Medicare Reimbursement for Doctors is in Critical Condition
Doctor’s offices are the front door of the American healthcare system. We owe it to them to support H.R. 2474 and put an end to annual Congressional stop-gap spending bills.
Fewer Physicians Are Practice Owners Than Ever & Medicare Rates Are to Blame, AMA Says
Over the past decade, a significant percentage of the country’s physicians have shifted from working in private practices (defined as those owned wholly by physicians) to working in bigger, health system-owned practices. The ability to negotiate higher payment rates with insurers when working at a larger practice is a crucial factor causing this trend, according to a new AMA analysis.
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Esperion Sets Its Sights on New Areas While Maintaining Commitment to Cardiovascular Health
In a recent interview, Esperion president and CEO, Sheldon Koenig talks about the reality of statin intolerance and his company’s expansion into new diseases
How providers can outperform their peers on MIPS regardless of what CMS changes
As MIPS and other performance-based payment programs evolve, providers eventually will be on the hook to cut checks if they can't perform. Individual providers must act now to stay on top of the distribution curve.
First half of 2018 sees 18.7M pills and $164M lost due to drug diversion
These numbers compare to 2017, when 20.9 million pills and $301.1 million were lost because of drug diversion, according to an analysis by data analytics company Protenus.
Is private practice heading towards extinction?
Of the doctors polled on physician social network SERMO, only 53 percent believe that the private practice model will survive the next decade.
Will Private Practice Survive Current Healthcare Model Changes?
Recently, I was reading that it is predicted that over the next 5 years, only 30% of doctors will stay in private practice. Increasingly, doctors are retiring early or selling their practices to hospitals or other entities. The pressure of successfully running a practice these days has grown precipitately over the past few years. […]
The Power of One: Redefining Healthcare with an AI-Driven Unified Platform
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
New Tool to Help Physicians Get Maximum Reimbursement
The U.S. health care industry has evolved and changed rapidly over the past several decades. This evolution took place in response to a number of environmental influences including, technological advances, demographic shifts, and economic and political changes.