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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced new proposed policies this week that the agency says will result in increased benefits for beneficiaries.

As it looks increasingly likely that Congress won't reach a deal this week to head off broad cuts to federal programs known as sequestration, physicians should begin preparing themselves for across-the-board 2% cuts to Medicare reimbursement.

The Affordable Care Act is expected to increase the number of insured Americans by more than 30 million by the time it’s fully implemented, but one provision of the act already has resulted in the addition of an estimated 3 million insured.

In a survey of more than 1,400 physicians, 61% of primary care physicians said they'd be willing to participate in an accountable care organization with at least one payer.

Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD, speaks with Medical Economics Editor-in-Chief Lois A. Bowers, MA, about an experimental Patient-Centered Medical Home and health law issues.

Medical Economics readers discuss e-prescribing, maintenance of certification, the division of practice income, and whether seeing 10 patients per hour is a realistic goal.

Several key provisions of the controversial law are set to go in effect over the course of 2013. See how they'll shape the practice of medicine.

A member of the Medical Economics editorial board discusses what he sees as the differences between state-backed healthcare and patient-focused healthcare.

The stakes are even higher for security breaches of health information, according to new rules for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

Whether you use an independent contractor in your practice or work as an independent contractor, be sure to consider several points when formalizing the arrangement.

Numerous studies have highlighted shortages in primary care and have predicted even greater supply problems after the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented. A new study published in Health Affairs puts the shortage in new perspective, however.

The American Academy of Family Physicians has released five new things to avoid as part of the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely campaign, adding to the existing list of five tests, medical procedures, or treatments that have been deemed to possibly do more harm than good.

Public health experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research say the current gun policy dialogue needs more physician involvement, according to a new paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The government’s healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts led to charges or convictions of providers and others and also removed almost 150,000 providers from Medicare's billing system, according to a new report from the federal government.

With the ICD-10 deadline looming, will physician groups actually be able to keep implementation from happening?

You only have until this Tuesday-February 12-to complete the federally mandated Economic Census.

Renewed efforts to eliminate the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula have arisen with the introduction of legislation that would permanently repeal the SGR and reform Medicare payment and delivery systems.

Despite federal funding to increase the number of primary care providers, few new positions have been added, according to a new study.

More than 500 organizations have signed on to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Bundled Payments and Care Improvement initiative, which will test whether bundling payments can result in better coordinated care and lower Medicare costs.

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

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.

Although the fiscal cliff was avoided, most Americans will see their taxes increase this year. Find out how you can keep your taxes from being too burdensome.

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.

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.