Practice Management

5 tips to mitigate ICD-10 conversion risk to your practice

If you think converting to ICD-10 is just a coding issue, you're in for a surprise. To help physician practices minimize the impact on revenues, an expert management consultant shared five tips with Medical Economics. » More

Practice Finance

CMS carrot and stick

Would physician practices be more likely to agrese to ACO participation if they had some upfront funds to allay the significant expenses? CMS is trying to find out, and here's how you can make your voice heard. » More

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Technology

Note to government: Slow down on health information technology

A broad range of industry stakeholders believe the federal government is overreaching in areas affecting health IT. Whether it's meaningful use regulations, the 5-year strategic plan of the ONC, or ACO rules, the message is the same: You're moving too far too fast. And, if large healthcare players believe this to be true, the government's goals may be even harder for small physician practices to achieve. » More

Health Law & Policy

Who is going to care for all those Medicaid patients?

How important was the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for primary care physicians? Consider this: The healthcare reform measure extended Medicaid eligibility to virtually everyone under age 65 up to 133% of the federal poverty level. And that just added about 16 million more patients to Medicaid. » More

CME

New CME requirements coming this summer

The practice among some CME providers of allowing physicians to receive credits by simply certifying–usually by signature–that they had reviewed material and taken the test will soon end, at least for ACCME activities. Here's a breakdown of formats and requirements as of July 1. » More

Tools

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