Practice Management

On March 13, 2026, the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) fined Cigna $80,000 and ordered the insurer to stop automatically downcoding evaluation and management (E/M) claims.

Sweeping insurance and policy changes are poised to reshape how patients access and maintain coverage across Medicare, the Marketplace, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Imagine you are a healthcare provider seeing a complex patient with symptoms that could point to hundreds of conditions.

Oncology Practice Management, Navigation, & Advocacy Day Abstracts from the 4th Annual AVBCC Conference.

Innovation in Practice Management Abstract from the 4th Annual AVBCC Conference.

New Orleans, LA—“Patient engagement” is a healthcare buzz phrase, and a critical part of this concept is patient connectivity to information technology (IT). GetWellNetwork is a patient-focused IT system that aims to empower the patient to improve outcomes in a variety of disease states.

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has set aside $19 billion in incentives to encourage healthcare providers to adopt and meaningfully use electronic medical record (EMR) technology in an effort to provide more patient-centered care.

Widespread adoption of information technology (IT) is now regarded as a pathway to improving healthcare and achieving the highly regarded goals for redesigning care.

The estimated cost for physician practices to interact with health insurance plans is $23 billion to $31 billion annually, according to a 2009 national survey conducted by Casalino and colleagues (Health Aff. 2009;28:w533-w543).