Practice Finance

Feds announce cases – including $43.41 million in bogus billing by surgeon – as regulators hunt for waste, fraud, and abuse.

Medical cost data is part of Fed report on national economic well-being.

Who controls oversight and compliance?

Lawmakers introduce bills to ‘guarantee health care as a fundamental human right to all people in the U.S.’

Study on prescriptions suggests how doctors, patients, real-time price tools, and pharmacists can work together.

It can be a good relationship sometimes.

A former assistant U.S. attorney offers legal perspectives on federal and state regulations and compliance.

AMA study examines legal risk varies by several factors, with short-term risk down in 2022.

Latest Consumer Price Index report out as White House, Congressional Republicans wrangle over national debt ceiling.

Your practice may be missing out on significant opportunities to improve net income by underperforming in tobacco cessation.

Doximity has up-to-date info on the specialties that pay the most.

Physicians need to conduct a careful analysis of multiple factors before considering an acquisition by a health system or other buyer.

Primary care at the table as Health Subcommittee hears from CMS chief, industry advocates on the flow of money.

A well-run and well-prepared practice can be very attractive to private equity investors

Report analyzes results as industry scrambles to cover workforce shortages.

These simple products don’t need costly “management,” but some advisors are pushing the idea.

Legislation the latest step among lawmakers’ scrutiny of prescription drug costs.

Report examines claims submitted by primary care doctors, specialists, and APPs. How do the numbers add up?

Primary care is crucial to U.S. health care, but declining. The Commonwealth Fund offers suggestions on how to invest more in it.

Calls for court appeal, congressional action to ensure services continue for patients.

Financial tech adviser InstaMed compiles data about health care payment trends.

Patients, payers also share 2022 perspectives as everyone deals with staffing, burnout, and high costs likely to continue this year.

As medical expenditures approach 20% of GDP, Health Affairs Council delineates road map to lower national bill.

Addressing barriers for women doctors could reduce pay gap while expanding the workforce, researchers say.

Decision comes as central bank weighs fallout of recent bank rescues

HHS leader says administration is ‘making historic progress’ in pushing down costs for prescription medicines.

You’re done with med school – finally! Now it’s time to start thinking about practice management perspectives.

Latest national figures show increases in total number of employment and national rate overall.

House Republicans rip spending plans’ effects on Medicare, drug innovation.

Survey examines patient preferences for online presence, communications, social media.