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Check out 13 rad services newly payable in 2005

12/06/2004

User fees out of appropriations bill; funding for program operations, federal administration falls

12/06/2004

CMS proposes to add new services to Stark II, Phase II self-referral list

12/06/2004

Locations added to primary care, mental health HPSAs

12/06/2004

Eased payment policy will allow new office payments for 4 codes

12/06/2004

Oncologists should see 2005 Medicare pay exceed drug costs for many of the top-billed cancer drugs, GAO finds

12/06/2004

Holding it together at the holidays

12/01/2004

Between shopping for gifts and planning for relatives to arrive, the holidays provide unique challenges-and that's before you even think about stressors at work. In a doctor's office, where the stress comes from all sides-doctors, workload, and patients-it's a wonder that staffers make it through the holiday season.

The reviews aren't in

12/01/2004

Physician practice office managers have a strange way of knowing whether they're doing a good job, says New York-based medical practice consultant Susan Genrich.

Don't let casting, strapping code confusion break you

12/01/2004

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but it's figuring out the correct codes for casting and strapping those broken bones that can really pain office staff.

To 'e' or not to 'e': That is the question

12/01/2004

Part two of a two-part series Healthcare providers have greeted e-prescribing, like so many technological advances before it, with a mix of excitement and reluctance, anticipation and avoidance. That's why when a health system such the Indianapolis-based St. Francis Medical Group takes those first tentative steps toward this transition, it's a gradual, challenging process.

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