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Eligible professionals, including physicians, have until the end of the month to submit any pending Medicare Part B claims from calendar year 2012 under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.

Under the traditional primary care model, a physician shortage is inevitable. But using new methods such as doctor pooling and diverting as low as 20% of cases to non-physicians could eradicate the shortage completely, a new study claims.

Family physicians surpass specialists and other office-based physician on EHR adoption rates, according to a new report.

Whether or not physicians are comfortable with moving their practices into the virtual realm, more and more patients are moving in that direction, and some say digital communication may even improve their level of honesty with their doctors.

Only 11 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws or issued regulations to implement the Affordable Care Act’s major health insurance market reforms that go into effect in 2014, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.

Data collection will begin this August, with reporting to begin in September 2014 for a new rule aimed at increasing financial transparency in the healthcare industry, says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Twenty percent of healthcare providers using a proprietary electronic health record system reported that doing so helped save the life of one or more patients, according to a recent nationwide survey.

Younger adults are frequenting retail and work-based clinics because of the convenience and accessibility they offer, according to a new poll.

Primary care physicians (PCP) provide better diabetes care than other providers, according to a new study performed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Hospitals around the country have been buying up independent medical practices at a dizzying rate. Because this acquisition trend directly affects your financial well-being, it’s crucial to understand the forces driving it.

Nearly 40 national physician groups are calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) to quash the implementation of ICD-10 for outpatient diagnosis and coding.

The integration of small practices into hospital systems could improve clinical quality and technologic efforts, says Robert I. Field, PhD, MPH, JD, in a conversation with Medical Economics Editor-in-Chief Lois A. Bowers, MA.

Making a mistake can be difficult for a physician to handle, but we can learn from them to become better.

Medical Economics readers discuss the need to adapt on the job, AMA guidelines, leaving practice, maintenance of certification, and finding the right electronic health record.

Technology remains the biggest health information management challenge for providers, according to a new report from KLAS, a healthcare research firm.

Lower reimbursements and the struggle to maintain a healthy balance between their work and personal lives are the top challenges facing primary care physicians, according to a recent survey.

athenahealth's $293 million bid to acquire mobile-health pioneer Epocrates signals a new push to develop mobile tools for physicians, the companies report.

Smartphones can serve a purpose in your office, but they very easily can become a distraction. See how you can keep a cap on usage in your office.

Hospitals are buying up practices at a rapid rate. See how this trend could negatively affect salary.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released what one department official describes as "the most sweeping changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules since they were first implemented," but at least one organization is concerned that the requirements may be too burdensome for medical practices.

Years in practice, specialty, and practice size were factors when researchers examined the likelihood that a physician would honor a patient's request for a brand-name drug rather than a generic. The investigators suggest two solutions to reduce the practice, which if followed could save costs in the healthcare system.

Contrary to popular belief, a new report reveals that new technologies account for more new healthcare spending than physician salaries.

The United States spends more per capita on healthcare than any other nation, but on average, Americans die sooner and experience higher rates of disease and injury than people in other high-income countries, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine.

Stage 3 of the Medicare/Medicaid meaningful use electronic health records (EHRs) should not move forward until challenges associated with stages 1 and 2 have been studied and addressed, according to formal comments submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology by the American Medical Association.

Many Americans lost their jobs--and their health insurance--during the past few years of recession, but a new study shows that minorities may have been hit the hardest.

The formation of 106 new accountable care organizations is providing care for 4 million Medicare beneficiaries across the country, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Affordable Care Act provisions are already having a substantial effect on reducing the growth rate of Medicare spending, according to a new report issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Has the devastation of Hurricane Sandy led you to think about how your practice could handle a natural disaster? Here are some tips for protecting your practice and you.

Your patients will interact with many of your practice's employees. Discover how you can help your patients identify who they spoke with.