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Less than 10 years out of medical school, one primary care physician is living the dream-he does not accept insurance or Medicare, he won't file reimbursement paperwork for patients, and his practice is thriving.

Collaboration among medical professionals improves medication adherence for patients with hypertension, a study shows.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine launches a pilot program that offers online visits to patients of physicians at two medical centers.

A 21 percent reduction in physicians' Medicare fees was temporarily dismissed thanks to a defense spending bill signed by the President in December.

Brian Forrest, MD, explains how he arrived at a cash-only practice that does not accept insurance.

The subculture of boxing that includes trainers, promoters, and even the doctors is difficult to explain unless you're submerged in it.

HHS began seeking bids to create a national, all-payer, all-claims database to use for comparative effectiveness research.

Get your questions answered on discharge letters.

Get your questions answered on how to charge people for their appointments in light of a tough economy.

Life insurance trusts are addressed

Greenway Medical PrimeSuite Chart took top honors in multiple categories in research firm KLAS' annual rankings of the best-performing healthcare IT software and service vendors.

How to know whether universal life insurance is necessary is addressed

Beginning with the 2009 tax return, tax refunds can be used to purchase Series I U.S. savings bonds just by completing the appropriate sections of the tax return.

Learn how to transition to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10).

U.S. hospitals are only halfway to qualifying for government incentive payments aimed at controlling healthcare costs while improving the quality and effective delivery of patient care, according to a survey released by technology consulting firm CSC.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota?s 10,000 employees and family members are part of a new pilot program testing the insurer?s Online Care Anywhere program. The program is designed to allow patients access to medical care from home or work via computer or phone.

Aetna and WellPoint are the first national health plans to earn certification for electronically exchanging administrative data using the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange Phase II rules.

Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units was not associated with an overall improvement in the risk of death or length of stay in the ICU or hospital, according to a study.

The federal government can encourage physicians to buy electronic health record systems, but it is the vendors and hospitals that affiliate with doctors that ultimately will determine whether they adopt them, according to a new report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.

Should a physician send his or her patients a "friend request" on Facebook? Social networking poses new challenges and rules for doctors and other professionals who embrace it.

Various areas of coding, including hospice patients, e-prescribing and tuberculosis test results, are addressed

In 2009, 4 percent of the population was enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan.

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office issued a report in December that urged lawmakers to forbid most financial relationships, gifts and free meals between physicians and pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

The American Medical Association (AMA) changes in Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding from year to year can have an enormous effect on any practice.

In-flight medical events are in an area of medicine that is often overlooked but occurring more and more.

Get your questions answered on managed care capitated plans when planning for retirement.

Patient safety improvements in the last 10 years received a grade of B-minus.

Get your questions answered on whether to accept managed care capitated contracts.