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Which States Are Friendliest to Independent Practice?

In choosing a state in which to set up a practice, physicians should study tax and regulatory policy, writes third-year family medicine resident Philip Eskew, D.O., J.D., M.B.A. The winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons features … Continue reading

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Summary of Medicare Payments to Ohio Internal Medicine Physicians

By quartile of total revenue and category of services.  Same analysis as applied to Family Physicians.  Internal Medicine physicians tend to perform a wider range of different types of services.

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Service Intensity and Physician Income

Service Intensity and Physician IncomeConclusions From Medicare’s Physician Data Release ONLINE FIRST Jonathan Bergman, MD, MPH1,2,3; Christopher S. Saigal, MD, MPH1,3,4; Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH1,5 [+] Author Affiliations JAMA Intern Med. Published online December 08, 2014. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6397 Text Size: A A A http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1984245 Results: These data … Continue reading

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Quartiles of Medicare Revenue for Family Physicians in Ohio

Broken down by quartiles of total Medicare revenues (from the 2012 payments dataset),  the top 25% of Family Physicians in Ohio received between $100k to $521k  in payments. The bottom 75% of Family Physicans recieved less than $100k in payments … Continue reading

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Mission Statement

CPT(*) or HCPCS procedural coding is how physicians and healthcare providers are paid.  Up until about 2014, physicians and healthcare providers have had only limited access to information about coding and payments. The release of the  9 million line Medicare … Continue reading

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