Atypical pneumonia is an infectious condition that is caused by bacteria different from the more common ones that cause pneumonia. Also referred to as walking pneumonia, this condition is caused by less common pathogens such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia...
If there is something that doctors and healthcare professionals cannot quite manage, it is going through detailed documentation. They have important tasks at hand, providing life saving care to...
Medical mobile applications are empowering physicians as well as patients and playing an important role in the healthcare system. Mobile apps have changed the way diseases are diagnosed, monitored...
The faulty submission of medical claims can get you into serious financial trouble and adversely impact the bottom line of your practice. A recent example is the case of the St Luke’s University...
Medicare beneficiaries, doctors and other healthcare providers are in for quite a tough time thanks to rising healthcare costs not coinciding with a proportionate increase in income for the latter....
The main objective of observation is to allow the physician to decide whether to admit the patient in the hospital or send the patient home. Even if the patient is made to lie in an inpatient bed,...
Two new CPT Transitional Care Management (TCM) codes have been created to ensure better coordination of care and to provide better incentives so that patients are treated in a primary care physician...
According to healthcare experts, making relevant changes in scheduling and managing patient workflow can minimize the average patient wait time for a new appointment from eleven weeks to two weeks....
Healthcare providers are now hoping that Sustainable Growth Rate or SGR will be eliminated. Introduced by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), SGR is used to control Medicare spending...
The debt-ceiling crisis in United States during 2011 paved way for the imposition of Budget Control Act of 2011. The measures to reduce discretionary spending kicked off in January 2013 with the...
There is an increasing focus on the quality of care, whether its prevention, early diagnosis of illness, or therapeutic services. HEDIS ((Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set), created...
