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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

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.

Do not purchase the wrong electronic medical record (EMR) system.

In January, Minnesota pharmacies were required to report data on addictive drugs to the Minnesota Prescription Monitoring Program.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released the proposed definition of "meaningful use" of an electronic health record system.

Get your questions answered on how to create effective to-do lists.

Medical Economics magazine asked 10 practices to reveal the best lessons learned from electronic health record adoption experiences.

About 72 percent of Americans assign some blame to Congress for their own financial woes.

Get your questions answered on office space organization.

The once private consultation between doctor and patient no longer exists.

Recent and anticipated tax law changes provide new opportunities to avoid overpaying taxes.

Payment for work with Roth IRAs is addressed