Sustainable Physician Practices: A Judicious Mix of Human Resources and IT

While physicians’ competence will forever remain pivotal to excellence in patient care, the auxiliary services – on duty nurses, para-medical staff, and administrative staff – which ease the load off physicians are equally crucial. There are ample instances, wherein, despite best efforts of physicians, healthcare services have been found well short of bench-marked quality, largely […]

Patient Engagement Model: Enhancing Patient Care & Revenue Through IT

Notwithstanding best quality of medical care offered by individual physicians, clinics, hospitals, and multispecialty groups across the US, there has been an interesting debate – how to leverage digital technology in pushing the prevailing medical care standard to the next rung while also optimizing revenue in the process. Whereas Patient Engagement Model is not a […]

Family Physicians: Medical Billing Challenges in Family Practice

Medical Billing Challenges in Family Practice Family Medicine forms a crucial point of entry in the health care system, and the need as well as the shortage of family physicians in the United States is becoming a growing concern. Other specialties such as radiology, neurosurgery, and dermatology are more attractive due to the higher amount […]

Coping With Financial Challenges in US Healthcare

A Brief Anatomy of Financial Challenges Faced by Physicians The US healthcare system is facing major reforms in the next two years and this not only includes adoption of new healthcare IT reforms such as EHR (Electronic Health Records) and EMR (Electronic Medical Records) but also changes in the way physicians are reimbursed. The most […]

Importance of IT for a Clinic

‘Notwithstanding their knowledge of how IT can do a world of good to their practices, it is the overwhelming investment on the constituents of Healthcare Information Technology that often is the bone of contention’ ‘Incredible’ is the word that can best describe the way Information Technology has transformed health care industry – revolutionizing a human-intensive […]

Impact ICD 10: Improving Patient Care and Enhancing ROI

ICD 10: Improving patient care and enhancing ROI The transition from ICD 9 to ICD 10 codes is the core of the health reforms and marks an era where Health Information Technology is at its zenith in the United States. The conversion from Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 […]

Why do Physicians Need to Gear up Their Practices to Implement HIPAA 5010

HIPAA 5010: Implementation, Deadlines, and Advantages The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 5010 is the newest version of HIPAA 4010 which will be replaced by 5010 on January 1, 2012. However, there are many hospitals, clinics, and health care providers who have not changed to the latest version and would face problems when […]

Physician Staff Shortage: Problems & Solutions

There is an acute shortage of medical billers and coders along with other clinical staff for physicians in the United States and the health reforms are making it even more difficult for providers to recruit experienced and well trained staff. The recent health reforms bring with them numerous changes in the way in which reimbursement […]

Physicians Apprehensive of Retiring Early: Recourse to Feasible Medical Practice

There seems to be no respite for physicians, who are already reeling under immense pressure from radical healthcare reforms introduced by the Federal Government. Faced with prospect of unsafe retirement life in the face of continuously receding economy, physicians – who earlier had planned retirement in 5-6 years – are actively reconsidering such plans. The […]

Demand for primary care doctors peaks

Gone are the days when radiologists and cardiologist were amongst the most in demand specialties in healthcare; family practice and general internal medicine physicians have taken over as the two top sought after specialties. According to a survey, need is driving the demand for primary care physicians; listed below are the major reasons for this […]

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