Recently I read an article in Becker’s ASC Review which helped me understand three reasons why the AMA should NOT support the healthcare plan, and a little insight as to why they do.  The three reasons why they should not:

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) is designed to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records and other health information technology. Physician practices, hospitals, and other health care providers are targeted to receive nearly $25 Read More

Budget-itis:  Uncontrollable twitching and/or flinching for no apparent reason; symptoms often correlate with the turning of the leaves in autumn.

Everything I continue to read points to the patient-provider relationship as THE key factor in determining whether or not the patient is likely to pursue litigation.   The importance of listing to, and acting on patient feedback was again made very Read More

What if we were truly responsible for our healthcare?  The truth is when it comes to insurance coverage and cost, we are not “individually” responsible.  We get into groups and benefit from those who are healthy to reduce our insurance Read More

More and more smoking bans are being implemented in communities across the country.  The debate of such bans also continues.  The fact that smoke and second-hand smoke is harmful is not debatable; the freedom of who smokes, when they smoke Read More

We continue to see “Honesty” vs. “Denial” as the trend when things go wrong in healthcare. “I’m sorry”, works in building a caring relationship between the patient and provider when things don’t go according to plan. Patients want to know their Read More

What does it take to be a leader?  I don’t think any of the following will surprise you, and most, if not all, might well be included in everyone’s answer, but do you really know the summation of it all?  Read More

The anti-kickback law in healthcare has been around since 1972.  Its main purpose is to protect patients and federal programs from fraud and abuse by stopping the influence of money on healthcare decisions.  A broad set of rules, but straightforward Read More

For the last few years MedicalGPS has published our newsletter, Navigator, to bring our clients and readers valuable, useful information.  We will continue to publish Navigatior, but to enhance and continue that trend we have established the MedicalGPS Blog.  We Read More