December 3rd 2024
To proactively reduce the likelihood of a lawsuit, physicians can adopt a strategic approach embodied in the acronym A-V-O-I-D.
November 21st 2024
Jury finds that more than 20,000 false claims were filed
New York’s licensure rules can complicate cross-state medical practice with potential widespread professional repercussions.
November 12th 2024
In a recent announcement, the AMA announced its support of more standardization and regulation of nonprofit hospitals.
October 7th 2024
Doctors file brief for case pending at U.S. Supreme Court.
White men need to do their part and make healthcare safe again
Yes, white women voted for Trump in large numbers as well, but, across the country, the Republican leadership primarily relies on the votes of white men. For now, this is the group that is most powerful when it steps up.
The key to understanding consumer-centric healthcare
For over a decade, we have seen the steady rise of consumerism in healthcare. Far more than an emerging trend, it is now something that will dramatically alter the U.S. healthcare delivery system...for the better.
How will health IT trends evolve in 2017?
Waves of predictions about the health IT industry roll in at the end of every year. But how accurate were they in 2016?
What a Gorsuch Supreme Court appointment could mean to healthcare
Physicians have mixed feelings about Donald Trump’s nominee.
No matter the fate of Obamacare, doctors stand ready to help patients
For physicians, this sort of uncertainty is business as usual.
Your Voice: Afraid for future of primary care
Afraid for the future of primary care
Watch out for these HIPAA violations in online reviews
Physicians can violate federal law simply by replying to a negative review
Top MACRA apps physicians need to download
A look at apps that can help physicians in the transition to value-based Medicare reimbursement
Advocates look to Congress for new patient matching system
A small crack is developing in the long-standing federal prohibition against the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) involvement in efforts to improve matching patients with their medical records
How to navigate direct pay successfully
Focus on patients not payers
Tax planning tips for physicians
Navigating opportunities & landmines
How to take advantage of new coding opportunities in 2017
Physicians can boost revenue by learning how to correctly use procedural codes unveiled in 2017
Is the success of physician-led ACOs sustainable?
Team-based care led by doctors are outperforming the competition, but for how long?
Why physicians must step up, address social determinants of health
A growing movement argues physicians must address the economic and social forces behind patient health
Giving a new meaning to self pay patients
The future perhaps?
Study: Healthcare organizations remain committed to population health
Small practice physicians need to build a strategy to prepare for success in this growing model of care, expert says.
Missouri population health project recruits small practice partners
By expanding healthcare network, MU Health Care assists small practices in making technological care connections.
Need to create doctor-friendly technology is more important than ever
Experts urge developers to learn from the mistakes of EHRs
How to eliminate EHR-based medical errors
What can be done to make the software safer for patients?
Should physicians share their notes with patients?
How allowing patients to read notes can strengthen the bond for a physician.
The complicated puzzle of moving past Obamacare
Two former CMS administrators discussed the future of healthcare reform as well as the agency they once oversaw at HIMSS17.
DAA therapy effective in advanced liver disease in real-world study
All-oral sofosbuvir-based therapy proves a significant advance for hepatitis C virus patients.
DAAs do not increase risk of hepatic decompensation in HCV patients
Researchers say theirs is first national study with a large population to examine possible link.
Health IT creates lose-lose situation for physicians
Patients are torn between whether they want their physicians to use technology or not.
Why do women physicians experience burnout more than men?
The statistics are clear: Physicians are burned out, miserable and trying to get out of the clinical practice of medicine, and women physicians are leading the pack at twice the level of burnout as their male colleagues.
Study: Safety, components concerns spur vaccine hesitancy
Researchers find callers to a national health center were most concerned about the safety and components of vaccines based largely on old information.
Researchers isolate cells that weaken immune response to cancer
Study provides new insight on isolating and suppressing immune cells that could play a vital role in inhibiting other immunotherapy efforts against cancer.
Trump attempts market stabilization of Obamacare
What the proposed changes mean to physicians.
Uncertainty slows physician investments in EHRs
A new administration in Washington, D.C., will likely impact federal regulations around EHRs, so physicians should cautiously move forward.
Interconnectivity, more devices heighten security risk to EHRs
Physicians facing evolving cyberthreats need to evolve their security stance to avoid being weakest link in electronic ecosystem.