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You have been sued for alleged medical malpractice. However, your professional liability carrier has appointed and will pay for a defense attorney to represent you. The case progresses, but one day you are advised — by your carrier, defense attorney or colleagues — to seek the advice of private counsel at your own expense. The following are scenarios in which this may be worthwhile.

Sleep apnea is a pervasive problem affecting millions of Americans — and a condition frequently overlooked during routine office visits.

To provide high-level, personal care to its diverse patient population, Carthage Area Hospital leverages the combined experience and expertise of its highly skilled orthopedic team and its director’s commitment to innovation.

Employees are categorized into one of two classes for purposes of overtime pay: exempt or non-exempt. Non-exempt employees must be paid at least 1.5 times their hourly rate for work exceeding 40 hours in a week. By contrast, exempt employees are exempt from the protections of the overtime rules. Accordingly, exempt employees are not entitled to overtime pay regardless of the number of hours worked in a given week.

As the baby boomer population ages and preventing hospitalizations becomes more important than ever before, VNA Homecare helps central New Yorkers who need individualized in-home care thrive in the environment where they are most comfortable.

The massive changes facing physicians from the recently passed Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) will soon be upon us and rely heavily upon data from electronic health record (EHR) systems. Implementing the new payment model for healthcare providers under the MACRA legislation, which is referred to as the Merit-based Payment Incentive System (MIPS), would have been unimaginable with the technology available just 10 years ago. The role of information technology has exploded since then, making it possible to now incorporate information from multiple sources and create a comprehensive electronic patient record. 

Shifting trends in healthcare reimbursement, quality and value monitoring, and Information Technology (IT) infrastructure have required many physicians to evaluate and adjust their current practice models. At Nephrology Associates of Syracuse PC, partnership, EHR acquisition and education have allowed physicians to stay current — without sacrificing quality patient care.

CMS delights practices in the spring but then goes dark about meaningful use announcement.

As experienced physicians have been coasting down the healthcare highway toward retirement, it has been a smooth ride on cruise control. Of late, however, there have been a few major detours on the horizon.