Practice Management News

Discontinuation of renin-angiotensin system inhibitor therapy before major noncardiac surgery did not appear to affect postoperative outcomes vs. treatment continuation, a speaker reported.

Attempts to curtail prior authorizations for patients insured by Medicare Advantage plans have failed in back-to-back legislative sessions in 2019 and 2021, but a new bill has some experts hopeful that the third time is a charm.

Health care professionals are more likely to experience mental health issues than other workers in the United States, but the stigma they face often deters them from seeking treatment, leading to tragic outcomes, a speaker said.

Most physicians receive a regular paycheck, and sometimes receive a lump sum such as a bonus. A proportion of both should be invested. How should one invest a portion of their regular paycheck?

A federal judge has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on new noncompete agreements with all workers in for-profit organizations.

Trust in health care diminished dramatically during the pandemic, and it will take multipronged interventions to restore that confidence, according to an expert.

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.

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.

In an analysis of more than 3 million U.S. adults, most patients with a class 1a recommendation for SGLT2 inhibitors were not prescribed them, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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.