Part B News | Physician Practice Perspectives

07/01/2016

The 2017 debut of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for Medicare Part B is just six months away, but the final guidelines for the payment program are still a work in progress.

Patients with depression a challenge for primary care

07/01/2016

A new study finds that patients diagnosed with depression often rely on their primary care physician for treatment, but many physicians don't have the resources to give them the help they need.

Mental health data not always integrated into EHRs

07/01/2016

A new study finds physicians often fail to integrate information about depression and other behavioral health issues into EHRs, an oversight that could have a profound effect on a patient's overall health.

Midway through 2016, few problems with ICD-10

07/01/2016

At this time last year, many physicians were worrying about the arrival of ICD-10 in October; some were even talking about doomsday scenarios with mountains of claim denials and delayed payments. But one year later, the debut of ICD-10 is earning widespread comparisons to Y2K, the turn-of-the-century transition for all things computerized that went down in history as a non-event.

Nudge helps practices with antibiotics

07/01/2016

A new study finds programs that appeal to the competitive spirit of physicians are effective in getting them to reduce their incidence of prescribing unnecessary antibiotics.

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