Practice Management
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COVID-19 has brought more complex, longer office visits
Patients’ increased mental health needs and worsened chronic conditions have practices playing catch-up and expanding teams to ease demand.
Commentary
Boxed warnings: Legal risks that many physicians never see coming
Learn about the legal dangers posed by boxed warnings before it’s too late.
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80% of Americans research recommendations post-visit
Confusion over health information and doctor advice is even higher among people who care for patients than among those who don’t provide care to...
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Which specialties get the biggest markups over Medicare rates?
At the top end were radiology (180%), neurosurgery (220%), emergency and critical care (250%), and anesthesiology (330%).
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New land mines in your next (and even current) employment contract
Physicians getting a new employment contract – or even those asked to renegotiate their current contract – may face some tough clauses. Here’s...
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Docs: Insurers’ payment delays, downcoding a ‘revenue grab’
Demand for documentation on many routine claims by ambulatory care groups is slowing payment; more complex claims are routinely downcoded by major...
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Pandemic adds more weight to burden of obesity in children
“Our nation’s safety net is fragile, outdated, and out of reach for millions of eligible kids and caregivers,” said an author of a new report.
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New data illustrate pandemic pivot to telehealth by patients, physicians
Psychiatrists, dermatologists, urologists, and primary care physicians were among the highest users of teleconferencing for patient visits 6...
From the Journals
Predicted pandemic retirement of many physicians hasn’t happened
A new JAMA study suggests that a fairly low percentage of doctors have left practice because of COVID-19, contrary to numbers in some surveys.
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Greater portal use gives patients access, doctors headaches
Patients who are encouraged by their doctors to use portals are more likely to do so, meaning more access for patients, and, in some cases, more...
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Fraudulent misbranding of PPE nets $22 million settlement
A U.S.-based multinational medical device corporation will pay more than $22 million to resolve a criminal charge regarding fraudulent misbranding...