Archive for April, 2010

Complicating Doctors’ Work: Prescription Drug Scams And Excessive Paper Work

Friday, April 30th, 2010

News outlets examine two issues affecting doctors’ work: patients fraudulently seeking prescriptions and overwhelming paper work. CNN: “The issue of doctor shopping — visiting numerous doctors to fraudulently get prescription drugs — has been raised in numerous celebrity deaths, including Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Jackson and Health Ledger. …
thats funny

EBM IPA Selects MedAZ Electronic Health Record, Practice Management And Billing System For Member Physicians

Friday, April 30th, 2010

EBM IPA, an Independent Practice Association with more than 100 physician members in New York City, has selected the MedAZ suite of Electronic Health Record (EHR), Practice Management (PM) and Billing services. EBM IPA will also deploy MedAZ PHR portal to facilitate patient care processes at member practices…
more to read in our archives

The Potential Of Artificial Liver Support Devices

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Results from two studies presented today at the International Liver CongressTM 2010 have shown that treatment with extracorporeal devices may not confer a survival advantage for severe liver failure patients, despite positive dialysis effects. However, results among a small sub-group of patients show promise…
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Should Specialist Practices Play A Role In Patient-Centered Medical Homes?

Friday, April 30th, 2010

The passage of the new health care reform bill has spurred renewed interest in patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), a new model of care that facilitates partnerships between patients and their physicians to ensure patients get their immediate needs taken care of and uses the tools of technology to keep them healthy…
does anyone know the real story

Rhemisphere Signs Deal To Develop “Blink,” A UMB Patient Monitoring System

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Maryland startup Rhemisphere, LLC has licensed a unique, “all-in-one” patient monitoring system invented by clinical researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Henry R. Rossell, Jr., CEO of the startup firm, signed an agreement with UMB for the right to commercialize the system, which is called “Blink”…
and i though i was the only one to see it this way

Master’s Programs Focus On New Generation Of Health Care Management Professionals

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Health care management is growing in popularity among business schools, according to a report in the New York Times. “Health care is the target career for 10 percent of students working on a master of business administration degree at Harvard Business School,” according to the Times. Many other universities are also highlighting programs that meld health care and management…
does anyone know the real story

When does converting an IRA make sense?

Friday, April 30th, 2010

IRA conversion, practice buying considerations are addressed
medical insurance quote

Medical tourism liability may fall on domestic doctors

Friday, April 30th, 2010

When a U.S. resident is sent abroad for treatment by a managed car company, does a patient have any
available recourse if he or she is a victim of negligence?
wonder what this really means

Considerations when buying a practice

Friday, April 30th, 2010

IRA conversion, practice buying considerations are addressed
great news thought i would never see this.

Coding versus billing skills

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Get your questions answered on coding and billing skills, as well as what to consider before taking
the job.
does anyone know when this will take effect