Part B News | Physician Practice Perspectives

Rapid' rise in physicians seeking to sell practices

07/01/2013

by: Joe Cantlupe

Physicians—not hospitals—are taking the initiative in seeking hospital-based acquisitions of their practices. This is setting the stage for the evolution of how healthcare is delivered, survey data suggests.

Physicians, chiropractors still out of alignment

07/01/2013

by: Joe Cantlupe

Chiropractors and medical doctors have been clashing for years and there's no end in sight. The dispute may get nastier as the demand for spine care increases while the healthcare reform law promises to extend more reimbursement to DCs.

Email improves patient experience

07/01/2013

by: Marianne Aiello

Less than one-third of doctors reported emailing with patients in 2012 despite a number of benefits.

Managing physicians may be impossible

07/01/2013

by: Philip Betbeze

If management's about taking better care of patients, physicians are a ready audience. If it's about money and costs, they tune out. Yet it's all linked.

Former ACP president: 'We have to be more efficient'

07/01/2013

by: Cheryl Clark

Past president of the American College of Physicians says that among physicians' toughest challenges are improving professional relationships and "[getting] rid of the things that add no value

Internists aim to end 'assault' on patient-physician relationship

07/01/2013

Physician society has a two-pronged plan to continue to advance the progress being made in reforming physician payment systems.

Whose data is it, anyway?

07/01/2013

by: Cheryl Clark

Physician specialty societies that gather their own quality data are growing concerned about potential federal oversight.

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