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Physicians, payers collaborate on prior-authorization relief

Doctors, pharmacists, other providers and payers commit to work together to ease prior authorization’s treatment delays, administration burdens.

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Actions taken to quantify, cut the burdens of prior authorization

Processing prior-authorization requests is among a medical practice’s top administrative burdens, but steps are being taken to reduce the problem.

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Physicians protected from health plan credit card fees

Three-year advocacy effort pays off as CMS explicitly spells out what payers must do regarding virtual credit card and EFT payments to physicians.

Claims Processing
Doctor works day and night on electronic health records.
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Family doctors spend 86 minutes of “pajama time” with EHRs nightly

A big chunk of the administrative work physicians do on EHRs could be properly delegated to other members of the practice team.

Digital
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Type & click tasks drain half the primary care workday

New research finds that primary care physicians spend more than half of their workday at a computer screen performing data entry and other tasks with EHRs.

Press Releases
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Health care CEOs to peers: Act on burnout, restore medicine’s joy

“More than words are needed” to address improve physician well-being, say some of the nation’s most prominent health care executives.

Physician Health
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Oregon clinic redesigns patient registration to save clicks, time

Gathering patient information before the visit saves precious time. Learn how one practice discovered a new process that could save $200,000 a year.

Sustainability
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Pains of prior authorization create pressure for reform

Payer and physician organizations gather at HIMSS 2017 to discuss ways to address the burdens of prior authorization.

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AGs called on to help stop prior authorization for MAT

National Association of Attorneys General urged to follow New York Attorney General’s lead and stop prior authorization on medication-assisted treatment (MAT) across the nation.

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