Practice Management

The Brockton, Mass.-based Good Samaritan Medical Center is set to host a free patient-education lecture series this fall, according to the Bridgewater Independent.

Healthcare is becoming more patient-centric and pain management physicians, like physicians across many specialties, are tailoring treatments to each patient. A multidisciplinary approach to pain management is taking hold, and allowing patients to play an integral part in their treatment…

Department of Health and Human Services purchases doubled in the last 10 years and are expected to keep rising, according to a Kaiser Health News report. The current HHS spending is $21 billion annually, making it the third highest contracting…

CMS released its second annual evaluation report for Models 2 through 4 of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative in a blog post.

A Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study found while physician employment is increasing, this trend may not improve patient care, according to Medical Xpress.

The quadruple aim is gaining steam as physician burnout continues to plow through the industry, according to MedCity News.

Physician practices in South Carolina are now able to employ physical therapists, after the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling, which had banned the employment of physical therapists by physicians.

Karen Hackett, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons CEO, will retire from her position effective April 14, 2017.

Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman thinks political candidates sharing their medical records will "cause more harm than good," and made his point in a blog post on The Wall Street Journal.

The FDA posted a letter on its website critiquing pharmaceutical companies, Pain Therapeutics and Durect, for marketing an experimental drug in such a way customers would believe the drug was FDA approved, according to STAT.