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By Alan Lyndon Meaningful Use; Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Regional Extension Centers….Physicians didn’t sign up ...
Read More »State Regulators Recommend New Health Insurance Rules
By Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News Insurance regulators unanimously approved controversial rules Thursday governing how much insurers must spend on patients’ medical care – without ...
Read More »Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Update Implements Key Reform Provisions
By: Esther Chang, et. al. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual regulatory update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the ...
Read More »A New Way To Pay For Chemo: Docs Get a Lump Sum for Full Course
By Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News One of the nation’s largest health insurers said today it is testing a new way to pay for some ...
Read More »Improving Your Practice’s Receivables Collections
By Reed Tinsley, CPA There are many causes, and indicators, of problems in this area. Some offices lack either a defined collection system or their ...
Read More »PA Senate Candidate Lays Out Case for Docs
By Ruth Damsker As a candidate for the State Senate in Montgomery County and parts of Bucks County, I am committed to advancing healthcare policies ...
Read More »Let’s Concentrate More on Medicine Than Politics
By Christopher M. Hughes, MD Implementing the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will be a monumental task and there are plenty of legitimate ...
Read More »FDA: Safety update for osteoporosis drugs, bisphosphonates, and atypical fractures
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating the public regarding information previously communicated describing the risk of atypical fractures of the thigh, known ...
Read More »Hospitals Lure Doctors Away From Private Practice
By Jenny Gold Kaiser Health News Raleigh, N.C. — Dr. Alden Parsons, a thoracic surgeon, had just finished fifteen years of medical training. But instead ...
Read More »How To Evaluate A Practice Opportunity
Professional, Philosophical, Interpersonal and Management/Governance Considerations By Vasilios J. Kalogredis, Esq. Too often, when a physician is evaluating a practice opportunity, the doctor is overly ...
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