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Gordon K. MacLeod, M.D., itemizes warning signs for medical education’s future. The signs represent a trend to be reckoned with.

Discussion forum blossoms, search capacity is operational, and other new features of this site.

Start-up practices and small employers may wish to consider the new SIMPLE retirement plan. Be aware of changes to 401(k) calculations. Tax-exempt organizations are now permitted to establish 401(k) plans. Other impacts of the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996.

How to track services, billing and financial operations while integrating fee-for-service and capitated medicine in a medical practice. Understand the distinctions and respond to the variables involved.

Confronting practice valuations are legal and financial obstacles in two contexts: the sale of a practice by a hospital-based physician and the sale of a practice to a hospital. Learn from the mistakes of others.

The failure of the state's General Assembly to extend the CON law does not mean that the Department of Health will be silent on the matter. The first of two articles to examine the legal impact of this event on the health care market.

Six steps to structure your choice of medical practice software. Forming an educated selection team, focusing objectives, defining requirements, interacting with vendors and more. A guide to pre-empt chaos and frustration.

Dissatisfaction with medical practice is higher than you might expect. Learn how doctors in the state view medical savings accounts, single payer system and other policy priorities, and how for-profit marketplace priorities compare to those views.

Examines obstacles to the lastest management rage and offers a wiser approach to personnel management.

Explains what tax law changes you need to know about in the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and the Taxpayers Bill of Rights 2.