Forbes Healthcare

MAY 13, 2025

Physician assistants are increasing in number and so is their pay, eclipsing $130,000 a year, according to new compensation data.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 12, 2025

By EMMANUEL ANIMASHAUN The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Star Ratings system represents a cornerstone of quality assessment in Medicare Advantage (MA), designed to empower consumers with transparent information while rewarding plans that deliver superior care. Yet recent developments, particularly the seismic downgrading of Humanas ratings reveal an unintended consequence: a system created to measure and incentivize quality may now be actively undermining it.

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Medical Economics

MAY 13, 2025

AI in health care faces challenges from biased training data, limiting equitable treatment. Expanding data sources can enhance its accuracy and patient outcomes.

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We Care Online

MAY 13, 2025

Launching your own counseling practice is a big deala chance to call the shots, pick your clients, and build a career thats all you. Its a shot at independence and the freedom to shape your work around what fires you up. But lets be real: diving into private practice can feel like staring up a mountain. The good news? Break it down into clear steps, and its not just doableits exciting.

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Practice Index

MAY 12, 2025

In a recent survey carried out amongst Managers in the IGPM Member WhatsApp groups and via Practice Index, an astonishing 80% reported that their reception teams suffered abuse on the telephone every single day, with the majority reporting this happened numerous times a day. The IGPM has launched a new public campaign, ideal for practice waiting rooms and across social media to show how the calls the reception team takes daily can impact their mental health and wellbeing.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 13, 2025

Josh Duhamel opens up about aging and why it was important for him to start a men's health company focused on longevity.

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Medical Economics

MAY 14, 2025

A recent review links symptom dismissal to depression, care avoidance and delayed diagnoses raising urgent questions for physicians facing uncertain cases.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 15, 2025

Republicans’ plan to reduce spending on Medicaid would eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, the HHS secretary said in hearings Wednesday. Millions could become uninsured under the proposal.

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Valant

MAY 13, 2025

As you finish your behavioral health education, you’ve mastered diagnostic techniques, therapeutic approaches, and other aspects of treatment. But do you know how to set up an efficient scheduling system? Do you know how to manage insurance claims to minimize denials and maintain your cash flow? Can you confidently use automation to help your business grow?

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 15, 2025

CVS Health confirmed plans to acquire and operate 64 Rite Aid stores in Idaho, Oregon and Washington states following Rite Aids filing for bankruptcy protection.

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Open Dental

MAY 13, 2025

The global payments industry is transforming with technological advancements, evolving consumer preferences, and regulatory changes. This article explores the key trends shaping the future of payments, providing a comprehensive understanding of the current landscape. The post Understanding Payments: How to Remain Competitive in a Changing Market appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Medical Economics

MAY 13, 2025

As use of artificial intelligence grows rapidly in health care, the American Medical Association brought together an expert panel to highlight policy changes, transparency concerns and implications for physician practices.

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Practice Management Institute

MAY 14, 2025

Managing the day-to-day finances and budgetary needs of a busy medical office is a huge responsibility. Medical office managers should have formal training in accounting and financial best practices like cost analyses, financial reports, and financial forecasts. Managing the budget is a major undertaking but learning this one skill will set you up for success in other areas of financial management.

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Prism Career Institute

MAY 13, 2025

Medical assistants work within a variety of healthcare settings and perform many duties. In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, one of their many duties includes performing phlebotomy. They may use this medical practice to draw blood from the body or administer fluid to it. It takes an assortment of behaviors and disciplines to perform phlebotomy-related work effectively.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 13, 2025

UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley, returning to run the healthcare giant after Andrew Witty resigned, said he has the right strategy in place for the era ahead.

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Northwest Career College

MAY 14, 2025

Radiography is only one of the many rewarding career opportunities in the healthcare industry. If working with advanced machinery and helping people on a healthcare team is your passion, this profession might be for you. As a radiologic technologist, you will use imaging machines and other technical devices to photograph patients’ bones, organs, and tissues, assisting physicians with diagnosing and treating disease.

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Medical Economics

MAY 12, 2025

Republican committee chair says Medicaid claims are unfounded, but advocacy groups, Democrats are predicting dire consequences.

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Top Practices

MAY 13, 2025

Katie was the new front office employee. She seemed to really enjoy her job, and everyone in the office liked her. Then one day, she went to lunch and didn’t come back. Why? No one really knew—and perhaps more importantly, no one had ever asked Katie how she was doing or whether she truly liked working at the office. According to a Gallup article published July 10, 2024, titled “ 42% of Employee Turnover Is Preventable, but Often Ignored ,” management plays a key role in

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

MAY 16, 2025

Below is a digest of new blog posts across all the Connect Care clinician blog channels in the last 2 weeks. For more info on the blogs, click here.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 14, 2025

Together, the lawsuits suggest that while Epic may be beloved by its customers, its tactics regarding smaller, adjacent vendors may be stirring deeper questions about.

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Northwest Career College

MAY 12, 2025

Moving to a new country can be exhilarating, and one of the biggest challenges most face upon relocating to the United States is the language barrier. If one does not speak the language, finding a job, communicating with others in the neighborhood, and understanding basic signs and directions can be quite an ordeal. What is an ESL Program? ESL classes are designed to teach English to students whose first language is not English.

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Medical Economics

MAY 13, 2025

House committee begins deliberations on federal budget reconciliation bill, which includes Medicaid.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 15, 2025

By DAVID SHAYWITZ Consumer health and wellness is experiencing a flurry of activity. The lab testing company Function (motto: Its time to own your health) acquired Ezra , a whole body MRI company promising the worlds most advanced longevity scan. Oura , maker of the popular smart ring, recently added an integration for continuous glucose measurement as well as the ability to calculate meal nutrition based on a photo.

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KevinMD.com

MAY 14, 2025

Another day, more slides pass under my lens. Each represents a patient, a family, friends, uncertaintymaybe the beginning of a journey they are soon to realize, maybe it is the end of a journey. Each is unique. These are turbulent times we live in. Deep divides separate our country. However, under the microscope there are Read more The lab behind the lens: Equity begins with diagnosis originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 13, 2025

UnitedHealth Group chief executive Andrew Witty is stepping down, citing "personal reasons," and will be replaced by former longtime CEO Stephen Hemsley.

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Northwest Career College

MAY 11, 2025

Medical record errors can lead to serious issues. A single mishap, such as an incorrect medicine prescribed or an overlooked allergy, can compromise a patient’s health. All notes, updates, and entries must be accurate and legible. For those who are training to be Medical Administrative Assistants, this obligation is part of what you do. Northwest Career College students learn these responsibilities through distance and practical courses, externships, and training under experienced instruct

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Medical Economics

MAY 13, 2025

Joshua M. Liao, MD, spoke with Medical Economics following the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting last month about succeeding in value-based payment models.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 12, 2025

By LINDA RIDDELL & THOMAS WILSON Recent discussions over Medicaid budget cuts invite us to look more deeply into the house-of-cards that, when it collapses, will hit the states and low-income households hardest. But we will all be harmed. Some states get 80% of their Medicaid funding from the federal government, as a recent Wall Street Journal article, Medicaid Insures Millions of Americans.

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Practice Management Institute

MAY 14, 2025

The time clock is ticking the moment patients enter your waiting room. How soon do you greet them? How long will they wait until they are called to the back? Respect for a patients time is perhaps among the most highly valued attributes of the patient experience. Its also very frequently overlooked. So why is time management in a medical office so hard to control, and what can be done about it?

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 14, 2025

OMNY Health is using real-world clinical data to power inclusive, AI-driven healthcare toolsat scale and without raising hundreds of millions in VC funding. Am.

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Intercoast

MAY 14, 2025

And How InterCoast Colleges Is Helping May 2025 delivered a rare bipartisan moment in Washington: a shared recognition that the future of artificial intelligence in the U.S. depends not just on software engineers and scientists, but also on skilled tradespeople, especially electricians. ( Hearing Senate – Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S.

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