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CMS to Offer Billing Code for Heart Failure Specialists

Should eliminate denials for appearance of double-billing

Dec 02, 2016

For Each Hour of Clinical Time, Docs Spend 2 on Desk Work

Time-and-motion study of 57 doctors in ambulatory settings

Sep 06, 2016

AMA Pans 'High Stakes' Exams

Backs more money for GME, but is silent on source of funds

Jun 16, 2016

Use Exam Room Computer to Your Advantage

It doesn't have to be a communication barrier, says Danny Sands, MD

May 05, 2016

Whistleblower Doctor Warns About Hospitals Hiring Physicians

Florida chain agrees to pay $70 million for "improper relationships"

Oct 09, 2015

Primary Care: Medicare's 'Wellness Visit' Money Goes Unclaimed

Launched with great fanfare, wellness codes leave docs frustrated

Sep 03, 2015

Teamwork Cuts In-Hospital Observation Time

Lengths of stay cut substantially at one hospital chain.

Apr 17, 2015

Sinking Pediatric Practice Afloat After 麻豆传媒 Profile

Sometimes an article is worth $97,000 (in back pay).

Mar 05, 2015

Survival Boost from NP/PA Care in ICU?

Association seen versus resident physicians in small study.

Jan 22, 2015

10 Ways Primary Care Practices Can Improve Care

High quality care and cost-cutting aren't mutually exclusive.

Dec 04, 2014

The Happy PCP: $400K/Yr and Home in Time for Dinner

Primary care doc earns a specialist's income without working overtime.

Nov 07, 2014

Doctor's Memoir Exposes Dark Side of Medicine

Sandeep Jauhar puts his life on stark display to illustrate harmful financial intrusions into medicine in his newest book.

Aug 21, 2014

Doctors' Spouses: What's Not to Like?

When it comes to domestic life for physicians, things have changed since an oversexed and gory 1971 film with Gene Hackman called "Doctors' Wives" featured as one of its taglines, "Doctors' wives have everything. Except husbands."

Aug 19, 2014

Can You Get Paid For Prescribing Exercise?

How do doctors get reimbursed when they prescribe exercise? We asked Jordan Metzl, MD, author of the new book, "Exercise Cure."

Feb 12, 2014

AMA President Discusses SGR Repeal Efforts

Shortly after the American Medical Association's interim meeting adjourned, Ardis Hoven, MD, president of the American Medical Association, sat down for a one-on-one interview with 麻豆传媒 to discuss the AMA's SGR repeal strategy.

Nov 20, 2013

Concierge Medicine Gains Ground

SAN DIEGO -- Concierge doctors are spreading the word that it's possible to operate a direct primary care practice, make a living, and avoid one of the biggest headaches for family medicine physicians -- dealing with health insurance companies.

Sep 28, 2013

AAFP to Look at Allowing NPs, PAs to Join

SAN DIEGO -- The American Academy of Family Physicians wants to further study whether nurse practitioners and physician assistants should -- or would want to -- become nonvoting members.

Sep 25, 2013

ACP Hedges in Debate on Scope of Practice

The American College of Physicians took a nuanced position on the role advanced nurse practitioners play in clinical care teams in a position paper published Monday.

Sep 17, 2013

Face Up to Front Office Challenges

Your front office staff are the face of your practice -- an expression of your practice's philosophy, attitude, and values. Here practice management consultant Rosemarie Nelson shares tips for helping them put the best face forward.

Jun 08, 2013

FTEs per Doctor -- More than a Number

There's no set formula for figuring out staff size. Here are the factors you need to take into consideration to maximize revenue.

Sep 09, 2010

The Perfect Schedule Template

There is no perfect template, but there's a way to build one perfectly. Here's how.

Mar 30, 2010

Is Cash-Only Medicine the Next Big Thing?

As increasing numbers of physicians work longer and harder to maintain income levels in the face of declining third-party reimbursements, some have opted out -- they're running cash-only practices, and respondents to a 麻豆传媒 online spotcheck think more doctors will join them.

Mar 19, 2009

Hospital Color Codes Staffers to Help Patients

CLEVELAND-Patients at the Cleveland Clinic starting on Monday won't see red. Instead, they'll see white, black, royal blue, hunter green and purple. The hospital has color-coded its staffers so that patients, in principle, will know who is who.

Apr 01, 2005