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Whenever nonprofit health care entities convert to for-profit or merge with other nonprofits, these public investments, and the benefits they bring to a community, are jeopardized. The role of the Commonwealth must be to insist on scrupulous review and community input in every case.

If you believe that inflation will eventually return, then your income need will increase as the years go by. If you make the wrong decision as to how to invest, the result can be devastating.

The key to successfully managing under capitation lies in the development of a systematic and comprehensive medical management strategy that includes an incentive plan which empowers physicians

According to the definition of a diagnosis, when nurses use a computer checklist to determine the nature and extent of a medical problem, they are identifying an illness and giving medical advice

Lack of appropriate supervision not only results in potential tort liability of the practice, but also affects reimbursement for services provided by the physician assistant.

What every physician should know when buying new billing software.

Assessing the financial benefits requires a basic understanding of the arrangement from the PPMC end of the table.

What should be done to prepare for this event, if it has not already been done? Here is a brief summary.

In general, triaging from a central unit and within departments, such as scheduling, billing and nursing is important. But where do you start?

A closer inspection leads to the conclusion that the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 likely will not promote wide-scale private Medicare contracting.