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Do we have any legal recourse against CMS when we believe it has made an E&M error?

I have a patient who has health insurance from her employer as well as Medicare because she is on dialysis. How do I figure out which one is her primary insurer?

I'm looking for compensation information for a practice's chief executive officer, chief operating officer, administrator, and practice manager. What is a fair salary for these positions?

Does malpractice insurance cover charges of defamation?

I have been awarded a grant designed to recruit new physicians to underserved areas in my state. Is this money subject to taxes?

I'm planning to retire soon and obviously want to avoid common financial mistakes that many retirees or soon-to-be retirees make. What are some common retirement-related missteps?

I travel every few months for conferences and other professional development gatherings. Do you have any tips that could help me stretch my travel dollars?

I've read a lot about how home heating costs will be much higher this winter than in past years. Is there anything I can do before winter sets in to keep costs down?

Mutually exclusive code edits play a role in whether procedures can be bundled.

The modifier -25 is not applicable to all emergency-type services performed in the office.

Medicare is usually the secondary payer, but not always. Check with the patient to see what other type of coverage is involved.

Contingency fees are the primary reason for such close scrutiny of extraneous legal issues by plaintiffs' attorneys.

The number of doctors prescribing antibiotics to adults with acute viral bronchitis is still rising, despite the fact that such drugs have no effect on that condition.

The first phase of the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program was a boon for budget-minded policymakers on Capitol Hill, but the controversial plan promises another potential headache for physicians.

A wide range of new equipment can help improve your practice - and the quality of patient care.

Estimated costs are in for the mandated upgrade to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision.

The average total compensation for an internal medicine physician jumped 8 percent during the past year to $232,963 a year.

Aetna will be the first health insurance company to link its online database of medical providers to a directory maintained by the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.

Patient collections remains a top concern for MGMA members - and even more so in a declining economy.

With the crumbling economy on everyone's minds, the Medical Group Management Association announced its support of a cost-cutting initiative for physicians at last month's conference in San Diego.

Reimbursement troubles, concierge practices, fixing U.S. health care

There are two functions being integrated into EHRs that will radically change how medical care is delivered: clinical decision support and a communication portal.

Despite the hefty $11 billion price tag, creating a unique patient identification number for every person in the U.S. would return more than that amount in quality and efficiency gains to the country?s health-care system, according to a study the RAND Corp.

While electronic health records systems are expected to become more widespread in the future, the pace of adoption will remain slow in the coming years, according to a survey from a top industry group.

The largest health insurer in Massachusetts is aggressively pushing e-prescribing, requiring physicians in the state to prescribe electronically by 2011 or get bounced from its bonus-payment programs.

It's not health insurance bureaucracy, an aging population or malpractice liability, but rather rampant spending on ineffective and unproven technology that is the top driver of the increased cost of health care in the United States, according to a recent study.

As much as $197 billion could be saved over 25 years if patients stayed home and communicated electronically with their physicians or other health-care providers, according to a study released in October.