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Dec 27, 2006
Practice of the Year: CH-CH-CH-CHANGES

The young physicians of our 2006 Practice of the Year love to innovate By Bob Keaveney http://www.physicianspractice.com It’s not yet 8 a.m. when the calls begin and the patients start arriving. Family physician Christopher Crow has just stepped out of his office on his way to see the morning’s first patient when the buzzing of […]

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Dec 27, 2006
Technology: Healthcare in the Fast Lane

Affordable technology solutions for today’s busy practices By Shelly K. Schwartz http://www.physicianspractice.com By all accounts, prescribing a drug remains one of the most inefficient processes within the doctor-patient relationship. The physician scribbles the name and dosage of a medication on a paper prescription pad. The patient then hand-delivers that piece of paper to a local […]

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Dec 27, 2006
Electronic health record safe harbors

By Helen Oscislawski, Esq. http://www.physiciansnews.com Can physicians accept “donated” technology and services relating to electronic health records and electronic prescribing? The answer to the question is “yes.” However, the corollary question that this article aims to answer is how this can be accomplished without running afoul of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (Anti-Kickback Law) and Physician […]

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Dec 27, 2006
Practicing patient-centered

By Christopher Guadagnino, Ph.D.. Home Interview with John Wasson, MD. John Wasson, M.D., is director of Dartmouth Medical School’s Center for the Aging, and research director for Dartmouth Northern New England Primary Care Research Network. PND: What is patient-centered collaborative care, and why is it important for physicians to practice in this way? JW: Health […]

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Dec 27, 2006
New physician practice business models

By Thomas Reinke & John Hobson, M.D. http://www.physiciansnews.com The pendulum is beginning to swing in favor of physicians. Several factors are contributing to a shift in the balance of power away from payers, multi-hospital systems and for-profit providers. Part of the physician resurgence is due to the indomitable nature of physicians who have simply worked […]

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Dec 27, 2006
Set policies to address discrimination complaints

Contract Language. By Steven M. Harris, AMNews contributor. http://www.ama-assn.org It seems as if every other call I receive these days is from a client telling me about a complaint charging his medical practice with some form of discrimination. And with that complaint often comes a claim of retaliation — that the employee who felt discriminated […]

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Dec 27, 2006
National spotlight on Bay State healthcare industry in 2007

By Margaret Leroux http://wbjournal.com This coming year will see Massachusetts’ ground-breaking health care program emerge from legislation to reality. Last October, the new insurance program, Commonwealth Care, began enrolling adults with incomes below the federal poverty line of $9,800; in January it will open for adults with incomes up to three times the federal poverty […]

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Dec 27, 2006
Physician views challenges as opportunities

By MICHELLE M. SMITH GHM Group http://www.reviewatlas.com Dr. Jeffrey Baumgardner is a man who has learned to accept the challenges of life as opportunities for growth and change. The physician recently opened his office at 940 North Henderson Street and is looking forward to providing total healthcare for women, which will include obstetrics, gynecology, and […]

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Dec 27, 2006
OTN's National Specialty Pharmacy, ivpcare, Added to Harvard Pilgrim's Specialty Pharmacy Program

http://biz.yahoo.com OTN, a leading physician practice services company and one of the largest distributors of products and services to the community physician market, announced today that Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of Wellesley, Mass., has included OTN’s national specialty pharmacy, ivpcare, in its managed specialty pharmacy program in the therapeutic areas of fertility, hepatitis C, multiple […]

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