As we approach 2017, physician practices are being challenged on all fronts. 

Lawmakers returned to Washington and wasted no time getting to work on the repeal of Obamacare.

The Medicare agency deserves a pat on the back for laying the groundwork for doctors’ new quality-based payment system, but it still needs to tackle two main areas in the new year, a government report said Dec. 21. 

Along with health insurers, more and more providers are expected to transition to alternative payment models (APMs) especially due to MACRA’s Quality Payment Program.  

Let's face it. The real reason you have to check your bag is shoes.

Stop for a second and appreciate your heels. 

San Antonio has a diabetes problem and that’s what’s causing people to have a lot of other problems too.

Ankle injuries are common in most sports, but there is a predominance in basketball.

Many health conditions – conditions that you didn’t know you had – can be identified by an examination of your feet.

If you have diabetes, foot care is an extremely important component of self-managing your condition.

Paper or plastic? Debit or credit? Netflix or Amazon? These are the kind of choices we are asked to make everyday.  

Everybody’s talking about value-based care, but what does that mean? 

Over the years, practices have developed many policies about how co-payment and deductibles are collected from patients. 

Disappointment. That’s the word Ralph Nobo, MD, uses to describe physician attitudes towards health information technology (IT) and its related costs.

Electronic health records systems should be the springboard from which clinicians perform an elegant forward dive, with 3 1/2 somersaults in the pike position, enabling a classy entry into the pool of data. 

Industry experts say there is no crisis; top Republicans see medical malpractice threatening U.S. health care.