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Superbills, encounter forms, and EOBs are not considered primary records and can be destroyed after they are input into the billing system.

If you do not have stocks with gains, you are better off donating cash.

My daughter is a 19-year-old, part-time student in college. Are we subject to "kiddie tax"?

No code has been assigned to report the administration of the upcoming H1N1 vaccine or the vaccine itself. Codes will likely be assigned around October 1.

For the first time, 17 of Advanstar Communications' Life Sciences publications and its web portal, ModernMedicine.com, are collaborating in a coordinated, interdisciplinary initiative to address a major public health issue: cardiometabolic disorders and weight.

The Stark law is relevant only in situations that involve a specific set of health services and patients who use Medicare.

Although Medicare is expected to offer a financial hardship exemption from electronic health records, the agency has offered scant details so far.

Over the many years of my medical practice, it has repeatedly occurred to me that we might be better caregivers if we had a more visceral rather than purely intellectual understanding of what our patients are experiencing.

Adults in the United States spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on visits to "complementary and alternative medicine" practitioners and purchases of alternative health products in 2007.

A new tool to help treat cardiometabolic conditions with greater certainty is ready to be tested in a practice environment.

Beginning this issue and continuing through November, Medical Economics will deliver "Cardiometabolic Disorders & Weight: Action for Outcomes," a series of in-depth coverage designed to help you manage your patients' disorders more effectively.

How can I convert my individual retirement account into a Roth IRA?

Is the medical home concept impractical for solo physicians?

Most states do not outline or limit the reasons a physician can terminate that relationship, which gives the physician considerable discretion to determine the reasons he or she might do so.

A deferred-payment loan of up to $315,000 for solo physicians to purchase electronic health record systems may soon be available from the Small Business Administration.

What is the difference between a 529 plan and a Coverdell Education Savings Account?

Physicians need to update the information related to their own NPI numbers. Failure to do so could result in not being paid for some services.

When I sell stocks, how do I know my basis in order to determine the capital gains tax?

Starting next year, about 25,000 patients will be able to see all the encounter notes from their primary care physicians on an online personal health record for the duration of a 12-month study.

Choosing and implementing an electronic health record is among the top concerns for medical group practices, according to a study from the Medical Group Management Association.

Testing of a hand hygiene program using infrared and radio frequency identification technology to capture and time-stamp hand washings is underway at a Miami hospital.

Universal coverage could clog the healthcare system unless new care-delivery models are created, such as telehealth and online doctor appointments, according to a recent survey.

EHR adoption has decreased in hospitals in states where privacy laws restrict the ability to disclose patient information, according to a study published in the journal Management Science.

The use of pen-and-paper workarounds in conjunction with electronic health records could boost overall efficiency, according to a new study.

Does the same old "buy-and-hold" strategy still have a pulse for those of us in our fifties, sixties, and older?

For the third time, the Federal Trade Commission has delayed enforcement of its identity-theft protection system, or "Red Flags" Rule, which applies to physicians' offices.

Mass. hysteria

Practicing medicine takes on a different feel when you're the only doctor in town. But Jim Selenke, MD, the lone physician in Hudson, Iowa, wouldn't have it any other way.