Practice Management News

At the end of 2022, Congress passed a massive 4,155-page spending package that included SECURE Act 2.0, which provided numerous improvements to retirement savings and distribution rules.

Medical organizations are sounding the alarm after a federal judge ruled that it is unconstitutional to require insurers and health plans to cover preventive services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force at no cost.

Meaningful end-of-life care efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic included maintaining relationships with isolated patients, connecting patients to families and creating humanistic episodes, according to study results published in CHEST.

There has been a rebound in cases of tuberculosis in the United States, according to the CDC, with the largest increase occurring among children aged 4 years or younger.

People with severe community-acquired pneumonia who were treated with hydrocortisone had a lower risk for death 28 days after diagnosis compared with those who received placebo, a phase 3 trial found.

A study found that pulse oximetry overestimated the blood oxygen levels in Black children more often than in white children, according to results published in in JAMA Pediatrics.

SEATTLE — An intervention called LinkUP improved rates of COVID-19 testing and vaccination referral acceptance among people who inject drugs, with increased impact among those experiencing homeless, researchers found.

As a part of a comprehensive health care compliance program, every medical practice should conduct regular exclusion screening.

More patients without continuous airway positive pressure coverage in their region said that cost affected their choice of treatment than patients with CPAP coverage, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The AMA and 118 other leading medical societies recently announced that they have united in support of CMS’ prior authorization reform proposal.