A recent survey by the Medical Group Management Association found that increases in physicians' overall compensation in both primary and specialty care did not keep up with inflation in 2008, according to a MGMA news release.
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The U.S. House of Representatives issued the first draft of its healthcare reform legislation, which could have "a devastating effect on physician-owned hospitals," according to a news release from the Physician Hospitals of America.
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N.Y. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has reached an agreement with California-based insurer HealthNet over flawed out-of-network reimbursement processes, according to a news release from his office.
Company sought that could utilize a $20,000,000 net operating loss from a bankrupt healthcare service company to shelter income in another company. Like a tax-free property exchange, the acquiring company must be in a like business (healthcare service provider). Here…
CMS has issued a scam alert for a scheme where perpetrators are sending faxes to physician offices posing as the Medicare carrier or Medicare Administrative Contractor.