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By Brad Broker For tech-abled docs and patients, the ‘waiting room’ is turning into whatever room you happen to be in at the moment. Doctor ...
Read More »No More Waiting Room — New App Provides Doctor Appointment With Mobile Video
Docs Uneasy About Pay-for-Performance
By Shefali S. Kulkarni Kaiser Health News A new report from insurer UnitedHealth Group shows that doctors have mixed views on the new pay-for-performance model promoted in ...
Read More »When A Plan Overpays For A Service, Is A Patient Responsible For A Refund?
By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News It’s been more than three years since Lisa Dowden had gastric bypass surgery. As the operation has receded into her ...
Read More »The Big Issues for Doctors in the Presidential Election
An online social network collected physicians’ top questions for the presidential candidates. The purpose of the poll was to better understand what the nation’s leading ...
Read More »Physicians and Disability: An Oxymoron? Four Steps to Ease Suffering
By Jeffrey D. Brunken It takes a certain type of person to become a doctor. In addition to high intellect, they must be driven, ambitious, ...
Read More »Next Generation Of Doctors Will Face Training Challenges
By Ankita Rao Things are looking good for medical schools this year, with a record number of students in the 2012 class and the most ...
Read More »Current Protocols Insufficiently Assess Surgical Skills
In a paper published in Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery entitled “Criterion-Based (Proficiency) Training to Improve Surgical Performance,” researchers at Montefiore Medical Center have demonstrated that current requirements ...
Read More »Transitions: How Physicians (and the Practice) Should Plan for Retirement
By Kevin C. Leahy There are of course two sides to a physician’s retirement – the physician and the practice. The physician has to ensure ...
Read More »You Can’t Expect What You Don’t Inspect
By Matthew Brennan, CPC, RCC One large radiology practice found that their second largest Medicaid HMO was paying them at Medicaid rates instead of their ...
Read More »Understanding the Ins and Outs of Concierge Medicine Today
By Wayne Lipton Physicians today are faced with many options when it comes to decisions related to their practice; from selling it, to adding new ...
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