Physician Compensation

Proposed changes to the Physician Fee Schedule for 2015 will affect calculation of payment rates and potentially misvalued codes.

The concept of population health is straightforward. Achieving it, not so much, because it requires numerous fundamental changes in our delivery system.

Except where CPT guidelines state otherwise, follow these four tips to ensure you’re reporting time-based services correctly.

Despite higher than average incomes and education one asset that physicians surprisingly often fail to protect is their credit.

Knowing how to calculate RVU values is critical if you are going to apply them to any other applications. Here's a primer for your medical practice.

The near future for physicians: Dying mom and pop store owners in a big-box health plan, hospital system world trading lab coats for a branded apron.

Here are 10 tips for Medicare Advantage plans and their aligned physicians to maximize revenue when it comes to Hierarchical Condition Category coding.

Investment is a different profession than medicine, so please physicians, get help on getting the greatest returns, especially when it comes to real estate.

Four potential drawbacks of group disability protection, and what physicians should do about it.

The Highmark BCBS purchase of a Pittsburgh health system puts insurers in the thick of hospital competition and reduces physicians to the role of bystander.

Though salary is an important factor for physician retention, money is not the only thing that matters. Here are a few other things physicians are looking for in a job.

As part of its annual PayerView study, athenahealth outlines key areas where Medicaid is making business tough for physicians.

A look at some recent studies regarding differences between rural and urban physicians, and what they might mean for your practice.

It hasn’t dawned on Washington that hospitals and hospital systems will never commit financial suicide by reducing volume, and physicians will pay the price.

The "recredentialing trap," strict payment reviews, and fingerprinting are all underway or on the horizon as ways payers are bullying physicians.

How one physician transitioned to hybrid concierge, and how it is affecting his practice and his patients.

Fifteen months into a direct-pay practice, this physician recommends building a financial reserve first for any physician considering a similar path.

More practices and payers are tying a portion of physician pay to patient satisfaction scores. But it may come with unintended consequences.

Regardless of the Affordable Care Act, the way healthcare is delivered and reimbursed will change. Here are five things physicians should consider.

If you participate in quality care programs be sure you have a good understanding of your data. Otherwise you could lose out on potential revenue from payers.

If we hope to reduce Medicare spending, how about we ask physicians for important strategies vs. just ensuring expensive equipment is used properly.

Postponed ruling requires two-night hospital stay to qualify for inpatient reimbursement. Practices could experience hit to revenue and patient care.

Physicians are now potential targets for fraud and abuse inquiries. Here are a few simple things your practice can do to protect itself from unwanted litigation.

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

All rhetoric aside, it is helpful to understand where our tax dollars are being spent.