Practice Management News

The American College of Physicians said in a press release there were good things and bad things about the new CMS plan known as Pathways to Success — a plan the federal agency said overhauls rules for Accountable Care Organization in the Medicare Shared Savings Program established by the Affordable Care Act.

AUSTIN, Texas — The intrinsic personality traits of the physician lay the foundation for burnout, according to an expert speaking at GI Outlook. The internal drive for perfection, lifetime rewards for overwork and need to surpass outside markers for success can quickly push a physician past a healthy mental state.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video perspective from GI Outlook 2018, Richard Moses, DO, JD, FCLM, of Philadelphia Gastroenterology Consultants Limited, discusses his presentation on the “dos and don’ts” of implementing technology in a medical practice.

AUSTIN, Texas — In 2013, Joseph J. Vicari, MD, MBA, FASGE, announced he would step down from his leadership role in his private practice, but it would be 4 years before he did so. In those 4 years, the organization put into play a successful succession plan.

AUSTIN, Texas — Tasked with redefining success in today’s changing world of health care, Thomas M. Deas Jr., MD, MMM, FASGE, offered his audience a look back over the changes in health care in the 70 years of his life and a look forward to the future.

The number of pregnant women with opioid use disorder at labor and delivery more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2014, according to data recently published in MMWR.

A new battle has begun in the ongoing war between the Trump administration and most medical societies on what the definition of health care insurance should be.

Despite extensive efforts opioid use did not substantially decline in the United States through the end of 2016, according to findings recently published in The BMJ.

Significant reductions in mortality and Medicare costs occurred in the month after transitional care management services were provided, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

CMS’s suggestions to modernize Medicare with the intention of restoring the doctor-patient relationship — a broad, wide-reaching initiative the agency stated was historic and has dubbed “Patients Over Paperwork” — were met with general optimism from several medical societies, who also noted further steps that should be taken.