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A physician responds to his patient's questions and concerns via e-mail - and gets paid for it. He also works roughly eight-hour weekdays, has stable off-hours coverage and enough money to purchase his own electronic medical record (EMR) system. Sounds pretty nice, right? Well, this physician is in Denmark. Nothing against the Danes, it's just far away from home in the U.S. 

House calls are making a come back and now doctors are carrying a laptop in addition to their black bags. 

On most Fridays, CMS releases updates to its policy manuals in transmittals. Here's a brief look at some of the transmittals that came out on March 20. Please e-mail me at cfiegl@decisionhealth.com if you have any questions about these change requests (CRs).

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) believes there's never been a better time for major healthcare reform -- and as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Baucus has a major say in shaping the legislation for such a reform.

Lately we are getting more calls for information about FTC rules that will impact all physician practices soon.

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