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Florida officials are cracking down on the illegal sale of prescription drugs.

Federal healthcare fraud prosecutions are on pace to increase by 85% over last year due to a new emphasis on enforcement.

The author discusses a moving realization she experienced related to those who are unemployed with no health insurance during her attendance at an annual AAFP meeting.

Learn the ins and outs of billing in a concierge practice.

Hospitals are hiring more doctors to try and gain market share through referral bases and admissions, according to a new study.

Although a surprising number of family physicians depend on themselves for financing their practices, putting money into or withdrawing money from a medical practice should not be tackled by amateurs.

As an investment adviser to many physicians, the author has the opportunity to frequently think about and discuss the best long-term strategies for management of retirement funds.

How to purchase a life insurance policy as a means of making a charity donation.

Although most primary care physicians report being busier than ever, as paperwork and other demands eat up their time, the number of patients they saw overall in 2010 actually was down from previous 2 years.

Understand legal liability in selling weight loss products.

As part of its anti-fraud campaign, Medicare will ask about 750,000 physicians and more than 1.4 million healthcare professionals to revalidate their enrollment records by 2013.

How to conduct an investigation of staff to get to the bottom of thefts.

More than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight, and about one-third are obese, according to NHANES data.

With the new high-deductible health plans requiring more out-of-pocket contributions from patients, it's essential for your practice to optimize time-of-service collections.

Slightly more than half of physicians have changed their retirement plans since the recession began.

Is it possible to charge interest on late payments?

The Medicare sustainable growth rate formula remains in place, despite efforts by numerous physicians and their associations to get it repealed during negotiations over raising the nation's debt ceiling.

When to consider giving up on the stock market.

Know your options for paying back student loans during residency.

Being short-staffed has become an accepted way of life in this particular practice.

Care for patients with diabetes improved appreciably when their physicians use electronic health records extensively.

Should physicians consider treating their own staff?

What you may not know is that the 2010 tax law provides a means for doctors and other professionals to protect their assets from creditors or malpractice claims without incurring negative estate tax implications.

The author discusses the fine art of negotiating and offers 6 tips.

Patients treated by hospitalists spend less time in the hospital and incur lower costs than those treated by primary care physicians, but they are more likely to be readmitted and visit the emergency department, according to a new study.

Major healthcare organizations are lining up against proposed changes to federal privacy rules that would make it easier for patients to see who has viewed their medical records.

You may want to take off the white coat when you make hospital rounds each morning to avoid bringing more than your expertise to hospitalized patients. Some 60% of the time, traditional doctors? garb harbor dangerous bacteria, a recent study says. If you can?t bear to leave the coat behind, here are some tips on making it safer.

The incentives driving electronic health record adoption could be affected if health information technology falls victim to cuts by the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Here?s what the experts have to say.

Compensation for ?physician extenders? continues to rise as practices scramble to expand capacity and maintain already slim operating margins. Find out what pay packages are being offered and if your practice is staying competitive.

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is urging a new congressional ?supercommittee? to repeal the despised Sustainable Growth Rate formula and stipulate a reimbursement system for the next 3 to 5 years that will give primary care physicians a 3% higher payment rate. Read on to find out why AAFP argues that spending more healthcare dollars on primary care will likely save money in the long run.