Healthcare Reform

How are your payers performing? Current data indicate that payer performance is declining. Here's what you can do to maximize your reimbursement.

Practice Notes bloggers Marisa Torrieri and Aubrey Westgate asked several physicians what they thought of the ruling. Many had serious concerns.

The Supreme Court Thursday morning upheld the 2010 healthcare law in a 5 to 4 decision. Here's how physicians are reacting.

This week we discuss an issue more doctors need to address with their patients: appropriate Medicare and Medicaid pre-planning.

Current policies and Washington, D.C.'s failure to address real problems in our healthcare system is literally making us sicker.

The AMA is recommending a “multipronged approach” to slow Medicare cost growth.

No matter the fate of healthcare reform, hospitals buying up private practices will continue, to the detriment of physicians and patients.

As a physician in private practice, I am seeing the ingredients provided for the perfect storm and concerned about the direction of our healthcare system.

Two proposals released last week could lead to higher physician reimbursement.

As the physician shortage intensifies, so will the roles and responsibilities of physician assistants (PAs).

Strategic staffing: Get your pieces in the right places

Unless the Supreme Court overturns the entire health reform law, it won't matter much. Health reform can survive without the individual mandate. Here's why.

Young physicians are losing out on the excitement and optimism that the first few years of medical practice typically holds, according to a new report.

The government is getting more aggressive-a lot more aggressive-in going after possible fraud. Here's how to keep your practice out of legal hot water.

How to keep your practice up to date with changing healthcare policies and industry standards.

Many PAs do very well in this ACO care delivery model because of their unique relationship with physicians, staff, and patients and coordination of care responsibilities.

Should you join an accountable care organization? It's important for physicians in community-based practices. Here's what you need to know about this emerging care-delivery model.

In the coming years, physicians might find themselves expanding their daily medical practice to further include elements of public health.

Medical testing, and the effort to stop physicians from doing too much of it, is ramping up among regulators, insurers, and physician groups.

Thanks to new federal initiatives and the increased use of smart phones and tablets, more physicians are communicating with each other while on the go.

While I think we all can agree that there is room for reforming and tweaking medical education …I do not agree that slicing off a year of residency training is a good idea.

The reform law expands access to Medicaid by increasing its income limits. In so doing, goes the thinking, it extends access to life-saving care to millions of people. But will it, indeed, expand access to care?

As the ACA hearings come to a close, speculation about what the justices will decide, and how that decision will affect physicians, has only begun.

Will it stay or will it go? For physicians, the provision’s continued existence, or early death, could have a greater-than-expected impact.

In this podcast, healthcare attorney Todd Rodriguez, defines the Civil False Claims Act, identifies common missteps, and provides key compliance tips.