Tag Archives: physicians

By Lucia Francesca Bruno, J.D., LL.M., M.B.A. For a long time, third-party reimbursement allowed most private practice physicians to go it alone and earn a ...

By Matthew Fleming and David Schultz Kaiser Health News The state health reforms overseen by Mitt Romney while he was governor of Massachusetts have received ...

By Michael Calahan I was recently addressing a group of health care providers to overview the impending transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 from an operational ...

By Patricia A. Costante Thanks in part to the widespread attention of concussions among high-profile professional athletes, the medical community, many states and other groups ...

By Franklin Rooks Jr., PT, MBA, Esq.   Introduction Health savings accounts (HSA’s) were created under “The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of ...

By Martha Swartz, M.S.S., J.D.   With economic pressures on physicians mounting and regulatory incentives to affiliate with larger entities expanding, an increasing number of ...

  By Patricia A. Costante Physicians across the nation are increasingly selling their practices or seeking employment directly with healthcare systems. According to a report ...

By Lucia F. Bruno, J.D., LL.M., M.B.A. Urgent care medicine has emerged as one of the fastest growing specialties in the United States.  Many family ...

Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), also referred to as the health care reform act, is currently being challenged on ...

By Alan Lyndon In his latest Health Policy Outlook, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) health policy expert and practicing physician Scott Gottlieb takes a look at accountable care ...