By Christian Kratsas – A critical, but often-overlooked, aspect of the referral process is cultivating provider partnerships that facilitate referrals and enhance the continuum of care. The continued emphasis on value-based care will result in increasing numbers of physicians.
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By Steven Botana-Gumbs – Every organization, at one time or another, will require staff augmentation. The reasons are common and include maternity leaves, sick leaves and extended vacations.
By Andy Bindman MD – With the change in administration, I am departing as the AHRQ Director. This is not my preference, but a reality of our political process. I’ll soon be leaving to return to my work as a primary care physician and a health services researcher at the University of California San Francisco.
By Abhinav Shashank – The U.S. healthcare system is under major transformation – from the implementation of MACRA to President-elect Donald Trump introducing his health plan – transforming healthcare system today requires you to meet all the challenges you face on your road to value-based care.
By Lucia Savage JD – Important work to ensure the health system is functioning properly is conducted by a wide variety of entities at the federal, state, and local level.
By Ricki Ransom – Payer contracts represent a significant amount of physician revenue and should be evaluated with careful scrutiny. Physicians who fail to negotiate with payers or gain a clear understanding of insurance contracts risk presenting a financial blow to their medical practice.
By Abhinav Shashank – In the words of W. Edwards Deming, “Every system is perfectly designed to achieve the results it gets.” This is one of the most agreeable statements in the healthcare industry.
By Matt Fisher – The OCR did not wait long into 2017 to issue its first settlement for a HIPAA related breach. The honor for Presence Health came only nine days into the year.
By William Hersh MD – While many people and organizations have long called for data from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and other clinical research to be shared with other researchers for re-analysis and other re-use, the impetus for it accelerated about a year ago with two publications.