The medical practice of Roberta Miller, MD, is reminiscent of the patient-physician relationship of decades past. Instead of asking patients to come to her office for medical care, she has put 250,000 ...

Home visit companies pushed nurses to run screening tests and add diagnoses during patient visits, which added up to about $15 billion in extra pay from Medicare Advantage between 2019 to 2021, The ...

Patients with complex needs, including those with multiple chronic conditions, functional limitations, or homebound status, often face major challenges in accessing care. Home-based primary care, the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Doctors are only required to visit new residents in skilled nursing facilities within 30 days of admission, and only twice within 90 days, according to federal rules sent to CBS 6 by ...

Our hospital employs many nurse practitioners to assist physicians and surgeons. If a nurse practitioner conducts a follow-up visit and the physician also sees the patient, can the physician bill for ...

A major new study suggests that Medicare beneficiaries with dementia receive better care when treated by clinicians who specialize in nursing home practice — meaning they provide at least 80% of their ...

A proposal tucked into the physician fee schedule issued last week includes a new payment mechanism that could improve follow-up care in nursing homes for post-surgical patients, including those with ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Physicians at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Health and Family Medicine Johnson City conducted welfare checks and delivered supplies to patients across the ...

Here’s a chance to tell the doctor just what to order: La Crosse physician Jackie Yaeger is planning to start a practice featuring old-fashioned house calls, and she wants potential patients’ help in ...

Living farther than 30 km from a family physician can negatively affect access to health care, found a new Ontario study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) ...