By Brad Broker On Star Trek, medical personnel were equipped with “tricorders.” Today, they’re called “iPhones” or “iPads.” Whatever you call them, almost all physicians ...
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By David B. Mandell, JD, MBA and Carole F. Foos, CPA Are you an owner of a medical practice taxed as a flow-through entity such as ...
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By Lisa Johnson The morning buzzer goes off, but you’re just not ready to face a day at work. You text your boss that you’re ...
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By Martha Swartz The last thing you’re probably thinking about when you’re about to sign an employment agreement is how your relationship with your employer ...
Read More »5 Tips To Help Patients Get Best Health Care (VIDEO)
By Alan Lyndon It’s not easy being a patient. Insurance companies and health care laws make it really difficult to know all of the rules ...
Read More »Which Device Do Doctors Use For Medical News: iPhone or iPad?
By Alan Lyndon How do you read journal articles? Print? Online? And, if on a mobile device, which one? A new survey found that 28 ...
Read More »Family Physicians Group Endorses Congress’ Plan to Overhaul Doc Pay
By Brad Broker Another major endorsement for the plan introduced by Congress to repeal and replace the SGR. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), ...
Read More »Are Doctors Screening Their Patients for Hepatitis B?
By Curtis T. Miyamoto, MD I recently met with Chari Cohen, MPH DrPh(c), Director of Public Health, and Kuan-Lung Daniel Chen, MPH, CPH, Program Manager, ...
Read More »This App Will Get You To The Doctor, Even In A Major Snowstorm
By Brad Broker Much of the East Coast is trapped inside today. A major storm of snow and ice has left over 900,000 people without ...
Read More »Transition to ICD-10 May Cost 3X More Than Predicted For Physician Practices
The mandated implementation of the ICD-10 code set will be dramatically more expensive for most physician practices than previously estimated, according to an updated cost study released ...
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