Practice Management

Six barriers encountered during early stages of development of accountable care organizations….

I read last week’s Disaster Averted and it made me realize how things that we assume are correct are often not – DJ Our practice had recently converted over to electronic medical records and we had spent considerable time inputting data, scanning lab reports and completing prescribing records. We also …

Recently we had a group of patients in the office for a shared medical appointment. I had been trying this idea to see if they could learn more than in a normal appointment. We started off the visit by having all of the patients introduce themselves and give one example …

In yet another warning to lawmakers, a new survey of group practices shows that 51% will reduce the number of available appointment slots for new Medicare patients if Congress does not avert a 29.5% Medicare pay cut set for January 1.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a plan to strengthen primary care and put a price tag on the medical-home concept and how it will pay for services.

Tuesday’s election of Democrat Barack Obama ushers in a new administration that is all but certain to include some level of health care reform. Less clear is how extensive that reform will be and when it will come. Hopefully prevention will be a key component in any new changes.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s health care plan would cost too much and create more regulation, while Republican John McCain’s plan would leave 60 million Americans without health insurance and reduce coverage, experts said last week.

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Diabetes will be a primary contributor to the amount of money people spend on health care in the United States, which is likely to double over the next 10 years – from $2.1 trillion to $4 trillion – according to a new report published in an online edition of Health Affairs.

President Bush and candidates for President are all on board to push for Universal Healthcare. The 42 million people without health insurance, including those with diabetes may now have some hope.