Policy

Decreasing documentation requirements leads to decreasing reimbursement for the same amount of clinical work.

Providers should evaluate Anti-Kickback and HIPAA compliance simultaneously.

Management service organization (MSO) models can be risky for physicians who may not consider the legality and associated financial and legal risks before agreeing to the arrangement.

Coding expert Bill Dacey reacts to CMS’s 2019 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that would collapse office Evaluation and Management code levels-and payment rates.

Here are five reasons why CMS’s proposed Physician Fee Schedule for Evaluation and Management guidelines might improve patient care.

Physicians need to consider what they might need to do in order to repurchase their medical practice-then get those provisions in place before agreeing to the sale.

A recent announcement by CMS for comments may be a welcome reprieve for physicians.

Seven ways to adapt to new regulations coming from D.C. while still managing to treat patients.

This doctor believes the American health care system can and must do better in terms of providing for patients.

The U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory recommending more Americans carry the opioid reversing drug naloxone.

President Trump relieved David Shulkin, MD, as Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), replacing him with White House physician, Rear Adm., Ronny Jackson, MD.

Regardless of what changes are ultimately made to MACRA, the overall market is staunchly marching towards value-based payment models.

A recent poll found that 80 percent of Americans believe drug prices are too high, while only 39 percent have faith in it being fixed.

In part two of this series, attorney, Efrem Grail shares six more tips on how to avoid trouble from the law when prescribing opioids.

As Medicare increasingly emphasizes value-based care, AAFP leadership is guiding primary-care physicians with its new model.

A recent wave of sickness in this doctor's family made her realize how inconvenient it is for many people in this country to be ill.

Despite the great amount of attention paid to the American opioid epidemic, abuse remains at an all-time high. It's time for a new perspective.

An explainer of the AAPA's Optimal Team Practice (OTP) initiative and why it's important to improving care.

One hundred years from the worst flu pandemic ever, we're still failing to fight it off.

A new proposal from the Trump administration aims to improve insurance options for patients, but some are concerned it will just raise premiums.

In the wake of a deadly school shooting in Florida this week, President Trump vowed to put more resources towards mental health research.

The AMA is warning Americans to take all precautions as this flu season is shaping up to be the most severe in recent memory.

Medicare's Quality Payment Program (QPP) is a little different in 2018 than it was in 2017. Here is a guide to this year's reporting requirements.

Here are eight predictions from experts about Secretary Azar's approach to major healthcare issues and his ability to influence policy.

There are a lot of elements of MIPS that should concern physicians, but Advancing Care Information isn't one of them.

The AMA and other healthcare stakeholder groups announced their intention this week to streamline the prior authorization process for physicians.

A recent case of a patient left in the cold in Baltimore is not an aberration, it's a symptom of a larger problem with this country's health care system.

New guidance unveiled this week would allow states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, but one physician advocacy group is not on board.

Here are some of the top trends to keep an eye out for in the healthcare industry during 2018.

Readers weigh in on whether young docs should jump into private practice or become employed following med school.