Practice Management

Health policy analyst Jeff Goldsmith talks about why it’ll take more than just higher compensation to relieve the primary care shortage, what needs to happen for direct primary care to take off and why ACOs are "like vegan barbecue.”

Do your patients like you enough as a physician to pay more? Would they switch physicians to save money on their health plan?

A 613-physician survey from consulting firm Deloitte found that 57% of physicians do not use mobile technology for clinical purposes, such as accessing electronic health records, e-prescribing, or communicating to users.

[VIDEO] This episode: more liability with HIPAA rules, a Google Glass hack for doctors, more house calls, Angelina Jolie's doctor, and more.

About half of all working adults were either uninsured or underinsured for at least part of last year-and that doesn’t just include low-income Americans. Nearly 60% of adults with moderate incomes were uninsured or underinsured, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.

Medical Economics interviews Dr. Lyle Dennis, founder of HealthKeep. HealthKeep is a social network for patients and doctors. [VIDEO]

Beginning at the age of 70, physicians' physical health, mental health, and cognition skills should be evaluated to determine whether they should continue practicing medicine, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of Medical Regulation.

From misunderstandings about the role of healthcare inflation to cost controls in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), three economic myths must be addressed for the healthcare system to function properly, says Theodore R. Marmor, PhD, Yale University professor emeritus of public policy and management as well as political science. He recently spoke with Medical Economics Editor-in-Chief Lois A. Bowers, MA.

The Plustek D430 scanner from Plustek Technology Inc. is designed to help practices transition patient registration documents to electronic health record systems.

Although more medical students are turning to primary care professions again, the marketplace is still expected to face a shortage of primary care physicians in the coming years.

Employing others involves risk, time, and effort for which you deserve to be compensated. You can employ more physicians, but most practice owners need to critically evaluate the financial impact of hiring non-physician practitioners, simply because of the reduced labor cost.

If you are purchasing an electronic health record system for the first time or are considering switching systems, assess the needs of the practice and then consider the different system platforms (cloud- or SAAS-based or server-based).

You might think that a limited liability company (LLC) will just help provide tax benefits. Discover the other benefits that LLCs can provide.

A doctor who makes house calls may seem like something hopelessly old fashioned, but recent surveys indicate that house calls might be making a comeback. Discover what the new house call looks like and how you can use them in your practice.

Hypertension affects one in three adults and is responsible for almost $50 billion in direct medical expenses each year. Find out what you can do to help patients win the war against this preventable disease.

The major impact you can expect to see in your practice due to ICD-10 is a drop in productivity. Here's what to expect.

Becoming a Patient-Centered Medical Home isn’t as simple as marking a few items off a checklist and incorporating them into a traditional practice. The transition usually involves a culture change within the practice and buy-in from the care delivery team to improve efficiency and patient health. Here's what you need to do.

Registries can help small family and internal medicine practices track and monitor data to improve care of patients with chronic illnesses.

Healthcare providers have until September 23 to put into place internal policies and procedures needed to comply with sweeping changes coming to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

MGMA–ACMPE has released the DataDive: 2012 Procedural Profile Module.

The Glide HD from Ergotron is a low-profile, height-adjustable display wall mount.

Social media are an excellent way to boost your job search, according to a physician recruiter. Here are his tips.

Readers comment on February 25, 2013 cover article, 'The obesity epidemic.'

A summary of the violation categories under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule and the financial penalties for each.

The requirements of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule make it more important than ever for practices to encrypt patient health information.

A new survey that shows a "seismic shift" in medicine provides primary care physicians with a strong argument that they should be compensated more generously by hospitals.

[VIDEO] Primary care doctors earn hospitals more revenue than specialists, 44% of eligible providers have received EHR incentives, and more.

Forty-four percent of the nation's eligible providers have received electronic health records incentive payments from the federal government, according to CMS.