Medbridge

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

On Friday, November 1, 2024, the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, with some major wins for therapy providers as well as some bad news sprinkled in. First, the Bad News: Payment The rule finalizes a 2.8 percent cut to reimbursement, continuing the worrying trend […] The post Major Wins for Therapy Providers in the Finalized Physician Fee Schedule for 2025 appeared first on MedBridge Blog.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Kaiser said it would institute cost-cutting measures in response to the lackluster financial results, but didn’t detail specifics.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

A resilient, healthier society starts with safeguarding the health and well-being of all women, especially during a time of regression and opposition.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

New policy would ensure AMA support for a federal prohibition on the inappropriate denial of payment for care that is necessary and has received prior authorization.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ben Manning, director of product management, ETHERFAX. Despite significant progress in health information technology (HIT) and artificial intelligence (AI), many healthcare processes remain inefficient. Administrative workflows are cumbersome and error-prone, and they can lead […] The article Workflow Automation in Healthcare: How Solutions Powered by Generative AI Transform Operations a

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In a recent announcement, the AMA announced its support of more standardization and regulation of nonprofit hospitals.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Research examines family doctors’ attitudes on team efficiency, home time in electronic health records, and burnout.

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The Healthcare Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By MICHAEL MILLENSON Open enrollment season for Medicare, which began Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7, triggers a deluge of information about various options. Since I’m a health care consultant and researcher as well as a Medicare beneficiary, I’ve looked critically at what we’re told and what we’re not. Unfortunately, information crucial both for the individual and for the broader policy goal of moving toward a “value-based” care system is often difficult to find or not available at all.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

High-deductible health plans can create billing problems, especially early in the year before most patient deductibles have been met. Here are some ideas on how to help your practice cope.

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Open Dental

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Learn the role clinical decision support (CDS) tools can play in delivering the best possible care to your patients. The post What is Clinical Decision Support and Why Should Every Clinician Use It? appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Driven by the need for increased access to care and the demand for more healthcare providers, recent legislative changes now allow nurse practitioners (NPs) in certain jurisdictions to perform a broader range of services, including diagnosing and treating patients independently. While these changes enhance the role of NPs and allow them to practice to the full extent of their training, they also introduce legal and ethical challenges that NPs must navigate to mitigate liability risks.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The newly released “Guidance to the Guidelines” are an effort by expert groups to improve nationwide diagnosis and treatment of the condition.

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Physicians Practice

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Section 179 allows businesses to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment and/or software during the tax year.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Revenue is increasing but physicians and providers are working more while generating less money.

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DrChrono

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

We just returned from the MGMA Leaders Conference 2024 in Denver, where the energy was buzzing, and managers, executives, and aspiring leaders in healthcare gathered to discover how strong leadership can optimize business operations and advance our industry. At this year’s conference, we eagerly showcased our booth and shared our mission that EverHealth empowers practices, from urgent care clinics to PCP offices, with solutions that transform businesses from end to end.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

A look at average annual salaries, based on government figures.

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DrChrono

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

There is a lack of valid and useful outcome data in today’s healthcare. Why? The ability to effectively harness information has proven elusive, mainly because of the quality of the patient data captured. This shortage can affect everything from research and patient safety advancements to higher healthcare costs. Comprehensive patient-recorded outcomes (PROs) have the power to change this.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Healthy eating and weight loss, personal care and beauty, exercise and physical activity, and wellness tourism are the four biggest components of the world’s wellness economy, quantified in The Future of Wellness, 2024 Trends , the perennial report from the Global Wellness Institute (GWI). Here’s the bubble chart, which I’ve updated with the 2025 data so we get a sense of what the coming year will bring for the eleven total segments that make up the global wellness market.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

On Tuesday, September 24th, 2024, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, 1 CEO of the Danish pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk A/S, was grilled in the United States Senate over the pricing of the type II diabetes and weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. A Danish CEO being questioned in this manner was headline news in Denmark. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The DOJ’s complaint is intentionally broad to maximize its chances of success, according to one expert. Still, the incoming Trump administration could throw cold water on the challenge.

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