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ICD-10 Countdown: How your practice can get readyThe new coding system is coming in October 2014. A lack of preparation could ultimately jeopardize your practice’s income.
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Locum work can offer relief to weary private-practice docsFreedom from the stress of private practice is a common reason physicians hit the road as locum tenens.
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Which health care professionals are leaving their jobs?The categories of health care workers experiencing the biggest losses.
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New HIPAA requirements target unsecured protected health informationHITECH has new requirements regarding business associates and notification of patients regarding breaches of unsecured protected health information.
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Clinical Centers of Excellence: Diagnosis, treatment of dementiaThis month's Clinical Centers of Excellence series features facilities offering comprehensive diagnostic modalities and treatments including investigational protocols for dementia.
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CCE Cardiometabolic disorders: University of PittsburghThe Diabetes Prevention Support Center at the University of Pittsburgh Diabetes Institute focuses on self-management and team-care approaches to cardiometabolic risk management.
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Clinical trials underway to test adjuvants for flu vaccinesResearchers are examining whether two adjuvants could help boost the power of flu vaccines.
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Review ethics guidelines when selling productsThinking of the selling products in your office? Here's what you need to know before taking the plunge.
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Adding midlevel providersThinking about incorporating midlevel providers into your practice? Here's what you need to know before doing so.
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24% of doctors use social media daily for medical information, study saysNearly one-fourth of physicians use social media on a daily basis to scan or explore medical information, according to a recently published study.
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QR codes in the medical practiceBy now you've noticed those funny little boxes in the corner of magazine ads and posters. Although originally developed for the auto industry, these quick response codes can also find a home in the physician practice.
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How to make health apps valuable for physicians and patientsEven if physicians aren’t convinced that mobile health (mHealth) apps are worthwhile, many of their patients are.
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From the Expert: Women need life insurance too!If you're trying to balance a medical career with a home life, you've undoubtedly got your hands full. Yet there's one important thing that many women neglect in the course of the everyday grind-life insurance.
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Primary care and the keys to its successDespite the news of primary care's decline, reports seem to indicate that primary care skills are gaining in value.
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Selling your practice to a hospitalWith the pressures on private practices continuing to grow, more physicians are considering selling to hospitals and healthcare systems. As with any decision, it pays to think things through.
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Use an HL7 interface to avoid entering patient data twiceYou already like your current software, but imminent electronic health record system implementation requires a different program. Here's how to avoid entering information more than once.
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The risks of joining a super groupJoining a super group has its perks, but it's not all smooth sailing. Learn about the potential problems you could face if you decide to leave it.
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Could an in-house lab be right for your practice?You use a lab all the time. Learn why offering those services in-house lab could bring in money and help patient care.
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How to avoid losing money at your practice from virtual credit cardsHow to avoid losing money at your practice
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Defining the effective date for Medicare claimsThis month's question asks about effective dates and Medicare. Find out the answer to this pressing coding question.
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Maximize patient collections using the webWith 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.
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Use bypass trust to minimize estate taxes, postpone distributionsThis tool can help married couples make distributions to their children and charities posthumously without giving more than necessary to the government.
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How defensive medicine has caused healthcare costs to riseOne doctor says that the large number of unnecessary diagnostic tests have caused healthcare costs to increase and offers his insight into how to fix the system.
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Clinical Centers of Excellence: Diagnosis, treatment of dementiaThis month's Clinical Centers of Excellence series features facilities offering comprehensive diagnostic modalities and treatments including investigational protocols for dementia.
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Teaming up: The benefits of integrating primary care with behavioral healthHaving behavioral health professionals working closely with primary care physicians helps patients overcome any reluctance to get counseling.
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How hiring a physician assistant or nurse practitioner could ease a physician’s work load, increase take-home pay, and moreIf you are having trouble finding physicians to join your practice, dismayed by their demands or expectations at interviews, or concerned about their high cost or need to be a partner, hiring a physician assistant or nurse practitioner may be your answer.
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Bone density tests strengthen bottom lineDual-energy x-ray absorpitometry to assess bone density isn't new. What is new is that advancing technology and falling costs make it feasible for more practices to offer the service, even with uncertainty about future reimbursement rates.
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How to communicate risk to patientsJeffrey K. Pearson, DO, keeps it simple when discussing risk with his patients.
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CMS gives guidance on Medicaid incentive payments for EHRsIn order to encourage providers to adopt EHR technology, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has informed state Medicaid directors that the federal government will reimburse states for 100 percent of incentive payments made to healthcare providers showing "meaningful use" of electronic health records.
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CCE Cardiometabolic disorders: University of Minnesota by the numbersThe numbers behind the University of Minnesota's cardiometabolic disorders program
