The Affordable Care Act required health insurance plans to include behavioral health coverage, and that has benefits for patients, physicians and payers alike.
Recover revenue by utilizing proactive measures and technological solutions to navigate this difficult terrain.
Physicians who have matched into primary care positions has been on the decline for the past eight years, according to data from The Match.
Involvement in change efforts can help reduce gender biases and discrimination.
A recent study confirmed burnout remains a problem for health care. These are interventions that doctors say would help.
As patient responsibility increases, physician practices should consider how they can make it easier for patients to pay their medical bills.
It’s one area that is not always completed correctly.
Increase your medical practice's revenue by understanding payer reimbursement tactics.
Here are some helpful strategies to ensure your practice gets paid on time.
Telehealth platforms play a key role as physicians reconfigure office visits, adjust to new regulations, and seek to restore their practices.
Four new exceptions and four new safe harbors proposed.
Don't sign up for a role you don't fully understand.
The COVID-19 pandemic serves a tragic, yet urgent reminder of the need for a critical evaluation of business emergency preparedness.
Techniques for better physician-patient communication, patient outcomes and profitability.
Medical practices continue to be squeezed by increasing costs and decreasing reimbursement, emphasizing the need for better clinical coding and editing technology that can improve claims even before they’re submitted.
Healthcare has experienced many changes in the past decade, but a cost-effective future won’t be fully recognized until the system increases the importance of primary care physicians in helping patients choose the best care and promotes true competition to the marketplace.
You owe it to all your patients re-examine your exam room to see how you can provide a high level of care for everyone, including those with mobility limitations.
A recent case is a reminder that physician practice managers must be responsible, and can be held responsible, for unpaid taxes their employer may owe.
Physician practices are facing an uphill battle in their quest to remain independent
A one-minute conversation can have an enormous impact.
CMS’ emphasis on preventive care and the need for better chronic care management raises the need for a care coordinator to ensure medication management and monitor for potential contraindications. The ideal coordinator? Clinical pharmacists.
Texting can be used in numerous ways to help support and grow an RPM program.
Physicians and other healthcare providers can help patients manage pain while reducing their likelihood - and opportunity - to become addicted to pain medicine.
New study results show only 16 per cent of surveyed practices screened for all five social determinants of health.
Stop relying on Excel spreadsheets and calendar alerts. Improve your credentialing efficiency, accuracy and speed with technology.
Medical practices of all sizes need to pay attention to cybersecurity, but it’s not a one-size-fits-all scenario.
Consider the probability of success and the risk of failure if you pick the wrong specialty to treat your practice.
Physician practices are facing new obstacles as they try to balance patient care with business priorities. Here are five healthcare trends impacting physician practices today.
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