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The most effective care happens when patient engagement is central to the process, not just a check mark on a box related to a business decision or government mandate.

As older adults adopt social media physicians and caregivers can utilize this as a way to improve communication and connectedness with older adults reduce some of the loneliness and social isolation experienced by this population.

Today, we stand in solidarity against the causes of physician suicide. We must shine a light on the causes and either force them to change or make them irrelevant.

MOC, frustration with insurance company payment fees and physicians being bought by pharmaceutical companies are the hot topics readers discuss in this issue's Your Voice.

The Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) ushers in a new age of “value-based payment reform” and forces the question, “How does one become more interdependent without losing one’s identity?”

We have a large patient population with diabetes, and we are still struggling with how to code each of the manifestations. Can you give us a good guideline to help with our coding?

A Pennsylvania physician is lobbying Congress to act on a new proposal that would require doctors to report defective medical equipment to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Aledade’s Farzad Mostashari answers Medical Economics readers’ questions on various struggles facing physicians regarding health IT.

Why engaging patients in the process is key to succeeding under value-based care.

Ignoring social media is no longer possible if your practice wants to reach patients where they are.

Move your practice margins.

A new law in Oklahoma-and proposals in other states-looks to limit the power of maintenance of certification

Farzad Mostashari, MD, recently sat down with Medical Economics to weigh in on topics ranging from how his former employer can truly make value-based care attainable for solo and small practices as well as the true fate of private medicine.

Many practices are not sure how best to approach and prepare for compliance with the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) payment reforms. Here are some short-term changes practices can implement to prepare.

I wonder if Trump isn't so far off...

If you are a Medicare provider who’s had to post a Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies surety bond, you need to know about about the latest proposed rule change from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, because it may affect the legitimacy of the bond you are currently holding.

Despite concessions, DOJ on mission to block merger of health insurers.

To help doctors more effectively care for their high-needs patients, the Intensive Outpatient Care Program (IOCP) embeds care coordinators in medical practices.

False Claims Act (FCA) penalties are set to steepen as the Justice Department has revamped the amount healthcare providers must pay for violations.

Keep patients-and your practice’s bottom line-healthy with these suggestions for a successful immunization program.

They’re miracles of modern medicine-vaccines that have seen the virtual eradication of diseases like polio, diphtheria and measles in the United States, and complete eradication of small pox around the world.

While the Medicare payment reform law Congress passed last year poses numerous challenges for independent medical practices, it will not doom them.

Increased awareness hasn’t eliminated the problem for female physicians

Learn from one practice’s innovative approach to successful vaccine management to improve patient care.

The unveiling of a new alternative primary care payment plan by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) comes with several considerations-financial and otherwise-for practices considering participation in the five-year program.

Four winning apps work to generate better use of data collected by doctors in their EHR systems to improve patient care.

EHRs can aid primary care doctors in better managing their patient populations, but challenges exist in optimizing the technology for this purpose.

A Canadian team is moving forward in advanced animal trials to test what could be the first successful vaccine against chlamydia.

Traditional pneumococcal vaccines can fight up to 23 of the most dangerous strains of pneumococcus, but a new vaccine may be able to fight all 90 strains.

Reading “Obtaining an assault rifle should be as difficult as becoming a doctor” shocked me, as it should shock every American.