Healthcare Reform

The attention given to CMS' Medicare payment data by the media demonstrates a continued focus on greater transparency at medical practices.

Bundling payments for care episodes is gaining popularity among payers. It is episodic risk-sharing, and it can be risky business for physicians.

Use this sample patient credit card authorization policy to ensure your medical practice is able to collect what it is owed.

The release of Medicare payments to physicians is just another step toward greater financial accountability for all physicians, no matter who reimburses your practice.

The Obama administration’s health insurance enrollment numbers don’t match up to a conservative’s fact check. Who is telling the truth?

Physician Mary Christ expresses skepticism about the expanding roles for nurse practitioners.

All of the complaints voiced by physicians are valid and real, but taking on the role of victim makes matters worse.

Physicians and medical practice staff must be able to differentiate between preventative and diagnostic services in order to avoid a loss in revenue.

Family physician Marlin Gill wrote his congressman looking for help in Washington’s “war on doctors.” His facts are correct, but his reasoning is not.

A strong healthcare ecosystem needs multiple components, with its smallest at the very core.

With the future profitability of physician acquisition still up in the air, hospitals will likely slow their approach.

The 90-day “payment grace period” for exchange insured patients puts physicians at risk for 60 days if patients don't pay their premiums.

More than 5 million Americans have signed up for private health plans through the health insurance exchanges. Is your medical practice feeling the effects?

Each day we learn more about how payers are processing claims. Here's what your medical practice needs to know.

The CBO says tacking a five-year delay to the individual mandate to the SGR fix will result in 13 million more uninsured and cost $138 billion.

Any way you look at it, the hope that individuals will actually buy into the private purchase of health plans seems largely misplaced.

Insurance companies are being sneaky about keeping your money. Here are some of those secrets they'd rather you not know, and what you can do about it.

Primary-care transformation is not just about meeting standards, it requires a fundamental change focused on reducing cost and utilization.

Why one doctor transitioned, how she did it, and how it is paying off.

The year 2014 will be a tipping point for independent medical practices. Make sure your practice is prepared.

Ignoring the many changes and challenges your medical practice is facing will lead to your practice's demise.

The healthcare industry is changing and as such, so is the role of medical practice manager and the business of care delivery. Here's how to adapt.

A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll indicates that 47 percent of Americans don’t like the ACA, but 56 percent would keep it. Why the confusion? Politics.

Some patients are disqualified from help obtaining health insurance coverage because they simultaneously earn too much, and too little.