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Protect your income with this invaluable tool Get familiar with the different types of insurance. Malpractice, umbrella, homeowners, auto, overhead, key man – it is sometimes dizzying what the number of different insurance policies a typical physician must contend with. One that is often overlooked by many physicians, particularly solo practitioners, is disability insurance. if […]
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Microsoft’s HealthVault hopes to bring EMRs to consumersYou can always tell when a particular industry is getting hot: when big tech players start jockeying for position. Microsoft, AOL, and Google are all announcing different electronic medical records initiatives. Microsoft has unveiled what it calls HealthVault , a sort of personal filing cabinet for storing important […]
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Before choosing an EMR system, you need to know some network software basics. ‘Software’ is just another term for a computer program. Today’s software offerings usually break down into one of two broad categories: network/server or application/productivity. Network and server software includes the operating systems that run your servers and network, but also extends to […]
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If you were wondering how to keep track of people…If an organization has a significant number of employees, it can often be a challenge to keep track of where they all are. Some software systems can help regulate workflow in a medical practice by tracking the work of individual employees, but these require some type […]
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I recently attended a meeting where I heard an interesting lecture by a Dr. Edward White, a urologist from New Jersey. After calculating a conversion factor analysis of different procedure codes by managed care companies, he found that he was barely making money on those contracts – so he decided to drop all of his […]
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Are non-economic caps starting to make a difference? An article from the Associated Press reports that, at least in Florida, there was an 8% decrease in malpractice premiums for physicians. Let’s see, double the premiums a couple of times over the last few decades and then take 8% off of that, and you get….Well, at […]
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In the late summer of 2004 our city of Ocala, located in the center of Florida, was directly hit by two of the four major hurricanes which made landfall. Due to a combination of lengthy power outages and significant damage to buildings, including the homes of many employees and patients, many medical practices were forced […]
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Membership growth tied to new tools provided to medical professionals The International Association of Dental and Medical Disciplines (IADMD) is a grass-roots organization whose main focus is to push for industry and legislative changes in the health care system, while at the same time bringing its membership up to date on technology. One initiative is […]
