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Are there any recommended guidelines for the number of support staff required for practices with multiple providers?

I'm interested in opening a side business as a clinical investigator. Do you have any suggestions on how I can get connected with the organizations that manage clinical trials or make my practice look more attractive to them?

My understanding of HIPAA is that we should not recopy records obtained from other providers. Can you clarify this?

What risks are involved in private physician offices providing care to their own employees? Is this a good idea for either the doctor or employee?

We recently tried to get bank financing for a new practice startup and were required to sign personal guarantees and pay substantial fees. Is this common?

I am 77 and have been retired 25 years. I have $1.5 million in my IRA, and I take out $4,500 a month for living expenses. Would it be wise to convert my IRA to a Roth IRA?

I'm considering an investment in convertible bonds. What are the risk-reward tradeoffs associated with these bonds?

In these difficult economic times, is it wise to have some resources located in a bank account outside of the United States?

In a phone survey, 20 percent of 1,009 respondents said they would want fictional TV doctor Gregory House of the Fox drama "House" as their doctor.

Focus on the simple things that can improve patient care and efficiency.

Most practices will be required to have a plan in place by May 2009 to alert them to signs of potential theft of their patients' identities and to help prevent spread of the crime.

Despite the recent struggles of the stock market d, investors with years to go until retirement should not shy away from equities, a financial planner advises.

An amendment to the Massachusetts law that requires all residents to maintain health insurance includes several provisions that appear to equate nurse practitioners with primary care doctors.

Just days after the election, Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) unveiled a broad-reaching and primary-care-focused reform plan.

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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Nothing reveals the seamy underbelly of medicine like an exhibit booth that's run out of freebies.

A few steps toward eco-friendliness could improve your practice - and your world.

CMS has tweaked the rules on coding for its "Welcome to Medicare" program.

The informal consult is held to the same standard of professional expertise and judgment as any other consult.

The physician should determine how to appropriately code sleep and polysomnography studies that are interrupted.

Almost half of physicians report consulting a web-based reference tool during a patient visit, mostly to check drug dosing, interaction, and side effect information.

A billing dispute between a chiropractor and his patient escalated into a lawsuit early this year with the chiropractor accusing the patient of defamation for comments posted about the solo practitioner on an online ratings site.

If I'm unable to get another physician to take over my charts, what options do I have for storing them?

We have received a letter from an insurance company requesting 25 charts because the company thinks that we may have "overcoded" some patient visits. Do I need legal advice?

Is it ok to include patient records in legal documents?

If I opt out of Medicare, can I charge patients the same reimbursement rate that Medicare allows?

Can I alter the frequency of when to remit money that is withheld from our employees' paychecks for the company 401(k) plan?

My lease recently expired, and I intend to move, but my landlord said that the lease automatically renewed for an additional year. He mentioned an "evergreen provision." What does this mean?

I recently purchased a medical practice by buying stock from the retiring doctor. My accountant told me that I am not able to take a tax deduction for my down payment or subsequent payments to the bank. Why?