In a recent post, we reviewed several findings and implications from 2017 MIPS performance data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). One major take-away is that small ...

Despite much-touted reports predicting the demise of the small physician practice, experts maintain that small practices can be profitable and rewarding if doctors are willing to make some key changes ...

Medicare beneficiaries attributed to small practices in accountable care organizations (ACOs) achieve greater savings than beneficiaries attributed to large practices in ACOs. Objectives: Alternative ...

In the race to put together integrated networks, hospitals and large multi-specialty groups are acquiring small medical practices and turning physicians into employees. The solo or small practice, run ...

Smaller practices face large cost and time hurdles to implementing electronic health records, including possible closure, according to a new study. Researchers surveyed an expert panel of 15 ...

A six-physician primary care practice in Chicago would rather fight than join. Primary Care Medical Associates (PCMA), serving the city's North Side, decided to buck the trend toward consolidation of ...

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As value-based reimbursement leads healthcare providers to dig deep for new technologies and create team structures to handle the switch, smaller providers are struggling to cover the costs. But just ...

After 40 years in business, Buffalo Cardiology & Pulmonary Associates, a 16-physician group, is closing its doors. According to The Buffalo News, the group’s closing is part of an industry trend in ...

SOMETHING didn’t look right with Ms. “Smith.” My patient for 25 years, widowed for the last 10, she had been meticulously coifed, groomed, dressed in her Sunday best — and with an unmistakable twinkle ...