Closing Practice -- Letter to Patients

Don't 'throw everything at it' before examining reasons why patients don't arrive for treatments.

Health care attorney Tatiana Melnik, J.D., says practices adopting artificial intelligence tools should reread their vendor contracts, train staff every week and plan for patients who decline an AI scribe.

Patients are leaving practices without a word. Dan D’Orazio of Sage Growth Partners explains how better access and communication rebuild trust.

Neil Baum, MD, borrows a technique from acting teacher Uta Hagen: nine questions to ask yourself before you open the exam room door.

Medicaid work requirements, new remote monitoring rules and an electronic prior authorization deadline all land Jan. 1, and that's only part of what MGMA told practice leaders to watch.

MGMA's Anders Gilberg says few practices have heard from EHR vendors about the Jan. 1 prior authorization API deadline.

New ICD-10 codes, NCCI edits and Medicaid eligibility limits all took effect Oct. 1. Here's what practices should check this week.

Six national physician organizations warned that claims of AI superiority undermine patient trust, putting new attention on how practices set rules for AI use by clinicians and staff.