Hospital-based physicians, physician employment, and other physician services, continue to be a source of much discussion in today's healthcare news. As the debate and experimentation ensues, physician and medical staff rights, responsibilities, and medical necessity require second guessing. This has increasingly become evident with the rise of … [Read more...]
Hospital Employment Rules vs. Physician Rights
Achievable Goals for Ambulatory Service Centers
With only a little more than a couple of months left in 2011, there’s still time for ASCs to squeeze in some important, yet achievable, healthcare goals. Healthcare experts, in a recent news article published in Becker’s ASC Review, listed several potential accomplishments for ASCs to consider. Joan Dentler, president of ASC Strategies; Reed … [Read more...]
Experts Express Conflicting Opinions on Medicare Cuts
A hospital representative commented that, “President Barack Obama's recommended Medicare and Medicaid cuts issued today to the congressional deficit reduction super-committee will reduce beneficiaries' access to care and eliminate at least 200,000 jobs over the coming decade," as reported in ModernHealthcare.com’s recently published article, … [Read more...]
In Medicine, Six-Figures Not Just Another Term for Salaries
Medical students are finding that even if they manage undergraduate loans, doing the same for medical school could be impossible. More and more medical students making that exciting transformation of resident, to physician services provider, are struggling to pay hefty medical school loans. "Six-figure student loans? Credit medicine for MDs," … [Read more...]
Physicians Urged to Take Proper Steps When Considering Hospital Employment
In a recent issue of Physician News Digest, the headline poses the question that has been gnawing at physicians, nation-wide; a question that potentially changes all circumstances, in which patient care will be provided. The story is titled, “Will Hospital Employment Protect the Interests of Physicians?” It notes that, "according to a report … [Read more...]