Practice Finance

Choosing the option of completing the Advancing Care Information (ACI) section of Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) offers physicians one clear path through the complex thicket of guidelines that define the program.

Bob Doherty of the ACP breaks down the major healthcare implications of the government's funding plan.

We told you the top 10 most in demand metros for physicians, as well as the top 10 metros doctors are getting the biggest pay raises, but what about the worst places for physicians who are looking for a salary bump?

Congratulations on becoming a new attending. To jump-start your career, you'll find innovative ways to save on student loan payments, protect yourself with essential insurance products and supercharge your retirement savings.

In our Coding Case Studies, we will explore the correct coding for a specific condition based on a hypothetical clinical scenario.

Older adults in the United States are sicker and more likely to skip treatment than senior patients in 10 other developed countries, according to an international survey by the Commonwealth Fund.

Just as the medical profession strives to manage health and disease risks to ensure sound health, the estate planning profession strives to manage risks to ensure a client and his or her family's financial health and wellbeing.

An HHS spokesperson told Medical Economics that Anne Schuchat, MD, formerly principal deputy director, is now the acting director of the CDC. With a background in internal medicine, here are five other facts physicians should know about the new head of the agency.

Read on to find out the top 10 metros physicians get the biggest pay raises.

The Overbilling Conundrum.

As practices face the daunting task of implementing the infrastructure needed to meet new value-based care objectives while simultaneously juggling business-as-usual, every minute and each investment matters.

In between the headache that is healthcare for physicians these days, Medical Economics has tried to insert some laughter into the crazy and hectic lives of our readers through our Funny Bone Comics. Click through to see which cartoons you got the most joy and laughs from this past year.

Here are five things to know about how a Medicare AWV can assist both patients and practices.

Better patient engagement means better outcomes, which means better value. Here are six ways more involved patients can boost value-based payments.

Strategies for handling the early-year cash crunch

Why physicians need financial advisers, attorneys and bankers

In today’s market, partnerships come with a number of risks and uncertainties, leading physicians to question whether they truly want to be tied to a practice for the long term.

Physician practices are facing confusion and frustration due to the shift to value-based care and the ever-rising cost of care. Physicians seeking to stabilize their revenue amidst this chaos typically find themselves facing several challenges.

Physicians should consider revealing prices to meet.

In the next few years, a major shortage of primary care physicians will sweep across the United States. By 2025, the number of physicians needed will fall short by 46,000 to 90,000, according to a recent study from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

With Congress attempting to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and with the president issuing executive actions to roll back portions of the ACA, some in the medical community have been wondering whether the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) also faces an uncertain future.

I appeal to my fellow physicians, let us denounce with a single voice practices by third parties.

The stated goal of many price transparency companies is to use claims data to better predict the consumer's negotiated rate.

The conundrum for physicians is how they can express their humanity in this situation without incurring the risk of the patient subsequently attempting to use the physician's statement as evidence of malpractice in a lawsuit.

The debate between active investment strategies, meaning hands-on investing with a portfolio manager’s help to beat the market, and passive investment, holding onto securities through the market’s ups and downs, is unlikely to subside any time soon.

In most states, non-compete covenants in physician contracts are enforceable if they are reasonable in their scope and duration.

We asked primary care physicians from around the country what their top gripes with patients have been, and their answers may surprise you-or relate to you wholeheartedly. Read on to find out what they had to say.

Smartphones are transforming professional conversations.

Do you know what treatments your patients would want if they became seriously or even terminally ill?

Although some healthcare professionals may not welcome value-based reimbursement with open arms, they may to learn to love it later.