Practice Management

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.

A new study compares the health and access to care of America's senior citizens with those of other industrialized nations

Learn about the new, more specific subsets of modifier 59

A reader says more, not fewer, of his patients are uninsured since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

As an independent physician mulling employment, how can you tell if an offer you receive is too good to turn down?

The provision of the Affordable Care Act that raises Medicaid reimbursement rates is about to expire. Here's what it may mean to your practice--and what medical societies are trying to do about it.

CMS wants to create additional ACO models to increase both participation and risk and reward opportunities.

How physicians can manage growing technology obligations in the practice.

It shouldn’t be surprising that, in this constantly changing ecosystem, more practices are struggling to maintain financial homeostasis.

Juggling patients, staff and payor needs will become more important as administrative work increases.

It’s possible to maintain a viable, even thriving practice if physicians confront challenges and identify fixes that can improve their lives and the health of their patients.

Though the second enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act has been operating fairly glitch free, the healthcare reform law and the Obama administration are facing major scrutiny from Republicans.

A practicing internist and a coding specialist analyze three patient encounters and explain their reasons for the coding levels they assign to each.

Telehealth can't replace personal encounters with patients, a physician writes

A reader says that electronic health records are costly and harmful to practice productivity.

Knowing which CPT code to use for an evaluation and management visit can boost your revenue and help avoid audits

Opportunities and strategies for billing non-face-to-face encounters

A national survey found that patients are also evaluating physicians based on diagnosis accuracy and wait times

Primary care physicians make millions of referrals to specialists each year, yet there is little protocol to follow and few tools to rely on when determining who will take their patient’s care to the next level.

As the evolution of health information technology forges for-ward, electronic health record (EHR) systems will continueto transform the practice of medicine.