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Physician Practice Valuation and Stark/AKS
The following is an article that was recently published by the American Bar Association's Health Law Section; it was co-authored by Mark Dietrich, CPA and myself.
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Analyzing Physician Compensation - A Beginning
Arguably the most controversial issue in any medical practice is physician compensation. Is the practice dividing its income in a fair way? If the practice has be acquired by a third party, or if it is being managed by a third party, are the physicians being compensated at a reasonable and fair level?
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“The Locum Life”
Susan Waldron writes an excellent article on locum tenens. Researchers state that over 15% of physicians have worked locum tenens (Latin for “place holding”) on behalf of another physician sometime within their lifetime. That trend is continuing as studies show documented shortages of graduating Residents, upwards to 200,000 across all medical specialties by year 2020; finding private and academic medical groups relying on locum tenens agencies to supplement their physician coverage either on a full or part time basis.
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MedPac Report Released
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Thursday released its report to Congress on its recommendations for Medicare updates for 2008. For both inpatient and outpatient services, MedPAC recommends updates equal to the hospital market basket implemented concurrently with a quality incentive payment program.
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