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<乌鸦传媒>Caring for the Sickest Patients: A Calling and an Opportunity

New models are disrupting the way primary care is provided

<乌鸦传媒>From Rehab to Pill Mill

Investigated for addiction in one state, now in federal prison after working in another

<乌鸦传媒>AMA, I Hardly Knew Ye

Group's annual meeting folds its tent, but that tent has really changed

<乌鸦传媒>The Places in the U.S. Doctors Won't Go (Common Sense Family Doctor)

Rural communities face an uphill battle

<乌鸦传媒>Open Mic at ACC: Tribal Diet; 'Jeopardy!'; How to Retire

In this video, cardiologists share favorite moments from the meeting

<乌鸦传媒>By the Numbers: That Dang Recordkeeping

Physicians spend a fourth of their time on administrative tasks, study finds

<乌鸦传媒>CMS to Offer Billing Code for Heart Failure Specialists

Should eliminate denials for appearance of double-billing

<乌鸦传媒>For Each Hour of Clinical Time, Docs Spend 2 on Desk Work

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

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Pans 'High Stakes' Exams

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

<乌鸦传媒>Use Exam Room Computer to Your Advantage

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

<乌鸦传媒>Whistleblower Doctor Warns About Hospitals Hiring Physicians

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

<乌鸦传媒>Primary Care: Medicare's 'Wellness Visit' Money Goes Unclaimed

Launched with great fanfare, wellness codes leave docs frustrated

<乌鸦传媒>Teamwork Cuts In-Hospital Observation Time

Lengths of stay cut substantially at one hospital chain.

<乌鸦传媒>Sinking Pediatric Practice Afloat After 乌鸦传媒 Profile

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

<乌鸦传媒>Survival Boost from NP/PA Care in ICU?

Association seen versus resident physicians in small study.

<乌鸦传媒>10 Ways Primary Care Practices Can Improve Care

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

<乌鸦传媒>The Happy PCP: $400K/Yr and Home in Time for Dinner

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

<乌鸦传媒>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.

<乌鸦传媒>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."

<乌鸦传媒>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."

<乌鸦传媒>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 乌鸦传媒 to discuss the AMA's SGR repeal strategy.

<乌鸦传媒>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.

<乌鸦传媒>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.

<乌鸦传媒>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.

<乌鸦传媒>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.

<乌鸦传媒>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.

<乌鸦传媒>The Perfect Schedule Template

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

<乌鸦传媒>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 乌鸦传媒 online spotcheck think more doctors will join them.

<乌鸦传媒>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.