The Joint Commission revealed that surgical mistakes topped all reported "sentinel events" in the first half of 2013, according to LifeWings, a team of physicians, nurses, pilots and astronauts.
Practice Management
According to Marty Martin, PsyD, director of the health sector management MBA concentration and associate professor in the College of Commerce at DePaul University in Chicago, there are three steps that leaders can take to manage distracted employees and eliminate…
As physicians and practice executives we face tough times in managing cash flow. The insurance carriers are continuing to demand more while reimbursing less. The adjudication process takes longer and requires expensive practice management software. The time it takes from…
While hospital acquisition of medical groups continues to grow, the rate at which hospitals and independent delivery systems are acquiring medical groups has slowed over the past few years, according to reports from Deloitte and Jackson Healthcare.
The American Medical Association and Medical Group Management Association has released a new fact sheet designed to help physicians prepare for new Medicare denial edits, set to go into effect Jan. 6, 2014.
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The Oct. 1, 2014, ICD-10 implementation date is growing nearer. Here are 13 statistics on which physicians by specialty are prepared for the transition and which specialties are behind on preparation, according to an EHR Intelligence report.
In a Healthcare Finance News report, Kevin Fuller lays out six tips for using clinical documentation programs to boost revenue cycle management, according to Paul Weygandt, vice president of physician services at J. A. Thomas and Associates, a clinical documentation…
In a Physicians Practice article, Brian Luster and Steven Abernathy discuss ways in which physicians can avoid becoming victims of investment fraud.
In an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, Neda Ryan, Esq., an associate with Clark Hill focusing on healthcare law, discusses steps that physicians can take to properly terminate a relationship with a patient.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the final physician payment rule for next year, slashing physician reimbursement 20.1 percent.