Practice Management News

Allowing nurse practitioners full practice authority may help diversify the workforce and increase access to primary care, according to experts, but there are many factors in the benefit-risk balance to consider.

A study that used wastewater signals to identify cases of COVID-19 found that even a small increase in the proportion of people wearing masks at elementary schools in one California county significantly reduced the chance of a case.

Our third and final post in the series “Introduction to Taxation of Sales Proceeds” addresses the taxation of sale proceeds if a target practice is a partnership, including an LLC treated as a partnership.

An updated analysis published in The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has fueled debate about the effectiveness of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Despite demonstrating high specificity, a screening tool “did not perform well” overall in identifying undiagnosed COPD among primary care patients, researchers found.

Most medical practices nationwide sponsor some type of qualified retirement plan (QRP), including 401(k)s, profit-sharing plans, defined benefit plans and hybrid plans. Most physicians do not realize that a growing area of liability for all businesses, including medical practices, relates to QRPs and how they are managed.

Prolonged COVID-19 symptoms, including severe fatigue, were more common among patients infected during the pre-delta period compared with the later delta and omicron periods, researchers found.

Rhinoviruses and enteroviruses accounted for nearly three-quarters of viral detections among children during the COVID-19 pandemic and persisted amid declines in other viruses, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Antibiotic prescribing was high among patients with COVID-19, but researchers found that antimicrobial stewardship programs with prospective audit and feedback helped optimize antibiotic treatments among these patients.

Although roughly 77% of older adults globally have been vaccinated against COVID-19, researchers found wide disparities in vaccination rates based on income levels.