Healthcare Reform

From increasing HIPAA training among staff to stepping up billing compliance efforts, here are key action steps to consider making in the New Year.

Noteworthy items from Physicians Practice.

The Patient-Centered Medical home is but one survival options for physicians in the Affordable Care Act's new "Ice Age."

As the Affordable Care Act moves forward, it is inevitable that consumer-driven healthcare is its goal. Here's why.

Santa, fire up those elves! People like me, as well as doctors and nurses, could really use your help.

The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act as a way to boost healthcare for the poor, but it is a classic example of salting the mine.

Here’s how to prepare if subsidized health exchanges are not established in time.

Taiwan's electronic healthcare information system offers a view of the future, one made closer by health IT provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

When it comes to blame, physicians have gotten a pass until now.

While many practices have a compliance plan, most sit on a shelf gathering dust. Take it down, dust it off, and read it. Unenforced, it could be your worst enemy.

Here’s a look at some of the key healthcare changes occurring right now, and some suggestions for how best to respond.

There is clear frustration on the part of private practice physicians over healthcare reform, but as for the end of life as they know it, that's a bit murkier.

Pay-for-performance is an increasingly popular, yet largely unproven, concept for rewarding the providers of healthcare. They can be helpful …or harmful.

Here are three primary reasons today’s physician must always be thinking of what’s next in marketing, promotion, and practice in general.

By working together, physicians and insurers share the opportunity to gain parity with rapidly consolidating hospital systems.

The healthcare business model has irrevocably changed. Medical practices must adapt to survive and thrive.

Just like we have personal limits, our country has limits to what it can and should do for the health of its citizens.

Here's an easy way to navigate the abbreviations, numbers, and sea of gibberish to find important federal health laws impacting you and your medical practice.

Looking to mix the best of the ACO and medical home practice models? Look no further than a hybrid concierge model.

Here's a primer on independent practice associations. Not all are created alike, so be aware of the differences.

When it comes to healthcare, President Obama needs to reach out to physicians.

Noteworthy items from Physicians Practice.

After contemplating a career that is seeing diminished autonomy, I've selected the date I'll retire from private practice medicine.

President Obama and the Affordable Care Act survived Election Day, but there are real threats to patients and healthcare professionals looming on the horizon.

Care coordination is one of the most elusive yet important ways to improve outcomes. Here’s how one group gets it right.