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After two years on the job, David Blumenthal, MD, announced his resignation as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, effective in the spring.

The U.S. Senate passed an amendment to the healthcare reform legislation to repeal the requirement for small businesses, including physician practices, to file an IRS form 1099 for each vendor from whom they make purchases of $600 or more.

Find out ways to determine which charities are legitimate.

In the first six months of 2010, the Patient-Centered Medical Home program of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan showed measurable results in improved quality and cost management.

Refrain from making negative comments about another medical professional for several reasons.

After nearly 20 years of practicing medicine, the author has come to expect patients to ask his advice about everything in their lives.

How to handle a large outstanding bill from a deceased patient.

The author came to a realization one day that while he was operating a successful practice, he now had more patients than he could handle.

Most commercial health insurance markets in the United States are dominated by one or two health insurers, according to one analysis.

It's often said that some of the most valuable meetings at medical conferences take place informally among colleagues in the hallways of the conference centers.

Medicare patients living in areas with a larger supply of physicians were no more satisfied with their care than patients living in regions with a smaller physician supply, according to a study.

Variable annuities have been sold by insurance companies to physicians and others for many years.

The healthcare quality organization that sets the health insurance industry-accepted criteria for practices being recognized as a patient-centered medical home released updated guidelines on January 31.

The author's letter doesn't understate that life in medicine can be difficult.

The legal world lost a great cross-examiner when Steven I. Kern, JD, passed away January 10. And Medical Economics lost a great columnist.

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The government is continuing its commitment to stopping fraud by instituting more advanced screening and prevention techniques as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

In the military where I received my residency training and spent the first four years of my medical career as an attending physician, evaluations were sacrosanct.

Thanks to greater federal funding and loosened state eligibility requirements, the number of patients receiving healthcare coverage through Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program has grown in recent years, according to a new study.

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This physician recounts his days during residency where a delivery, usually a joyful occasion, turned terribly tragic in the case of the mother.

As physicians we groan every time a narcotic refill request crosses our desk.

Primary care physicians and specialists believe they are providing adequate patient data to each other during referrals and consultations, but an analysis of a survey published in January 10 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine reveals that perception may be incorrect.

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Learn how to avoid license-related and other complications should you decide to move your practice out of state.

The much talked about support for primary care should be a relief to a debilitated primary care workforce struggling to survive a toxic payment and policy environment.

If you see patients in the hospital, it's important to realize that clinical language does not necessarily equate to coding language.

Looking into the future, the author sees storm clouds and tsunami waves ahead on the ocean of healthcare.