Pain Management

A former congressman and hospital and medical school advocacy leaders outline which federal health programs could shift in a divided Washington.

Overhead ratio, days in A/R and the owner draw explain why a practice can collect more than last year and still come up short on payroll.

Nearly half of Medicaid members aren't ready for Jan. 1 work rules. Our new handbook shows the front desk how to keep eligible patients covered.

Ambient scribes, chart summaries and AI agents are arriving in routine EHR updates. Here's what to switch on, test and watch.

New CPT codes, a DEA telehealth deadline and a Dec. 31 risk analysis cutoff all run through your EHR. Here's the year-end checklist.

Try cheap solutions now because your most reliable employee may be ready to walk.

A new HHS delegation lets CMS bar practices from Medicare and Medicaid, and no guidance says how it will share that power with OIG in settlements.

A review of 1,536 patient inquiries found those answered within five minutes booked at more than three times the rate of those waiting over a day.