CMS launched an enhanced version of its Physician Compare online tool, which provides detailed information about physicians enrolled in Medicare, as well as other health professionals who routinely care for Medicare beneficiaries.

Many physician practices have embarked on creating the structures and procedures that constitute a patient-centered medical home and are convinced the concept not only provides better care for patients, but also reduces costs for the practice, patients, and payers in the long run.

Making your physician practice into a patient-centered medical home can seem like a daunting proposition.  But don't let being "too small" be your excuse to avoid the medical home model. Practices don't get much smaller than that of ­Joseph Mambu, MD. And he's doing it.

With practices struggling to get every possible dollar out of their managed care contracts, sometimes the idea of ­capitation can be appealing. Why not agree to a set amount for each patient rather than hoping to make enough on ­procedure charges?

The Southern California Permanente Medical Group's patient care system, known as "The Proactive Office Encounter Approach," appears to reflect what healthcare reform is all about, with designs on improving quality and establishing data to back up what it does, working toward a clean slate of transparency.

Eight guidelines to establish a high performing patient-centered medical home.

After 25 years of capitation, one Texas physician practice has found that it can be the key to financial success, but only when structured just right.

As further proof that Americans need to be enlightened on how to access effective healthcare, a new survey from the AMA finds far too many patients don't know which providers have physician credentials and which do not.