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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.

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.

The American Academy of Professional Coders, which in April released a five-year training plan to prepare coders and physicians for ICD-10, recommends all practices start analyzing how the expanded code sets will affect them, but small practices should not begin training until at least six months prior to implementation.

Now is the time to be aggressive and increase your marketing budget.

When engaging a collection agency or an attorney, first be certain that the accounts in question have been worked multiple times and are well over 180 days past due.

I'm joining a practice later this summer with a starting salary of $180,000. How much house can I purchase without the fear of becoming "house poor"?

Although bariatric surgery is becoming an increasingly accepted option to reverse type 2 diabetes, lifestyle interventions, including smoking cessation, improved nutrition, and increased physical activity, coupled with appropriate pharmacotherapy, remain the mainstays for the management of type 2 diabetes.

If you're looking to increase your patient base, there's a lot you and your staff can do to make first-timers feel welcome and ease their integration into your practice.

While no other state besides Massachusetts has mandated individual health insurance for its residents, other states are considering action.

Physician practices in Massachusetts are deteriorating, due in part to state-mandated health coverage and an aging physician population, according to a recent report.

Lurking within the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are nearly $300 billion in potential tax breaks, and much of it is available to you.

If an area hospital has offered to help you purchase an electronic health record system, don't worry about missing out on the potential $44,000 incentive payment from the economic stimulus act.