Practice Management

As of June 1, physicians can register to review their Physician Payment Sunshine Act data and correct any errors reported by pharmaceutical and drug manufacturers.

Independent physicians and community health centers may be seeing more veterans as lawmakers on Capitol Hill work to find solutions to the ongoing crisis at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Nearly 42% of Medicare claims for evaluation and management services are incorrectly coded, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General.

Though more patients and physicians are searching Wikipedia for information on illnesses, a study confirms that the website gets details on the most costly diseases wrong.

The number of measles cases in the United States has reach a 20-year high, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Healthcare and pharmaceutical companies have the worst cyber security among the S&P 500, and could suffer from wide-scale security breaches in 2014 similar to those experienced by retail companies such as Target and Neiman Marcus, according to a recent report.

Private physicians and hospitals could be treating more veterans in the near future, as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is working to alleviate its overburdened healthcare system amid reports of mismanagement that has led to backlogged treatment.

Real estate costs are one of the highest fixed expenses for most medical practices, but careful negotiating can transform rented office space into an asset.

Here are five tips you can use to set up incentive plans that will achieve your practice’s goals and inspire employees.

As the number of people using text messaging steadily increases, many physicians similarly feel the urge to use text messages to communicate with their patients and colleagues. However, using text messaging in your practice can present legal issues that you may not have considered.

The success of a patient-centered medical home relies on a practice’s ability to track the care patients receive across the various components of the medical home using care coordinators and technology. Here's how to get started.

Coding experts clear up confusion about durable medical equipment orders and the delay of ICD-10.

Physician practices may have limited means to reduce their fixed costs, but strategies exist to leverage those costs into more revenue

Recognizing the rising cost of healthcare and the importance of providing value to patients, resource utilization and value assessments will now be explicitly considered in the development of clinical practice guidelines and performance measures from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.

While direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications means patients are coming to the doctor with drug-related requests, some see an opportunity to educate.

Many patients don’t take their medications as prescribed, but experts say there are ways to help fix that problem.

In the era of increased emphasis on quality metrics, convincing patients with chronic conditions is key to improving treatment adherence. Here are strategies to motivate patients with diabetes.

A reader writes that narrow networks may contain costs, but they don't provide value.

A reader objects to the time and expense of the certification process.

A reader writes that the proposed replacement for the Sustainable Growth Rate formula will not control healthcare spending or improve the quality of care.

Individual Retirement Accounts and retirement plan distributions have complicated rules that must be closely followed by physicians hoping to pass on wealth to their heirs. Here's what physicians need to know.

Good news for physicians concerned about the 90-day grace period: Most health exchange enrollees have paid their premiums

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have delayed ICD-10 end-to-end testing in July, in efforts to readjust the timeline for ICD-10 implementation.

Physicians are facing a new set of administrative challenges for ACA exchange patients, ranging from verifying coverage to coping with narrow networks.

Physicians and hospitals will have more time to attest to Meaningful Use Stage 2 and Stage 3 and more flexibility about the electronic health record systems they use, under a new proposal from CMS and ONC.

Though women are often thought of as the drivers for healthcare in their families, many face cost and logistical barriers to obtaining healthcare for themselves, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Primary care physicians at hospital-owned practices earn more than their counterparts at physician-owned practices, but neither earn nearly as much as healthcare executives, two recent surveys reveal.

The Healthcare Cost Institute is joining with insurance companies Aetna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare to launch a website that aggregates price and quality data to help patients with healthcare decisions starting in 2015.

The American Medical Association is calling for major reforms to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Meaningful Use incentive program for electronic health records.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has announced a new plan to verify a patient’s insurance status at the time of service, thereby taking the guesswork out of treating patients covered by a new exchange plan.