Practice Management

In a KevinMD blog post, George F. Indest, III, president and managing partner of The Health Law Firm, shares tips for facing a Medicare audit.

In a Forbes report, Robert Pearl, MD, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and MidAtlantic Permanente Medical Group, discusses four major changes in the rules governing the healthcare industry as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Robert A. Berenson, MD, and Deborah R. Kaye, MD, recently published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on determining the value of physicians.

The ECRI Institute, a nonprofit research institute for patient safety, released its annual list of the top 10 health technology hazards.

In a KevinMD blog post, Bo Claypool, a physician recruiter and managing partner at Monroe & Weisbrod, discusses six tips for writing a "letter of intent," which is an effective tool for physician recruitment, according to Mr. Claypool.

In his blog, The Digital Health Corner, David Lee Scher, MD, founder and director at DLS Healthcare Consulting, discusses five reasons he thinks physicians should be active on social media platforms.

In a Physicians Practice report, Sue Jacques, a professional speaker and certified etiquette and protocol consultant, lays out six tips for more effective and efficient scheduling at your medical practice.

An article published in a recent Health Affairs report shows that the need for specialists in healthcare will outweigh the need for primary care physicians through 2025.

Providers must be prepared in a number of different areas when transitioning to ICD-10, according to a whitepaper released by SourceMedical, a provider of therapy software and ambulatory surgery center software solutions and billing services.  

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has certain precautions it requires practices to take with regard to employee safety with regard to radiology, and failing to follow these precautions could result in OSHA penalties, according to an email news release…