Billing in Medicine: Getting Paid for What Matters
Cutting and pasting in electronic health records as evidence of fraud and audits for Meaningful Use are hot topics in medical news these days. That prompted me to think about …
Physician Suicide: A Silent But Growing Issue
Everyone (except maybe those closest to him) was shocked by the recent suicide of Robin Williams. A great comedian and actor, it was shocking that someone who had so much …
Stressed Out By One MU Audit? Try Three
“You have been selected by CMS for a HITECH EMR Meaningful Use (MU) Prepayment Audit for payment year…” We, as physicians, can respect that random or even selected audits are …
If Only … Physicians Had the Tools to Fight Pill Scammers
Having had years of experience as an employed physician and an ER doc, when I opened my solo practice in the middle of my career in a suburban area, it …