Editor's pick
The diagnosis codes practices need to learn
■ Mandatory use of the ICD-10 code sets will start Oct. 1, 2014, and the government says the deadline will not be postponed again or eliminated.
Posted March 11, 2013
Posted March 11, 2013
VA tries quality improvement approach to medical ethics
■ Tools to evaluate how health care facilities perform ethically are in their infancy. The VA Health Care System hopes others can benefit from its experience. Read story
Pay that motivates your medical practice staff
■ How physicians pay employees can be more important than what is paid to ensure they are productive — and aren't looking for work elsewhere. Read story
Infectious diseases weigh on primary care (ACP annual meeting)
■ Internists increasingly are managing complex communicable illnesses. The American College of Physicians meeting offered the latest guidance on such diseases. Read story
Medical practice action plan: Overcome regulation overload
■ Health care is experiencing a major overhaul, and practices face the brunt of the changes. Careful planning is needed to guide practices through it all. Read story
“Seismic shift” lifts primary care's impact on hospital revenues