means for primary care practices

Familiarity with the new combination codes is needed to ensure that documentation is sufficient to capture any related conditions, both the etiology and manifestation, and/or any related symptoms for the condition being reported.

The revenue cycle model for a medical practice is more complex than many other businesses, and a line of credit can be a lifesaver for a practice dealing with operational disruptions.

Incident-to billing is a way of billing outpatient services provided by a non-physician practitioner, but it can be confusing. Here's what you need to know.

The Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians has issued a clinical practice guideline on the treatment of anemia in patients with heart disease.

The controversy over copy-paste in EHRs has been around for a long time, but it has recently gained new urgency.

Facing shrinking reimbursement rates and a growing list of administrative tasks, many primary care physicians are exploring alternative practice options, including direct-pay models.

The strain on primary care physicians will likely worsen as the new patients enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans arrive.

New patients expected under the Affordable Care Act may create a need for an additional nurse practitioner or physician at your practice. Here are tips for bringing on a new provider at your practice to boost efficiency.

Keeping patient data private has never been more important, and requires medical practices to navigate a web of mandates, analyses, and agreements.

The number of practices employing non-physician providers has increased in the past 15 years, and for many, it’s boosting the bottom line, according to a recent report from the Medical Group Management Association.

Primary care shortages lead many states to reform laws that restrict midlevels

Health plans focus on reduced drug copays eases patients’ financial burden

Medicare’s payment data dump to physicians raises serious concerns about the accuracy and the ease in which payment data can be misinterpreted, according to the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians.

The continued pressures of working in the healthcare industry may be causing more than 100,000 of the nation's physicians, nurses, and other practitioners to develop substance abuse problems.

Implementation costs, alert fatigue cited as obstacles for practices

Shortly after announcing the enrollment of 7.5 million people in ACA health insurance exchanges, Kathleen Sebelius resigned as secretary of the of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Patients with private insurance have a better chance of scheduling appointments with doctors than those with Medicaid, according to a new study.

Fear of litigation is driving up the cost of healthcare, and it should be the catalyst to fix a broken medical liability system, according to a position paper released by the American College of Physicians during its annual meeting in Orlando.

During a keynote address at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2014 conference in Orlando, Florida, Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, a healthcare reporter for the New York Times, discussed healthcare costs and their burden on patients.

Develop a project plan that includes understanding the coding changes, plan for payment delays and team training, and then assemble your team to start gathering resources and information.

A new study finds a link between visits to primary care providers and the likelihood of following prescription regimens

The nation’s physicians contribute a lot more than health and wellness to their communities-their activity generates $1.6 trillion for the national economy, according to the American Medical Association.

A reader writes that maintenance of certification has never been proven to improve the quality of care doctors provide, so it should not be required of them.

MOC requirements are destroying the trust needed between doctors and patients.

A recent American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for screening, monitoring, and treatment of early-stage chronic kidney disease.

Helping patients change lifestyle factors can go far to help reduce the impact of circulatory disorders and cut healthcare costs.