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In the ever-changing world of healthcare, hospital CEOs can see hiring physicians as a curse. Find out how you can turn it into a blessing.

The Illinois state legislature is considering doubling the state's annual physicians' license fee-used to pay for regulatory enforement of the profession-to $200.

Questions include details regarding issues getting claims processed under 5010 and the new implementation date for ICD-10. Find out the answers to your pressing coding questions.

Thinking about joining a hospital-owned physician practice? Find out what questions you should ask before making this decision.

Clasifying a part-time employee can pose a challenge. Discover the distinctions to be made between employee and independent contractor.

The go-live date for ICD-10 may be pushed back further, to October 2014. Even so, one expert says you should start making the change sooner rather than later.

Is the Patient-Centered Medical Home model everything it's cracked up to be? It's too soon to know for sure.

As if your waiting room isn't crowded enough already, a new study predicts that the shortage of primary care physicians (PCP) could be made even worse by President Barack Obama's proposed budget.

Not enough of you are presenting your coronary stent patients with ways to avoid the procedure, according to a new study.

Stark II rules play an important part in determining relationships between physicians and hospitals. See what you need to know about them.

No one likes to be audited by the IRS. See why operating your practice as a corporation could lessen the risk.

Inherited IRAs come with their own set of rules. Learn why you should start withdrawiing funds from the account soon after inheritance.

Intentionally or not, your practice doesn't always completely safeguard your patients' privacy. Learn what you can do to better protect that confidentiality in the future.

If your office is filled with performance charts counting prescriptions written, surveys scored, smokers counseled, or flu shots administered, you're working in a practice-by-the-numbers. The only thing the numbers can't measure: A good doctor.

The proposed rule for publicly reporting physicians' financial interactions with drug and medical device manufacturers does not offer you enough protection against misleading or inaccurate information according to the American Medical Association.

Letters address additional tips for maintaining efficiency in your practice, how to get started with selling your practice to an insurance company, and the difference between GPs and FPs.

Having computer access to your patients' test results means you are likely to order more imaging and labs, according to a study in Health Affairs.

Does ICD-10 implementation scare you? Calm your fears with these tips.

With expenses increasing and revenues dropping, how can small practices remain viable? If you like caring for patients in a solo or small practice and want to continue doing so, you won't want to miss this advice.

Where should you start when considering whether to join an ACO? How about with these questions?

Researching drugs not yet approved for sale should exempt you from new payment reporting requirements, says the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO).

Hospitals increased their physician hiring in 2011 and are likely to continue doing so for the remainder of 2012.

EHR systems can be outright purchases or paid month-to-month. Find out which way works best for your needs.

A series of high-profile arrests and a legislative crackdown on storefront "pill mills" In Florida led to a dramatic decline in the number of oxycodone pills sold in that state last year.

One doctor offers her professional wishlist for 2012. See what she hopes will happen this year.

Learn what you need to use social media effectively for your practice

Questions include details regarding Medicare coverage of sexually transmitted infections. Find out the answers to your pressing coding questions.

See how HIE and HIT could be strengthening healthcare.