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Practice Management Payment & Delivery Models

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How physicians are rethinking care delivery

The way care is delivered can have drastic effects on patients’ health, even in the treatment of the same illness. One physician shares her experience in the differences between fee-for-service and value-based care, and how these differences have directly affected her patients’ health outcomes.

Practice Management Medicare & Medicaid

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Time running out to review Sunshine data—and it isn't very accurate

Less than two weeks remain for physicians to review and dispute data about their financial interactions with medical device and drug manufacturers before the information goes public Sept. 30.

Practice Management Medicare & Medicaid

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What new physicians need to know about navigating regulations

Preparing to comply is important because many federal programs can bring financial penalties or other serious consequences if not carefully followed. Here are some of the main things new physicians need to know.

Practice Management Sustainability

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Improved policies and procedures help your practice thrive

Develop your practice’s policies and procedures manual, or improve your current manual, using the AMA’s Policies and Procedures for a Successful Medical Practice.

About Leadership

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Among 100 top influencers in health care, physician leaders shine

Politicians and federal agency heads weren’t the only ones voted into the newly released 2014 100 most influential people in American health care by Modern Healthcare. AMA President Robert M. Wah, MD, and AMA CEO and Executive Vice President James L. Madara, MD, were named to the list.

Public Health Prevention & Wellness

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How to help patients manage blood pressure outside office visits

One physician has found how to get patients the extra help they need managing their high blood pressure, both while they’re in the office and through community resources.

Public Health Prevention & Wellness

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Video: How simple questions can save physicians time and money

Physicians can save millions of dollars—and eliminate unnecessary testing—by asking patients just a few quick questions, according to one physician...

Practice Management Medicare & Medicaid

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Bill seeks to sustain higher Medicaid payments

The Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act would continue the current requirement that Medicaid pay at rates no lower than Medicare for services provided by family physicians, general internists and pediatricians, as well for as ob-gyns who provide a significant volume of certain primary care services.