Medical Economics Digital Edition - 11/25/2011

Six-figure student debt doesn't disqualify most physicians from practice ownership. Here's how lenders weigh cash flow after overhead, debt service coverage and your own production, and how to calculate each before you negotiate price.

A year-end push to protect patient access as the 2027 fee schedule cuts physician pay

A new patient survey finds most people who ran into a prior authorization delay or denial abandoned care, even though nearly half of those who appealed won. Here's what that means for physician practices.

Physicians Foundation president responds to congressional election results and potential mandate to address health care costs.

The top news stories in medicine today: The AMA moves against insurer downcoding and says AI can't be licensed as a physician; a Jacksonville pharmacy owner is indicted in a $51 million health care fraud scheme; an NIH study finds every participant carried a gene variant that can affect drug response.

What exactly is your RAF score telling you about patients and coding? Here’s why the lower-RAF score clinic might be the better coder.

Key findings from the AMGA 2026 Medical Clinic Staffing Survey

Learn what a work RVU is, how Medicare's 2027 conversion factor turns RVUs into payment and how employers use wRVUs to set physician compensation.