Practice Management

A recent study in the journal Nature that showed that playing a relatively simple car-racing video game helped seniors improve their memory, focus and multi-tasking skills is being hailed by some as a gamechanger. But does this mean that physicians should begin instructing elderly patients to play video games?

Although significant gains have been made in closing the wage gap between men and women, a recent study suggests that female physicians still earn significantly less than their male counterparts.

A new study of obesity rates in the U.S. and eight other countries predicts that rates will continue to grow over the next decade.

After they're implemented, health insurance exchanges will have the option to adopt policies that could reshape the financing and delivery of healthcare for years to come. Here's how.

Primary care physicians remain the most sought after doctors, according to a new survey by Merritt Hawkins, a national physician recruitment firm.

An executive with the Commonwealth Fund believes that moving the U.S. healthcare system beyond fee-for-service payments requires three essential elements: the carrot, the stick and the muscle.

Primary care physicians may see slightly higher increases to their salaries than specialists next year, according to a recent report by the Hay Group.

A recently launched website aims to act as a "central clearinghouse" of content that helps physician residents learn about quality improvement and patient safety issues that are common to teaching hospitals.

The Whole Child Center in Oradell, New Jersey, is considered one of the first green pediatric practices in the country.

Physicians want to provide high-quality care to their patients, and most want to get away from the pressures of compensation being determined by volume. But shifting to pay based on quality metrics can be scary.

A letter writer comments on the important role played by advanced practice clinicians in delivering primary care.

Deciding whether to prescribe potentially addictive medications to treat chronic pain poses difficult ethical choices for physicians

Progress on repealing the sustainable growth rate formula has stalled in Congress due to disagreement over how to pay for it.

Whether you are a novice or a seasoned negotiator, payer contracts can be complicated and difficult to interpret, even with an attorney or consultant by your side.

Convincing payers to change contracts may seem like a losing battle, but experts say getting what you want isn’t impossible

Outdated payment models and concerns over increased workload requirements are preventing medical practices from embracing electronic communications with patients.

Many states are encountering problems in getting the higher Medicaid reimbursements to providers due to them under the Affordable Care Act.

Our coding expert explains the dos and dont's of billing Medicare for telehealth services.

Pediatrician and author Dr. Lawrence Rosen has found success in expanding services and integrating less-than-traditional modalities.

A recent study finds that more local health departments are using Twitter, but mostly in one-way communication with followers.

Despite complaints about Medicare's shortcomings, the vast majority of office-based physicians continue to accept new patients covered by Medicare. Similarly, most Medicare beneficiaries are satisfied with their access to medical care.

Not every physician is looking to take on an administrative role in healthcare, but those who are interested need to have the experience and business mind for the role.

Social media guidelines for physicians frequently focus on the need for doctors to separate their personal from their professional identities, but those types of policies get social media all wrong, according to a viewpoint recently published in JAMA.

Burnout and dissatisfaction are all-too-common among primary care physicians, but some practices have found ways to make medicine enjoyable again.

A new policy paper from a research group affiliated with the American Academy of Family Physicians suggests that more NPs and PAs may not be ready to step in for primary care physicians to relieve the shortage. The reason? Just like doctors, NPs and PAs may increasingly be seeking subspecialty careers that come with better pay and less hassle.

Will Twitter's #occupygooglemaps movement get the search engine to fix bad medical practice listings?

The majority of physicians believe electronic health records (EHRs) have a positive impact on patient care, according to a recent survey by Athenahealth.

CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD's very public transformation into a proponent of medical marijuana has done more than just inspire late-night talk show hosts to joke that his employer should change its name to the "Cannabis News Network."

Could care guides with no medical background fill the gap in primary care for chronic disease management?

A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that Americans’ functional measures of health are improving, and more so the further away from death the person is.