Our experience shows how key features of value-based care can position practices to be more resilient, adaptable, and future-oriented.

How value-based care helped our independent practice survive 2020

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Matt Lambert, MD, is a practicing emergency medicine clinician and the Chief Medical Officer at 

. He has more than 20 years of experience as a clinician, CMIO, and change leader in value-based care — and is also the author of two healthcare books: 

Unrest Insured and Close to Change: Perspectives on Change

Healthcare for a Doctor, a Town, and a Country

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How do we guide the next generation of clinicians to prioritize value over volume?

Training clinicians and residents to succeed in value-based care

, III, MHA, FACMPE, is Chief Administrator of Gastrointestinal Specialists, Inc., a 31-provider practice in Central Virginia. He has been a Physicians Practice contributor for the past decade. Lucien may be reached at lroberts@gastrova.com.

2021 has brought about the most extensive changes to CMS’s Evaluation and Management (E&M) guidelines since 1997.

E&M Coding in 2021: Four Questions, Four Answers

, JD, MBA, advises clients on compliance and transactions in healthcare, cybersecurity, corporate and securities law, while representing plaintiffs in False Claims Act and Dodd-Frank whistleblower cases. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Rachel can be reached through her website, 

Covered entities should be balancing a patient’s right to request his/her medical records or designated record set in a particular electronic format with an unacceptable level of security risk to the covered entity’s systems.

CISA cybersecurity vulnerability announcement underscores importance of risk assessment when transferring PHIs to patients

How reinforcing care coordination can create value and improve patient outcomes.

Value-based incentives improve clinical connectivity

Tips physicians should be using to ensure accurate documentation while protecting their professional integrity.

How to ensure documentation accuracy

Linda Duckworth has over 30 years’ experience in health care ranging from practice management and revenue cycle analysis to audit and compliance. In recent years her focus has been on large-scale appeals and aiding physicians and groups who have found themselves at odds with government payers. She has assisted clients with meeting their corporate integrity agreement obligations, helped those who have been accused of wasteful billing practices, and has been involved with defense teams in criminal investigations. She has been a featured speaker for physician specialty societies as well as a conference presenter for compliance and coding associations. Linda currently oversees the technical review of work products for 

and continues to perform audits that are actionable as well as educational.

History and Exam in 2021

is the Educational Program Director and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM at MEDIQUS Asset Advisors, Inc. He specializes in wealth management solutions

Eight areas that require your thought and attention at the beginning of the year. 

Don’t get behind the financial eight ball

Providers will benefit most from well-tailored RPM programs designed within the current requirements that also have the means to be flexible as requirements inevitably shift.

2021 Remote Patient Monitoring Changes: 10 key takeaways for practices

Computational resources are catching up with all of the healthcare data that’s been accumulating. 

Coding & Documentation

How value-based care helped our independent practice survive 2020