By Julie Rovner The tax bill unveiled by Republicans in the House on Thursday would not, as had been rumored, eliminate the tax penalty for failure ...
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MONDAY, Dec. 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Many physicians report that their personal income has not changed since last year, according to the results of ...
Read More »Maybe the Crowd Can Finally Tell Us The Cost of a Mammogram
How much does it cost? That’s the big, unknown question in healthcare. The same medical procedures cost different amounts depending on too many variables. Patients ...
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By JULIE APPLEBY When Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield became embroiled in a contract dispute with Exeter Hospital in N.H. in 2010, its negotiators came ...
Read More »How Physicians Can Protect Financial Assets From Lawsuits
By DAVID B. MANDELL and JASON M. O’DELL As advisors to physicians throughout the country, we are often asked to help doctors to protect assets ...
Read More »Medicare May Cover New, At-Home Colon Cancer Test
By Michelle Andrews Medicare beneficiaries may get speedier coverage for a newly approved screening test for colorectal cancer under a pilot project in which two federal agencies ...
Read More »9 Reasons Doctors Stink At Investing
By David B. Mandell, JD, MBA and Robert G. Peelman, CFP There are multiple layers to the question: do I really need an investment advisor? Although, ...
Read More »Doctors Are Not Good At Investing Their Money (Info-Graphic)
By Brad Broker Doctors are not saving enough for retirement. A new study shows that even though physicians have an average annual salary of almost ...
Read More »Doctors Lose Lots of Money Every Year With This Common Tax Mistake
By David B. Mandell, JD, MBA and Carole F. Foos, CPA Are you an owner of a medical practice taxed as a flow-through entity such as ...
Read More »Transition to ICD-10 May Cost 3X More Than Predicted For Physician Practices
The mandated implementation of the ICD-10 code set will be dramatically more expensive for most physician practices than previously estimated, according to an updated cost study released ...
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