Radiology Practice Management Archives

01 Nov Physicians face painful decision on Medicare

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WashingtonPost.com | November 1 - While most people are focused on the midterm elections Tuesday, the American Medical Association is gearing up for the lame-duck congressional session scheduled to start Nov. 15. Unless Congress intervenes, payments to doctors for treating Medicare patients will be cut...

29 Oct AHA: Observation Status Fears on the Rise

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HealthLeadersMedia.com | October 29 - Hospitals are putting more patients into observation status for longer than 48 hours instead admitting them, in part out of fear of what happened at one hospital this month, the American Hospital Association says. Observation status is a Medicare billing category for...

28 Oct Social Media Cuts Healthcare Costs

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InformationWeek | October 27 - Social media initiatives that help physicians, patients, and the medical research community share patient information will drive down healthcare-related costs while improving the quality of care, a report concludes. The report, "Healthcare Performance Management in the Era of 'Twitter,'" was published this...

28 Oct Doctor-owned hospitals race to beat Medicare deadline

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USAToday.com | October 28 - HAMMOND, La. — At the Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital here, construction workers scrambled on a recent day to turn a mud pit into a parking lot and put other finishing touches on the $35 million physician-owned facility. They are on a...

28 Oct MGMA: Practice Revenue Increases with EHRs

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HealthLeadersMedia.com | October 28 - Medical practices that have avoided implementing an electronic health record system (EHR) because of the associated costs may not have such a strong argument, according to a study published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Data collected from both...

01 Nov Physicians face painful decision on Medicare

29 Oct AHA: Observation Status Fears on the Rise

28 Oct Social Media Cuts Healthcare Costs

28 Oct Doctor-owned hospitals race to beat Medicare deadline

28 Oct MGMA: Practice Revenue Increases with EHRs

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