Practice Management
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<ѻý>5 Ways Doctors Can Use Data Analyticsѻý>
Data analytics takes claims data, a providers' electronic health record, and any of piece of information available to help physicians become more aware of the patients they're treating. Here are five ways the technology can help meet payers' demands for higher-quality, higher-value care.
Mar 01, 2014
<ѻý>Pay and Practice: Are Neurologists Primary Care Docs?ѻý>
WASHINGTON -- Neurology isn't often mentioned in the same breath as primary care, but the American Academy of Neurology is again lobbying to gain that sobriquet -- this time to take advantage of a recent policy change that benefits primary care providers.
Jan 15, 2014
<ѻý>10 Questions: Rep. Phil Gingrey, MD (R-Ga.)ѻý>
If you could change one thing about the healthcare system, what would it be? Eliminate Obamacare, says Rep. Phil Gingrey, MD (R-Ga.). That's his answer to just one of the 10 Questions the ѻý staff is asking leading clinicians, researchers, and leaders in their community to get their personal views on their chosen profession. In this series we share their uncensored responses.
Jan 03, 2014
<ѻý>10 Questions: John P. Erwin, MDѻý>
What's the biggest barrier to practicing medicine today? That's just the first of 10 questions the ѻý staff is asking leading clinicians and researchers to get their personal views on their chosen profession. In this series we share their uncensored responses. Here, answers from John P. Erwin, MD, of Scott & White Healthcare in Temple, Texas.
Dec 04, 2013
<ѻý>SGR Repeal Still Gets AMA Supportѻý>
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The AMA's policymaking House of Delegates voted nearly unanimously to continue its support of congressional efforts to repeal Medicare's payment formula despite its opposition to a 10-year pay freeze that's part of a draft proposal.
Nov 18, 2013
<ѻý>Fast-Acting AMA Group Hopes to Fix SGRѻý>
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- A large coalition of American Medical Association members met in seclusion Sunday morning here at the interim meeting of the House of Delegates and rapidly found consensus on a proposed resolution for the repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
Nov 18, 2013
<ѻý>Docs May See Pay Delay Under ACA Exchangesѻý>
SAN FRANCISCO -- A provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) states that insurance companies will not process claims on patients who haven't paid their premiums in 3 months, leaving doctors on the hook to recoup payment directly from the patients.
Apr 13, 2013