Gabriel Perna

Who brings in more money, employed doctors or independent practice owners? Experts talk about the advantages and disadvantages of both roles.

Here are the major shifts from the Medicare Quality Payment Program’s proposed rule to the recently released final rule.

Also: President Donald Trump declared a national public health emergency for the opioid epidemic this week.

Texas was one of the five Best States to Practice. Dr. Carlos Cardenas talks to us about what makes it so friendly to physicians.

MACRA madness, good advice, and a few other observations from the conference, held in Anaheim.

William Jessee, MD, offers two ways to improve engagement and reduce physician burnout at medical practices.

A new model gives practices the resources of a large health system, while allowing them to maintain autonomy.

Nate Moore doesn't have a crystal ball, but he says that every practice should be able to plan ahead based on appointment data.

In the era of value-based care, understanding where the patient is coming from and engaging them is as important as ever.

The MGMA’s Anders Gilberg discusses the impact of Tom Price resigning his post at HHS.

President Trump said he was mad at HHS Secretary Tom Price for misusing public money to fly on a private charter plane.

Stephen Jones, MD, isn't looking to make a name for himself in comedy, he's looking to get patients in the door for their well visits.

More than 40 percent of physicians give the Trump administration an “F” in healthcare thus far. What has led to these tough grades?

Practice owners and physicians should heed the lessons of Bodega, a startup company that got universally ripped on for bad branding.

In a recent study, researchers found that only 3.3 percent of emergency room visits are avoidable. Also, Houston-area hospitals brace for hurricane fallout.

In her book, Halee Fischer-Wright says there has been misguided efforts to define value in healthcare and it needs to be re-examined.

Yul Ejnes, MD, and Eric Green, MD, are among the rare breed of physician who defend MOC. Here's why.

Saying the words maintenance of certification will get a lot of long, angry stares in the physician community. Here are a few reasons why.

Physicians are taking their well-known disdain for maintenance of certification to state legislators. Has it made a difference?

The coding rulebook is always changing. Here are strategies from our two coding experts to help you stay compliant.

President Trump announced a new telehealth initiative at the VA Health System this week. Also docs are undertreating opioid addiction, researchers say.

A new book from Halee Fischer-Wright, MD, CEO of MGMA, examines how we need to strike a balance between the three major elements of medicine.

An independent physician and a health IT executive join the podcast to talk about the current landscape of technology in medicine.

According to new data from the CDC, opioid prescription rates fell over a five-year period from 2010 to 2015, but are still triple where they were in 1999.

Dr. Robert Wachter wrote the book on the failings of health IT and the effect these systems have on patient safety. He joined us for the Pearls podcast.

The Senate repeal and replace of Obamacare was published this week and like the House version, it faces strong resistance from medical groups.

What do practices need to know about the proposed rule for MACRA reporting in 2018? Here are our top 10 takeaways.

The CMS Actuary projects that if the AHCA passes into law, the number of uninsured Americans will increase by 13 million by 2026.

A recent policy adopted by the AMA sends the wrong message to physician practices about the so-called threat of retail clinics.

EHRs have yet to become a major problem in medical malpractice, but the potential is there, experts say. Here are a few areas of EHR use to caution.