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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.

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

Get your questions answered on handling an outstanding account balance.

Late payments are addressed

Dermatologists and oncologists are the physician specialist groups most likely to communicate with patients online, according to the latest physician report, "Physicians in 2012: The Outlook on Health Information Technology," from pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research.

Two academic medical centers and one rural hospital will be recognized with Stage 7 awards, representing attainment of the highest level of electronic health record adoption as judged by HIMSS Analytics, at the 2010 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual meeting in March in Atlanta.

Healthcare cost control is the overarching theme for 2010, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute's "Top 10 health industry issues in 2010" report.

Physicians are more likely to report drug side effects through an electronic health records system than they are via traditional paper methods, according to the results of a survey sponsored by Pfizer.

Electronic health record systems hold much promise for the future of healthcare, but improvements are needed before their benefits can be fully realized, according to two commentaries published in the February 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

An Arkansas internist was indicted by a federal grand jury in January for a car bomb that maimed the chairman of the state's medical board, according to court documents.

Bypass trusts are addressed

Credit report blemish is addressed

Health spending great 4.4 percent in the United States in 2008, the slowest growth rate since it was first tracked in 1960 according to the CMS.

Field questions on ancillary services for cardiovascular disease here.