The cost of physician fatigue

Panelists at a National Academies meeting said coverage churn and verification will add work for practices, and that insurance alone won’t guarantee patients get in the door.

Neil Baum, MD, explains how practices can define a unique value proposition, from on-time care to price transparency, that draws in new patients.

The AMA will help physicians report and fight insurer downcoding. Here's how practices can find, log and appeal downcodes now, using MGMA's draft bill as the standard.

AI agents now log in to EHRs and payer portals on their own. Set these 13 rules first so a helpful bot doesn't become your next breach.

Fryer burns, carving cuts, holiday heart and, yes, turkey attacks: the codes your coders will need when the Thanksgiving injuries roll in.

Hackers are skipping the malware and calling your help desk instead. Here's how to keep one phone call from rerouting your payer deposits.

Democrats now control Congress. MGMA's Anders Gilberg on what that means for Medicare pay, the lame duck and the Patients First Act.

A five-year update from the National Academies warns that coverage losses will strain primary care practices.