Medicare Pay Equity: How GPCI Kings and Queens Snared a Win Rural pay rates don't go far in the not-so-big city Mar 08, 2016
Are Medical Scribes Slowing the Development of EHRs? Scribes take off the pressure to improve them, two experts say Mar 03, 2016
MitraClip Billing Checklist Released Guide describes code modifiers and when to use them Mar 01, 2016
Calling a Doctor by His or Her First Name It's different without a longstanding relationship, says James C. Salwitz, MD Feb 23, 2016
Medical Boards Fail to Punish Docs Who Commit Sexual Misconduct Most never disciplined by state boards after institutional sanctions Feb 14, 2016
Medicare Covers Watchman Device, Drops Some Proposed Limits Agency apparently moved by objections to draft coverage decision Feb 08, 2016
Morning Break: Zika, Zika, Zika; Stem Cell Clinics; Stopping Chipotle Burrito Blues Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the staff Feb 08, 2016
Registry Underway for Watchman CMS Coverage But who to include and how to follow them are still fluid issues Nov 23, 2015
Obesity Groups Say States Denying Bariatric Surgery Violate ACA Discrimination complaint calls on HHS to require bariatric surgery coverage Nov 16, 2015
From Bedside to Box Office: The Many Roles of Ken Jeong, MD The doctor-turned-actor plays a doctor in his own TV show Oct 28, 2015
How Urgent Care Clinics are Evolving Experimenting with new services to help them stand out from the crowd Oct 11, 2015
Is SAMHSA to Blame for a Broken Mental Health System? Two members of Congress differ on how to fix a failing system Oct 09, 2015
Whistleblower Doctor Warns About Hospitals Hiring Physicians Florida chain agrees to pay $70 million for "improper relationships" Oct 09, 2015
What’s The Score On Surgeon Scorecards? Public reporting of surgeon performance remains a "work in progress" Oct 02, 2015
Teach Patients How to Communicate Symptoms Better Patients should learn the eight characteristics of a symptom Oct 01, 2015
Doctors Urged to Practice 'Conservative Diagnosis' And sharing cell phone numbers is a good idea Sep 29, 2015
Patient Registries See Promise and Challenges Ahead Physician-driven registries adapt to a changing health system Sep 11, 2015
Primary Care: Medicare's 'Wellness Visit' Money Goes Unclaimed Launched with great fanfare, wellness codes leave docs frustrated Sep 03, 2015
ACR Joins Outcry Against ABIM's MOC Program Calls it an "overreach" and questions ABIM's financial stewardship Aug 28, 2015
The Birth and Increasingly Troubled Life of Medicare Fears of "socialized medicine" swept aside, but cost concerns eventually overtake program. Jul 30, 2015
CardioBrief: Dollars for Heart Docs Analysis of CMS database shows some docs pocketed millions from drug and device makers. Jul 23, 2015
AMA Wants 2-Years of Grace for ICD-10 Errors With time running out, AMA acts to protect physician payment Jun 10, 2015
ICD-10: AMA Considers Grace Period to 'Save Docs' No easy choices for AMA as it mulls next steps Jun 07, 2015
Is Your Employer Making You Liable for False Claims? A physician says her employer was upcoding her bills without her consent Jun 03, 2015
Cult Members: Aberrant but Are They Insane? Courts generally don't accept pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity May 17, 2015
Op-Ed: How to Rein In Out-of-Control Healthcare Costs We all know the medical bill horror stories, but now we have to act on them. May 05, 2015
Docs Take ABIM to Task at Townhall Internal medicine leaders get an earful on maintenance of certification. May 03, 2015
Teamwork Cuts In-Hospital Observation Time Lengths of stay cut substantially at one hospital chain. Apr 17, 2015
The Hospital Leader: An Interview With Toronto's Adina Weinerman, MD What strategies can streamline code status documentation? Apr 17, 2015
Excerpt From 'The Digital Doctor' An insider's view of the digitization of healthcare delivery. Apr 09, 2015
One Battle in the War Over Expert Testimony Medical expert runs afoul of his professional association's rules. Apr 07, 2015
10 Questions: Mary Norine Walsh, MD "The waste will continue until the method of reimbursement changes." Mar 30, 2015
The Case for Body Cameras: Good for Doctors -- and Their Patients Why one doctor wants to see a camera added to a clinician's equipment checklist. Mar 16, 2015
Sinking Pediatric Practice Afloat After Profile Sometimes an article is worth $97,000 (in back pay). Mar 05, 2015
Concierge Medicine Firm Found Liable for Doctor's Negligence Believed to be the first-ever judgment against a concierge organization. Feb 13, 2015
Friday Feedback: When Grief Turns Violent How should clinicians know and react when family members blame them for adverse outcomes? Jan 23, 2015
Survival Boost from NP/PA Care in ICU? Association seen versus resident physicians in small study. Jan 22, 2015
When Docs Sue Their Own Hospital At issue: who has authority to hire, fire, and discipline staff physicians. Jan 19, 2015
