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Physicians often find that advertisements for prescription drugs generate inappropriate demand among patients and lead to time-consuming conversations that might otherwise not be needed.

Doctors, like everyone else, are human. It’s time that we not only acknowledge that to ourselves, but to the world.

With the change in payment focusing on quality medicine instead of the old-fashioned fee for service, providers better be savvy with their coding or they will lose out on the money needed to run their practices.

Your primary care practice team may not be as efficient as it could be, particularly for patients with complex, chronic health needs.

It certainly doesn’t sound like a radical notion, but the idea of putting patients first is creating something of a revolution in healthcare that is lowering costs while delivering high-quality care to millions of Americans.

Despite the rhetoric around repealing Obamacare, one expert predicts that population health will survive and thrive under the Trump administration.

Through analyzing large patient data sets, AI is poised to significantly change the way physicians monitor and care for patients.

Dismantling Obamacare was a campaign promise that President Donald Trump intends to keep.

Nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants have benefited primary care practices with their expertise for years, but they’re now reaching patients virtually, helping primary care practices in the process.

The prevalence of mumps in the state is reinvigorating the question about whether a third dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccination is warranted.

Saliva-based testing may be just as effective as serum in assessing antibodies against infections like community-acquired pneumonia, according to a new UK study.

You may blame it for the results of the presidential election. You may see it as the byproduct of the Internet run amok.

The start of a new year is a good time to think about new ways of growing practice revenue. Treat this as an opportunity to pause and think strategically.

I’ve never acted but I enjoy the theater, and so in order to make each second with my obstetrics patients count, I’ve come to think of them as patrons at a show watching a short play.

Are there other services that we can’t bill if we are billing chronic care services?

Experts say the impact on policy will likely be greater than on individual physicians and practices

Medicare reimbursement reform efforts bring pros and cons for healthcare technology use

With major changes coming to Medicare this year, doctors must decide now how to tackle payment reform

Decision could hold doctors liable for something they have little control over

Reducing fees out of kindness should be done properly to avoid potential legal problems

Direct primary care is insane...right?! I don't understand its logic.

A new study by Yale researchers reveals the optimal timing for hepatitis C virus therapy in patients eligible for a liver transplant.

Direct-acting antiviral combination “represents an excellent treatment option” in some cases, says study’s senior author.

The connection between high levels of patient satisfaction and the highest levels of quality care has not been proven. Patients may explicitly request tests, referrals and medication that they do not need and that will not help them or be cost effective, and be disappointed if they don’t get them.

Many hold the belief that markets do not work in healthcare.

The easy-to-administer test was useful in predicting diabetes risk, and prediabetes status in children and adolescents.

Of 155 conditions, personal healthcare spending on diabetes tops list, according to new study.

More hospitals today are competing for patients using retail strategies, such as offering flat-rate, easy-to-compare bundled pricing, finds a new PwC report. As a result, physicians with high fees may find themselves shut out of hospital contracts. And that means less patient volume and less revenue.

CMS has announced a glitch in the quality reporting measures brought upon by the changes in the ICD-CM (Clinical Modification) and ICD-PCS (Procedural Coding System) updates that went into affect Oct. 1.