Stephanie Bouchard
The Medical Group Management Association and the American College of Medical Practice Executives are merging, announced the two organizations Tuesday during MGMA’s conference in Las Vegas.
ICD-10 and 5010 implementation will affect medical practices in different ways, but they will have a significant impact said Regina Hayes, business office manager of an orthopedic practice in North Carolina.
Integrating primary care and behavioral health not only makes sense for patients, it reduces healthcare costs, but it has to go both ways - behavioral health into primary care and primary care into behavioral health - to be most effective, said Kathleen Reynolds, project director, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration-Health Resources and Services Administration, Center for Integrated Health Solutions.
As patient-centered medical homes become a larger part of the healthcare system, it’s important that all the participants be trained on how to work in teams, said Larry Mauksch, M.Ed., during the Maine Primary Care Association’s annual conference held this week.
As hospitals and doctors continue to merge at an accelerated rate, health systems will face significant risk management challenges, according to an analysis by Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management arm of Aon Corporation.
Doctors can expect to see salary increases in 2012 but they’ll be smaller than those in 2011 says a physician compensation survey released this week by global consulting firm, the Hay Group. In 2011, physician salaries increased by 2.7 percent but expectations are that in 2012 they'll increase only by 2.5 percent.
The deadline for HIPAA 5010 compliance is knocking at the door but there is confusion, even at this late date, about what "readiness" means, says the Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA).
A quality report released Wednesday says that the country’s nursing facilities have shown measureable improvements in nine of 10 quality measures since 2009.
Three of the top four most overrated jobs in 2011 are in healthcare, according to a ranking by national job search portal CareerCast.com. Surgeons, physicians and psychiatrists are ranked number two, three and four, respectively.
Despite the positive jobs outlook in the healthcare industry and the demand for physicians due to a physician shortage, some new doctors are uneasy with their choice of profession.