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Starting in 2013, the Medicare tax will increase from 2.9% to 3.8% for couples earning more than $250,000.

After nearly a year of intense negotationas, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as healthcare reform, has become law. The question you're probably asking is, "What does this mean for me, my practice and my patients?

When dealing with wrathful patients, consider some humble insights on interacting with them that may be helpful.

Physicians suggest the health reform overhaul does not address the day-to-day frustrations you face running a practice and will only add to the bureaucracy with little financial benefit.

Understand how to bill inpatient services.

Older women receiving an annual large dose of vitamin D3 may have an increased risk of falls and fractures, according to researchers from the University of Melbourne in Geelong, Australia.

Learn about exemption for regular and Roth IRAs.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine will launch the first three-year medical degree approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

Understand more about the exemption from Social Security tax and how it interacts with the Medicare tax.

It's no secret that the workload for primary care physicians is increasing and that the current shortage of PCPs is predicted to escalate during the next 10 to 15 years.

Nurses who are interrupted while administering medication appear to have an increased risk of making medication errors, according to a new report.

Choosing primary care over a specialty career costs physicians an estimated $2.7 million in potential lifetime earnings and wealth, according to an analysis.

An estate is liable under a lease.

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would require all physicians and hospitals to publicly disclose prices met opposition in the first hearings earlier this month.

The increasing prevalence of electronic health records should help address the issue of illegible medical records in the future. If you write notes by hand, however, you must take the time to ensure that your medical records are legible, accurate, and specific. We share pointers to help you communicate with other healthcare professionals and create a good legal document for evidence should one be needed.

In more than half of elderly patients seen in primary care with a complaint of dizziness, cardiovascular disease is a contributing factor, and adverse drug effect is a contributing factor in about one-fourth of patients, according to research.

Electronic health record systems can help medical practices improve their design and payment structures, according to one doctor?s examination of his five-physician internal medicine practice, published in the April 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Citizen satisfaction with government Web sites, which climbed to an all-time high last year, remained high through the first quarter of 2010, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index?s E-Government Satisfaction Index.

Physician practices are considering an ever-increasing number of software vendors when it comes to choosing an electronic health record, according to a new report from KLAS, a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors.

The health information exchange infrastructure will change dramatically over the next two years, according to the new report from IDC Health Insights.

To achieve meaningful use of health information technology, physician practices must increase the use of quality measurement as part of their electronic health records systems, according to a paper recently released by the American College of Physicians.

Understand whether giving patients incentives for referrals is OK.

The federal government is increasing its efforts to detect overpayments in the Medicare program. We detail the steps to take now, before a notice arrives, and points to consider should your practice receive a request for a recovery audit contractor audit.

A hospital has offered to buy your practice. There's a conflict among the physicians in your group. Your practice is considering purchasing a new computer system. These are a few of the many examples the American Academy of Family Physicians cites that may require professional legal advice.

If individuals convert their Roth IRAs in 2010 and opt to recognize the income in 2010, then they may wish to be careful to pay 110 percent of their 2009 tax liability over the course of 2010 through withholding or estimated payments.

Learn how long to keepreceipt books and credit card slips.

Medical societies representing internists, family physicians, and pediatricians signed The Council of Medical Specialty Societies code for disclosing financial ties to pharmaceutical, device and other companies.

It is possible for Congress to pass legislation taking away an anticipated benefit such as income-tax-free treatment of Roth IRAs.