Practice Management
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CMS seeks answers on prior authorization, other hassles to eliminate
Agency asks health care professionals how to reduce burdens including prior authorization, coding, documentation, and more.
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Cost of physician burnout estimated at $4.6 billion a year
Conservative analysis focused on costs related to turnover and lost clinical hours.
Practice Management Toolbox
Teamwork makes the dream work – maximizing the relationship between physicians and advanced practice providers
We surveyed both advanced practice providers (APPs) and physicians to gain their perspective and present a tool kit to optimize the relationship...
Latest News
Trump administration plans to repeal transgender health care protections
Under a proposed rule, HHS would roll back discrimination protections for transgender patients who seek medical care.
From the Journals
Survey: Palliative care blocked by many barriers in end-stage liver disease
Formal palliative care training was lacking among the physicians surveyed.
Practice Management Toolbox
Coding and payment changes could hit GIs in 2021
Welcome to the new Practice Management Toolbox.
The AGA Practice Management and Economics Committee (PMEC) is pleased to host...
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CMS plan will incentivize generic drug use
New CMS regulations also address premiums under the Affordable Care Act for 2020.
The New Gastroenterologist
Keys to becoming an effective educator in gastroenterology
It can be daunting to turn tangible skills into verbal instructions for a trainee.
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Cost gap widens between brand-name, generic drugs
Generics represent almost 90% of prescriptions filled in the United States but less than 25% of spending.
Practice Management Toolbox
Implementation of a population-based cirrhosis identification and management system
Our goal was to implement a population-based cirrhosis identification and management system (P-CIMS) to allow identification of all patients with...