Practice Management

With the March 31 deadline to enroll for insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s healthcare exchanges approaching, the Obama administration still faces an uphill battle both to persuade the uninsured to obtain coverage and educate the country about what’s in the law.

President Barack Obama is proposing increased funding toward medical school programs for internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine in his 2015 budget proposal.

While the American Medical Association is fighting to reverse the financial risk to physicians over the controversial 90-day premium grace period in the Affordable Care Act, it just released a series of resources to help doctors if confronted with policy jumpers.

If you are planning to attend the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2014 meeting, April 10-12, in Orlando, Medical Economics is setting up video interviews with internists to talk about the challenges you face in practice.

Physicians can improve cash flow at their practices by financing their accounts receivable, but practices should use diligence before accepting terms

New MOC standards are intended to make the certification process easier and less costly, but physicians say they don't go far enough.

How can physicians begin to leverage the 247 million Americans who using healthcare mobile applications?

The goal of expanding health information exchange networks was to help providers exchange patient data safely, but not all networks are created equally.

A reader calls the maintenance of certification process "outrageous and ridiculous."

Several states are considering variations on “any willing provider” laws that would make payers accept broader provider networks.

Being able to exchange patient health information electronically with other providers comes with legal obligations you need to be aware of.

Patient scheduling is one of the most important operational systems in your practice for the delivery of care; for physician, patient, and staff satisfaction; and for practice profitability. Often it does not receive the attention it needs, to the detriment of the practice. Here are five tips to improve your scheduling process.

Audio, video and photography features on mobile devices have caused troubling incidents related to the unauthorized dissemination of information about patients and practices. While it’s impossible to completely prevent unapproved recordings, steps can be taken to minimize the risks.

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations require that a facility be appropriately certified for each test performed.

Understanding the complex­ities of lease arrangements and spelling out the needs of a busy and changing medical practice can take on a great financial importance for physicians.

Physician employment contracts with hospitals or healthcare systems can be unpredictable. Physician must look closely at compensation, impacts of new payment models, termination clauses, and restrictive covenants.

New startling figures surrounding Alzheimer’s find that older women have more chance of developing the disease than breast cancer.

Under the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans have obtained health insurance, but new research shows that those newly insured won’t be guaranteed access to primary care physicians.

Even modest improvements in continuity can lead to substantial savings.

The overuse of many common preventive tests is adding to the ballooning costs of healthcare and should be limited, according to a recent study.

In an effort to crack down on narrow network plans and broaden patient access to physicians, the Obama administration has proposed tougher restrictions for health plans on the federal exchanges, beginning in 2015.

Advanstar’s Medical Economics and Contemporary OB/GYN recently netted three of the most prestigious business-to-business editorial awards in the United States.

Legislation that will change Medicare’s SGR passed through the House of Representatives on Friday, though an amendment that delays a penalty for the individual mandate of the ACA is causing Democrats to oppose the bill.

U.S. News & World Report released its rankings for the best U.S. medical schools for primary care.

Physician comments will be used in designing a model for the transformation of a clinical practice, CMS says.