Practice Management

More states are earning approval for health insurance exchange plans as the Affordable Care Act's deadline approaches.

The sustainable growth rate (SGR) wasn’t the only physician-linked provision passed by lawmakers in the early hours of New Year's Day. Several Medicare fee-for-service programs have been extended as part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 as well.

Lower reimbursements and maintaining a healthy balance between their work and personal lives are the top challenges facing primary care physicians (PCPs) today, according to a recent survey.

Healthcare workers are becoming more hesitant when it comes to looking for new jobs, but they are increasingly certain they could find one if they needed to, according to a new quarterlypoll from staffing and human resources services firm Randstad Healthcare.

Physician organizations expressed relief, but also renewed their calls for action, following last-minute negotiations by lawmakers to stave off 28.5% in Medicare reimbursement cuts.

The idea of a solo physician hanging a shingle at his or her own practice is quickly becoming a thing of the past, according to a new study from Accenture.

An electronic health record (EHR) system won't just help you keep accurate, neat patients records. If your practice's Web site has a patient portal, an EHR also will allow your patients to have access to their information.

Deciding your next move is difficult.

An experience with a broken leg in Canada causes a doctor to reflect on the costs of healthcare in the United States.

Are you looking into saving for your children's college education? Here's why you should look into your state's 529 plan.

This month's question focuses on what to do when you receive analyses from your payers. Find out the answer to this pressing coding question.

Highlighting preventive care could help change healthcare economics.

Medical Economics readers discuss maintenance of certification and medical homes.

Nearly half of the primary care physicians polled in a recent study say they plan to participate in an accountable care organization within the next year.

Hiring medical students can help lighten your workload, but liability risks mean that you can only use them in specific scenarios. Discover what tasks you can assign to them.

The holidays are a time when many of your employees may want to take time off. Discover whether you need to compensate them for this time.

There's only one way to deal with a confirmed problem employee. Find out what it is.

A look at Medical Economics' EHR Best Practices Study shows that integration is continuing, but room for improvement still exists.

Implementation isn't the only thing that you need to do to successfully use an electronic health record system. Here's a look at what you need to do to measure productivity.

John A. Graves, PhD, discusses the lessons about healthcare reform that Massachusetts can share as the Affordable Care Act is implemented across the United States.

As a doctor, you will get many offers for financial advice. See what you should know before deciding on an adviser.

In January, 10 of 15 Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions will take effect for 2013. Compiled by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, here's a snapshot of the key provisions of 2013.

Suspicious that an employee is using sick time as vacation time? See why you need to have well-constructed policies in place.

Two physician in our EHR study share key lessons about EHR implementation.

The word inheritance can mean many things to different people. Find out how you can ensure that your inheritance is well-used.

Fatigue, physical or mental impairment, distractions, multitasking, and interruptions were factors in several of the closed liability cases that have been studied by The Doctors Company since 2010. The malpractice insurer has been tracking human factors as risk management issues.

Far fewer students are pursuing general medical studies today than when internal medicine primary care programs were created in the 1970s, but internal medical students in primary care programs are still more likely to enter general internal medicine practices than students in categorical programs, according to a new study published by researchers from the Mayo Clinic.

Despite their perceived status as role models, healthcare workers frequently fail to adopt behavior that's more healthy than the rest of the population, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.