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After securing agreements in two states earlier this year, Boston-based physician-visit website American Well has announced plans to expand its services nationwide.

E-mail and voicemail are excellent and convenient means of dealing with prescription renewals, appointment reminders, and other standard administrative tasks.

Almost half of all uninsured U.S. citizens younger than 65 earn enough to afford health insurance but voluntarily don't purchase it, according to research by a Washington, D.C. think tank.

The sports physicals you'll perform for many of your young patients before they go back to school can be done at the same time you do regular well visits.

In light of the current economic recession, patients must realize that many doctors will begin to charge for goods and services that up until now have been free and taken for granted.

A new report from UnitedHealth Group says the U.S. healthcare system could reduce costs by $332 billion over the next 10 years if healthcare providers update their technology.

After spending eight years and $1.6 billion, Canada has made little progress toward its goal of implementing electronic health records by 2010, according to a recent report.

Medicare is proposing a rule that would simplify reporting requirements for the Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program and the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and set the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2010.

Physicians fail to tell patients about abnormal results in one out of every 14 medical tests, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Given the perceived long-term consequences of the U.S. borrowing so much money, should you consider moving funds out of U.S. equities to international equities?

Paying based strictly on RVUs often results in a physician who is far more concerned about production than about quality or effectiveness of patient care.

About half of American doctors say they regularly give patients placebo treatments, usually over-the-counter analgesics or vitamins that won't really help their conditions.

I'm afraid one of my employees is stealing from my practice. What should I do regarding legal action against him?

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How can I protect my financial plan from the risk of rising inflation and interest rates?

Codes for nursing facility typical times are designed to parallel hospital inpatient codes.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said that current reform efforts will not likely include a permanent fix to the Medicare fee-for-service physician payment system.

The author of a New York Times bestselling book believes primary care doctors can play a critical role in helping patients recognize and modify their dietary behavior.

The challenge: Figuring out when a patient's actions terminate the physician-patient relationship

According to coding protocol, you can report only one initial immunization code per visit.

Now is an ideal time to learn about the proven benefits, strengths, and versatility of life insurance and annuity investing.

A Massachusetts committee on healthcare payment reform will recommend switching the state's fee-for-service payment system to a capitated or "global" payment model.

Patients and physicians report virtual doctor visits done through videoconferencing were similar to face-to-face visits on most measures.

Let's take a look at how a "utopian medical practice" in the not-too-distant future functions from the perspectives of the patient, physician, office staff, nurse, billing department, and referred physician.

Physicians who begin practicing and subsequently go back to training in a fellowship have a unique opportunity if they were contributing to a pretax retirement plan, such as a 403b.

For the first time in his 12-year hospital career, Kevin Deighton, MD, had a choice to make: In six months, he could either go solo, find another employer, or unite with other physicians to launch their own practice.

An option for residents and fellows who moonlight and want to defer some of their earnings into tax-advantaged plans is to open a Simplified Employee Pension plan.

The AMA and groups representing hospitals, health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, device makers, and labor groups vowed to do their part to save the country as much as $2 trillion by slowing healthcare expense growth by 1.5 percent over the next decade.