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A Simple Physician Compensation Questionnaire
FTC Finds That North Texas Specialty Physicians Illegally Fixed Prices
Sales Tax Deduction Lives On
Recent Posts to My Healthcare Blog
A Simple Physician Compensation Questionnaire
A part of any physician compensation analysis is addressing physician sensitivity issues and providing the physicians with a building block for addressing changes that need to be made within the compensation formula. Shown here is a very simplified questionnaire which can be utilized during physician interviews or simply handed-out to the physicians and returned confidentially.
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FTC Finds That North Texas Specialty Physicians Illegally Fixed Prices
In a unanimous administrative opinion that continues to show that providers had better watch their “Ps and Qs” when dealing with managed care payors, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP), an association of independent physicians in the Forth Worth, Texas area, illegally fixed prices in its negotiations with payors, including insurance companies and health plans.
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Sales Tax Deduction Lives On

The House passed legislation on December 8 that would allow Texans, and residents of the seven other states that levy sales taxes but not income taxes, to go on deducting sales taxes from their federal income taxes for another year. The Senate had passed the extension last month.

 
Recent Posts to My Healthcare Blog

- Convince patients you care enough to help
- Physician tips for dealing with disputes about bundled charges
- Internal Medicine Physician Coding Patterns
- 2006 IRS Mileage Rate
- Best practices to secure appropriate reimbursement

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