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By Ankita Rao Last Thursday Dr. L. Markham McHenry, a family physician, held a meeting with some patients to tell them about changes he was ...
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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 »The Presidential Election and Physician Investments
By Terry Allman “Should I invest differently in an election year?” This is a question investment managers receive and typically respond to with a furrowed ...
Read More »Health Policy Finds Its Way Into Town Hall Debate
Even when the questions aren’t about health care, many of the responses are. Here’s what President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent, former Mass. Gov. ...
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 ...
Read More »Mitt Romney on Health Care
By Matthew Fleming and David Schultz Kaiser Health News The state health reforms overseen by Mitt Romney while he was governor of Massachusetts have received ...
Read More »FDA Approves Digital Pill; Docs Know When its Been Swallowed
Proteus Digital Health, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its ingestible sensor for marketing as a medical device. ...
Read More »UPDATE: Abington Calls Off Controversial Merger with Holy Redeemer
After a tumultuous couple of weeks, Abington Memorial Hospital and Holy Redeemer Health System have decided to call off their plans to merge the two ...
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