Practice Management

To provide high quality care, integrate medical assistants as core members of the team, according to Diagnostic Imaging. Boston-based North Shore Physicians Group implemented three strategies to empower their MAs so they could handle a flow of new patients.  

HIPAA rule violations can cost physician practices — monetarily, operationally and with regard to reputation. In extreme cases, HIPAA violations can result in a practice being excluded from Medicare or even jail time.

Companies focused on developing patient-centered products will succeed in the global clinical practice management software market, according to Industry Today.

Here are five statistics on the net worth of female physicians, according to the Medscape Female Physician Compensation Report 2016.

Earlier this week, HHS issued guidance as to what the agency considers a patient safety work product under the Patient Safety Quality Improvement Act, according to Healthcare Dive.

ESIS launched the ESIS Healthcare Industry Practice, a claims and risk management industry practice serving healthcare organizations and life sciences firms, according to the Insurance Journal.

Undergoing spine surgery is often an overall daunting experience for any patient, even a patient in medical school. Bobby Kalantar, MD, chief of orthopedic spine surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., can put himself in a back…

Medical Advantage Group, a provider of practice transformation services, will use the Live Compliance program and portal to bolster its HIPAA compliance consulting services.

Frustrations related to health IT and increase in documentation may be a contributing factor to physician burnout, according to an article in Healthcare Informatics.

Earlier this month, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush began offering patients bundled payments for orthopedic care. The Chicago-based orthopedic practice is the first academic practice and is among the first orthopedic groups in the nation to offer patients these kinds of…