Opinion

More patients could take advantage of shorter direct-acting antiviral treatment duration.

Females, Hispanics screened less often for highly curable infection.

The USDA’s plans to ship pre-filled food boxes to Americans is well-intentioned, but has its flaws as well.

Technology has the power to connect, but also the power to divide, as physicians well know.

Rather than presenting a challenge to small medical practices, telemedicine can present an opportunity.

Denials continue to frustrate medical practices. That’s why focusing on the 90 percent that are avoidable is important. That’s where the hidden revenue lies.

The policies, technology, security, and reimbursement guidelines a practice needs in place to make telemedicine work

Healthcare providers engaged in providing telemedicine services must carefully navigate numerous regulatory obstacles.

ACP’s president, Jack Ende, outlines the organization’s stance not against guns, but rather firearm violence

A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress in January could help improve patient care while saving doctors time by allowing for electronic prior authorizations of Medicare Part D prescriptions.

Set policies to protect your practice

Consider this clinical scenario

As more practices consider offering telemedicine, both the big picture and the small details matter.

Saving for college is one thing, but making the most out of those savings is something else entirely.

Practice owners should stay vigilant in maintaining their risk mitigation strategies

Why the relationship is strained and what doctors can do to strengthen the connection

A recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that the words physicians use are more important than they might realize. In fact, they could contribute to your economic success and your reputation as a physician.

Physicians answer to patients, not pharma, when it comes to the prescription of powerful opioids.

Many physicians feel they don’t have a voice in the process. Here’s how to get one and make it heard.

New physician survey sheds light on physician burnout-an epidemic that affects you and your patients.

Healthcare is not returning to paper, so rather than complain about the digital obstacles in their way, physicians should put that energy into meaningful change.

Physicians, especially primary care physicians (PCP), often bear the brunt of what many consider to be excessive regulatory requirements associated with patient care. Here are the most common administrative burdens, according to physicians.

The last thing Steven Maron, MD, expected when he was called into his administrator's office was to be fired.

We spoke with ChangeMaker John Hsu, MD, a Whittier, California-based anesthesiologist, on the need to intervene in the opioid crisis.

We spoke with ChangeMaker John Hsu, MD, a California-based anesthesiologist on the need to intervene in the opioid crisis.

It's ironic: Experts in health IT concur that a major reason for healthcare systems shifted from paper to digital records was to reduce medical errors, but at the same time research has shown that EHRs actually introduce new kinds of errors.

How to avoid losing money at your practice

It isn’t just millennials who are switching doctors. Loyal, long-term baby boomer patients are looking for a better experience elsewhere.

The message is if you can’t kill Obamacare, you can essentially break its spirit.