Following the lead of hospitals, physician groups are adding more dynamic content and interactivity to their websites. While the potential functionality to be added is limitless, there are several enhancements that provide a balance between the ease of implementation and expected benefits.
Read More »Where have all the doctors gone?
If third party payers are unwilling to work with physicians, argues C. Richard Schott, M.D., they will have to deal with, and be responsible for, the resultant deterioration in quality and the disruption of access to care that surely will result, not from physician initiated job actions, but from existing market forces, resulting in the inability of a decreasing number of the physicians remaining in this region to meet the medical needs of their subscribers.
Read More »Removing obstacles to the paperless office
The use of electronic medical records has been slowly growing but is not expanding as quickly as many expected. There are several potential reasons for this.
Read More »Making non-compete agreements work
Whatever reluctance your practice may feel, the reality is that you could face real economic challenges if a physician leaves your practice only to open a competing office in your neighborhood.
Read More »New life for MD-hospital joint ventures
The regulatory environment is now ripe for hospital-physician ASC joint venture arrangements. A new ruling clarifies how a non-profit health care system can participate in an ancillary for-profit joint venture while maintaining its tax-exempt and public charity status.
Read More »Removing obstacles to the paperless office
The use of electronic medical records has been slowly growing but is not expanding as quickly as many expected. There are several potential reasons for this.
Read More »Hardship deferment saves residents money
There are many residents who can save over $14,000, but too few who are aware of this option.
Read More »Effective billing on a shoestring budget
Essential components of an effective billing system that can operate on a shoestring budget include equipment needs, personnel training, relationship development and use of computers.
Read More »Overview of OIG’s MD compliance guidance
HHS' Office of Inspector General has issued its final "Compliance Program Guidance for Individual and Small Group Physician Practices" to help protect doctors from Medicare Fraud & Abuse prosecution. We offer some guidance on the guidance, in five easy pieces.
Read More »Pa. physician reinstated under HMO laws
Analysis of the first Pennsylvania judicial decision in which a court has determined that due process rights may apply to a physician when that physician is de-selected from an HMO provider panel.
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