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NewsPrecision medicine could be the key to better, cheaper care
Most agree that fee-for-service reimbursement incentivizes providers to earn more by treating patients more aggressively. But Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen, and other Read more...
Doctors win 4th delay of FTC "red flag" rules
Doctors have won a fourth delay in enforcement of the FTC's "red flags" rules, which would require them to establish and kick off a formal policy for finding and preventing identity theft. The AMA Read more...
MGMA 2009: Practices learning to pick out, attract most profitable patients
If yesterday's educational session "Not All Patients Are Created Equal" was any indication, practice managers and physician executives aren't quite ready to think like product marketers. But for Read more...
Trend: Pharmas using more "medical science liasons" in physician outreach
If you're a sales rep for a pharmaceutical product, you're barred from discussing any uses of a drug not approved by the FDA. Like most regulations, however, there's a loophole, and drug companies Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Small practices can't afford quality improvements
While it's all well and good to shoot for improved quality, many medical practices simply don't have the means to adopt new technologies or change their operations, according to a new report issued Read more...
Study: Patients often not informed about abnormal test findings
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has drawn a disturbing conclusion--that physicians frequently don't tell patients when they have an abnormal test result. The researchers, Read more...
Doctors getting flexible with payment arrangements
When the economy falls apart, doctors feel it, up close and personal. These days, with a vicious recession still lingering like a cloud over the country, physicians are finding that even prosperous Read more...
Wal-Mart will market electronic medical records system
You know something's a commodity when the big W gets involved--so I guess EMRs have officially arrived. Wal-Mart Stores has set its sights on the scorching-hot market for electronic health records, Read more...
Trend: More medical practices require same-day deductible payment
In the past, most medical practices were content to collect co-pays from patients and go after health plans for the rest of what they were owed. They did this, in part, because they just weren't sure Read more...
OIG: Part-time employees also exempt from anti-kickback laws
Good news for part-time physician employees: the OIG has given an advisory opinion allowing part-time physicians to be paid for seeing publicly insured patients without violating federal Read more...
| Press ReleasesAprima Medical Software Selects DiagnosisOne to Deliver Clinical Decision Support for Electronic Health RecordsPartnership Enables Healthcare Providers to Increase Practice Efficiency, Care Quality with Real-Time Decision Support and Satisfy Key Meaningful Use Requirements LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> Survey: Small Medical Practice Confidence Index Rises in 2012Practice Fusion's 2012 State of the Small Practice survey and infographic reveal 60 percent of small medical practices are helped by technology, while nearly half report improvements in their Read more >> Overlake Continues Expanding Clinic Network; Acquires Primary Care Practice in IssaquahBELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Overlake Hospital Medical Center is continuing to grow its network of primary care medical clinics on the Eastside with the acquisition of Issaquah Medical Group, Read more >> Healthcare Practices Embrace Mobile Technologies, New CompTIA Research RevealsTablets and medical apps usage on the rise; remote access to EMR/EHR data a priority DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mobile health (mHealth) is becoming more of a reality as medical practices Read more >> MedData, Inc. Unveils MedData IQ, an Innovative Practice Intelligence ToolSolution Offers Clients Easy Access to Detailed Intelligence about their Medical Practices BRECKSVILLE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MedData, Inc., a leading provider of medical billing services, Read more >> |
