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It’s the right time to consider purchasing disability insurance as “own occ” is back, new options are available, limits have increased and more insurance companies have entered the market.

Even as the baby-boomer generation requires more physicians to treat chronic illnesses, the health care workforce is increasingly comprised of physicians seeking to balance time within clinical practice with other interests and commitments.

Doctors and health care providers have an obligation to address both the handling of the information by staff and authorized agents, and also the physical and technical safeguards in place to protect electronic health information.

An introduction to the primary U.S. federal laws as they apply to manufacturer support of continuing medical education, and an update on current federal initiatives designed to regulate these relationships.

Physicians can build their skills in the area of communicating effectively across cultures, asking particular questions of their patients, and being able to negotiate in ways that will improve the outcomes for diverse patient populations.

Reality has outpaced the debate over nurse practitioner autonomy and scope of practice, given the intensifying shortage of primary care providers and health care workforce demands that place a premium on collaboration with physicians.

The Act exponentially increases the tax benefits available to practices that wish to update equipment and certain other property to more technologically-advanced forms of property.

It’s a challenge to keep up with new regulations, administer the payroll, make certain your own staff has proper health coverage, and know how to ensure your staff is receiving competitive benefits – even when you have a competent office manager.