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Elderly patients forgo care when copayments for office visits increase, leading to increased hospital time, according to a new study.

Estate planning are addressed

Nearly 90 percent of Americans agree that financial stress can negatively affect one's health, according to a Harris Interactive study.

Twenty percent of physicians plan to purchase an iPad within the year, according to responses from a survey by Epocrates shortly after Apple announced the device.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and American Society for Quality expect to issue a call for submissions for their "Stories of Success! Leveraging HIT, Improving Quality & Safety" series in early March.

Automated telephone outreach with speech recognition is not an effective way to increase the incidence of colorectal cancer screening, according to a study of 80,000 health plan members published in the February 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Medical practice leaders continue to experience administrative challenges reporting data for Medicare?s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, according to results of a survey recently released by the Medical Group Management Association. Specifically, respondents reported difficulty accessing the feedback reports and said that the presentation of information in the reports was not satisfactory.

More than 150 health information technology systems from 104 participating companies and organizations, including vendors, health information exchanges, government agencies, and open-source development groups, were tested recently at IHE North America?s annual Connectathon. Results are posted here.

403(b)s are addressed

Heatlhcare jobs are expected to be the fastest-growing category through most of the new decade.

Several factors will determine whether converting traditional IRA assets to Roth IRA assets is the right decision for you.

Get your questions answered on what parts of your business to analyze on a yearly basis.

Get your questions answered on marking up purchased services.

Jeffrey K. Pearson, DO, keeps it simple when discussing risk with his patients.

No matter where you practice or how well your practice is run, physicians all have one thing in common: the rising cost of everything!

Ten business days is the most time California private health plan members will have to wait for a non-urgent appointment with a primary care physician.

Physicians' moods affect number of prescriptions, referrals and lab tests ordered, as well as amount of time spent talking with patients, a new study shows.

National and state organizations representing physicians were among 118 organizations that sent a lettter to House and Senate leaders supporting equality of Medicaid and Medicare rates for primary care services.

Although an informed and engaged patient usually is a good thing, these qualities sometimes can lead to disagreements, hurt feelings and interruptions in care.

The biggest mistake doctors make when communicating bad news is reverting to "just-the-facts" mode as a defense, one expert says.

Some people forget that many of us went into this profession for reasons other than money, such as helping people in need, that is, the so-called 'psychic reward.'

One of the most significant deductions available to a taxpayer is for charitable contributions.

Loan payoffs are addressed

Connecticut AG sues Health Net of Connecticut in January for failing to secure private medical records and financial information of 446,000 enrollees.

With healthcare fraud now estimated to be a $100-billion-a-year enterprise, the federal government has developed new tools to aggressively pursue fraud.

Understanding the status of consultation codes

Nearly 44 percent of office-based physicians reported using all or partial electronic health record systems in practice.

Deferred loans are addressed