Practice Management News

The ACG and ASGE have released an updated quality indicators document, intended to serve as a framework to improve performance of endoscopic procedures.

In this podcast episode, Tom McCourt, chief executive officer of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, discusses the evolving relationship between physicians and pharma, breakthroughs in GI drugs and more.

In his keynote address at this year’s Ending Clinician Burnout Global Summit, Thom Mayer, MD, FACEP, likened the health care practitioners in the audience to the professional football players he routinely treats.

In a Healio video exclusive, Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, warned that, despite being the smallest virus capable of causing human disease, hepatitis delta virus holds an outsized global impact as the most severe form of viral hepatitis.

As medical technology quickly evolves, practices in nearly all areas of medicine must frequently evaluate equipment upgrades and new purchases of new technology to stay at the forefront of patient care.

According to Rinarani Sanghavi, MD, MBA, champion of gender equity and winner of the 2024 Scrubs & Heels Break the Glass Ceiling Award, pay equity represents “one of the pivotal barriers” in advancing gender equity.

Women surgeons across three surgical subspecialties received lower reimbursement for fee-for-service procedures, submitted less charges and experienced lower practice volume vs. men surgeons, according to study results.

Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment may benefit skin, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal manifestations of systemic sclerosis, with low risks for adverse events, according to data published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism.

As your paycheck grows, so does your discretionary spending and saving. While it is easy to spend, it is not always clear where to invest your next dollar intended for future spending.

Although evidence suggests the risk for cardiovascular events with small-molecule drugs is low in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, experts advise screening for risk factors and stratification before initiation of therapy.