October 15, 2009
By:Ron Rajecki
Users of Google Health who have scheduled telehealth consultations with physicians or mental health therapists via MDLiveCare will be able to share medical records with their doctors before the appointments and receive records from the doctors after the appointments, thanks to a new collaboration between the two companies.
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September 18, 2009
By:Robert J. Newman, MD
Exercise stress testing is helpful in evaluating chest pain in selected patients and is a cost-effective strategy for triaging patients with chest pain in the primary care setting.
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September 4, 2009
By:Alice G. Gosfield, JD
The Stark law is relevant only in situations that involve a specific set of health services and patients who use Medicare.
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July 10, 2009
By:Steven I. Kern, JD
If you are going to represent yourself as providing emergency care, you should be prepared to handle the full range of emergency care services.
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June 5, 2009
By:Algis K. Augustine, Esq.
The overwhelming majority of doctors know little about supplements or the risks, rules, and regulations that may apply when selling them from a medical practice.
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April 17, 2009
By:Renee Stantz
Is there any way for a solo physician who wants to do imaging services to get the full global fee from Medicare without owning the equipment?
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January 9, 2009
Several colleagues and I would like to open a diagnostic center with lab, CT, MRI, and X-ray capabilities. We are all independent primary care practitioners in separate offices. How can we do this and avoid Stark Law violations?
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December 24, 2008
A physician group's proposal to employ part-time two physicians to perform endoscopies would not generate prohibited remuneration under the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in an advisory opinion posted December 15.
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December 19, 2008
By:Morgan Lewis Jr.
A Medicare bill introduced in July would require physicians to disclose to patients any self-referral of imaging services such as MRIs and CT scans.
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