Is it a coincidence that a second physician has left a high-ranking position at the state Health Department, or is it a sign of serious problems?
Read More »Pay income tax on your receivables?
The IRS has made a sweeping attempt to convert physicians’ income tax returns from the traditional cash method of accounting to the accrual method.
Read More »The emerging role of the hospitalist
Specializing in the management of hospitalized patients, a hospitalist takes over for a primary care physician when it comes time to admit a patient.
Read More »Purchasing provider excess loss insurance
While similar coverage is typically offered with a capitation contract from an HMO, there are clear benefits to securing excess loss coverage from an insurance company.
Read More »Policing billing for Medicare audits
A physician or practice that receives an audit notice from Xact Medical Services should take the matter seriously, and respond in a way that demonstrates medical necessity in a detailed fashion.
Read More »Physician supervision of diagnostic tests
New regulations specify three levels of required physician supervision for diagnostic tests: General, Direct and Personal.
Read More »It's still not cooked
Physician empowerment can be better achieved, Richard Baron, M.D., writes, by focusing on the medical profession inself rather than by responding to external forces.
Read More »Advice for investment accumulators
A seven-step process to enable the accumulator to make smarter investment decisions for the long-term and not just for the moment.
Read More »Vertical versus virtual integration
Vertical integration, as an asset-based method of organizing health care delivery, has some drawbacks. Virtual integration may be one alternative solution, emphasizing coordination through patient management agreements, provider incentives and information systems, rather than investment in large numbers of facilities and people.
Read More »Characteristics of successful POs
Some of the distinguishing characteristics of future, successful physician organizations are clear: they’re found in the organizations that perform well today. Some predictions of what the best organizations will look like in the second generation.
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