Practice Management

The current climate around race and implicit bias has forced us to take a step back and confront its presence in our day-to-day lives.

Telehealth was, at first, integrated as a short-term way to address problems brought on by COVID-19.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will distribute $15 billion to eligible Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) providers.

With the complex eligibility and application requirements, it can be difficult to find out exactly how your practice can access the HHS federal relief funds.

With virtual scribes, your practice could reduce physician workload and increase revenue. Read more for details from Medical Economics’ insightful article.

A randomized trial involving a simulated clinical encounter suggests that physician gender and race may not significantly affect patient satisfaction with or confidence in physicians.

In a recent survey, 33 ob/gyns were asked what led to an improved financial state for their practice.

The 90th annual Medical Economics Physician Report survey asked 134 ob/gyns about how the financial state of their practice has changed in the past 5 years. 

To improve health outcomes, today’s physicians must be able to communicate effectively with their patients. One approach many experts encourage physicians to use is motivational interviewing (MI), a series of techniques to get at the root of patient concerns and help encourage them to make healthy behavior changes.

The sheer number of code options can be intimidating, but mastering a few concepts can alleviate some of the stress.

Although many insurance denials can be avoided, these are some of the most common reasons for denials. Which one do you most often encounter?

There are many things a physician should consider when shopping for malpractice insurance.

Ob/gyns can take simple steps to help patients understand their personal health information, promoting better outcomes.

This article addresses common errors that lead to litigation involving ob/gyn ultrasound, with options to reduce ultrasound-related litigation.

Over the past few years, progress has clearly been made with regard to the professional liability crisis.

Readers discuss the prevalence of endometriosis and providing healthcare to the poor.

The most vulnerable deserve care and coverage for preventative health services.

The plaintiff asserted that during the diagnostic laparoscopy, Dr A and Dr B should have detected the ectopic pregnancy in the right fallopian tube. Her attorneys claimed that based upon the plaintiff’s abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, and β- hCG levels, and absent evidence of intrauterine pregnancy on ultrasound, the defendants should have presumed ectopic pregnancy and adequately evaluated the fallopian tube before discharging the patient, thus avoiding rupture.

67% of residency directors reported that a lack of faculty expertise in medical ethics was a significant barrier to their attempts to provide a more comprehensive educational process. I have a proposal for a solution to these problems: Teaching about the “house of ethics” in ob/gyn, as we do at Vanderbilt University.

Two cases illustrate how jury verdicts and awards to plaintiffs may differ drastically in medical malpractice trials.

The plaintiff’s lawyers alleged that the defendants caused the perforation during the D & C, failed to recognize it intraoperatively, and failed to repair it at the time.

Even if you see few Medicare patients, start preparing for value-focused payment.

Following a normal delivery, a woman develops an infection that leads to severe consequences. Plus: Another case alleging scarring from forceps.

The March of Dimes releases their annual report card on the United States and prematurity. Plus: Can anything be done about HPV vaccine rates? Also, a look at the place of ultrasound in breast cancer detection.

An Alabama woman went for an annual pelvic exam and underwent a Pap test. It showed a high-grade squamous intraepithelial neoplasia and the gynecologist could not rule out cancer. The patient then had a colposcopy, which revealed high-grade dysplasia with negative endocervical currettings. Each was identified as a form of pre-cancer.

The professional responsibility model of obstetric ethics provides a powerful antidote to maternal rights-based reductionism.

The USPSTF updated recommendations on mammography have sparked discussion on screening in younger women. Plus, does exposure to gestational diabetes increase risk of autism? What are the implications of genome editing?

A high/low agreement usually is done to prevent a “runaway” jury from coming back with an unreasonably high award, but ensures the plaintiff of something because they are agreeing to a lower amount than what the jury might have awarded.

An ectopic pregnancy is terminated, but traces of a uterine pregnancy are found. Was it heterotopic?