Strategic Planning – A Real Key to Success
How does a medical practice respond to competition? How does a medical practice respond to a decline in patient visits and decreased revenues? How can a practice grow? Medical practices everywhere are struggling with these questions as they work to position themselves for the future.
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Proposed Stark Rule Changes May Knock Out Many Ancillary Service Arrangements
The proposed 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), to be published in the Federal Register on July 12, 2007, contains major revisions to the Stark and related Medicare reimbursement rules directed at physician self-referral arrangements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) outlined eleven proposals or initiatives that could provide the necessary 1-2-3 punch to knock out many existing arrangements.
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Anger Management: Apparently, information technology has even more doctors on the edge than usual
David Burda writes the drive toward electronic health records has resulted in both good and bad consequences. On the plus side, accurate, comprehensive, accessible and transferable EHRs are reducing medical errors and improving patient care. On the downside, EHRs have become the preferred target of identity thieves, who consider the often poorly secured records as a treasure-trove of personal data.
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