Practice Management

David Beiser, MD, developed Qualia Health, a free app to measure a patient’s well-being, according to a U Chicago News report.

The Congressional Budget Office lowered its estimate from 21 million to 13 million for how many Americans will enroll in a healthcare plan purchased through the ACA marketplace, according to News Max Health.

Medicare costs for post-acute care more than doubled between 2001 and 2013, causing alarm in Congress, according to Roll Call.

Whether physicians find online reviews valid, more patients are using online surveys. Boston-based Nuance, a health tech company, found more than half of millennials said they used online reviews to find a doctor, according to Physicians Practice.

Physician medical group mergers and acquisitions were up in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the Health Care M&A report from Irving Levin Associates.

Here are four things to know about healthcare data breaches, according to The 2014 Bitglass Healthcare Breach Report.

Eighty-one percent of male orthopedic surgeons and 67 percent of female orthopedic surgeons report that they have been sued, according to Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Orthopedists Get Sued.

Racial stereotypes may play a role in the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic, according to Business Insider.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlined the changes to the meaningful use hardship exceptions, detailed in the Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, according to Medscape.

The American Medical Association launched an innovation company in Silicon Valley — Health2047.