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New focus of inquiry into bribes: Doctors

From Healthleaders www.healthleadersmedia.com The long-running federal investigation into the orthopedic device industry s suspected kickback payments to hip and knee surgeons now has been focusing on the many doctors who... Read More >

Life Insurance and Estate Taxes

The following was contributed by my son, Sean Tinsley, who works for AXA Advisors in Austin, Texas sean.tinsley axa-advisors.com An alternative to selling assets to pay for estate taxes is... Read More >

Physician referrals to physician-owned ASCs

This little nugget came from HFMA www.hfma.org does this really surprise you?? Physicians who refer the most patients to physician-owned ambulatory surgical centers ASCs disproportionately send privately insured patients to... Read More >

Analysis of MedPac 2008 report

My good friend, Mark Dietrich, CPA www.cpa.net has provided an excellent summary of Medpac s report the following is the summary from his recent blog post I have been reviewing... Read More >

Patient reminder cards and HIPAA

HIPAA Compliant Appointment Reminders From HcPro s newsletter Briefings on HIPAA Q I send patient reminders for annual examinations and follow-up appointments. Are postcards permissible or does this method disclose... Read More >

Tips for supervising

These Tips appeared in the August issue of the Journal of Accountancy They apply to physician practices today just as well as to accounting firms Hire carefully Establish workplace standards... Read More >

Payer mix analysis

As part of your monthly financial reporting and analysis work, you should be looking at payer mix analyses. You should prepare a trended report of both charges and payments. By... Read More >

Opting out of the call schedule

Many group practice agreements are silent on the issue of when a physician can opt out of the call schedule. As such, make sure this issue is addressed in writing... Read More >

HIPAA and Britney Spears

nbsp The article excerpt below was published at cnn.com today I wonder how many medical offices protect patient files from the peering eyes of their employees? UCLA Medical Center will... Read More >

Are you ready for a CMS audit??

Seems the Medicare carriers are starting to conduct chart review audits around the country. The following are excerpts from recent listserv posts Recently we have seen more requests for Medicare... Read More >