Most physicians would breach patient confidentiality if they knew that a patient's health status could harm others, according to the Medscape Ethics Report 2014, Part 2: Money, Romance and Patients.
Practice Management
Leadership is always difficult when massive change occurs in any particular industry. Healthcare is no different. The current environment is wrought with change and especially difficult for independent physicians to navigate.
Physicians who are willing to upcode have gained some momentum since 2010, according to the Medscape Ethics Report 2014, Part 2: Money, Romance and Patients.
Physician specialty groups vary widely in terms of how likely they are to perform defensive medicine, according to the Medscape Ethics Report 2014, Part 2: Money, Romance and Patients.
Most physician practices will accept patients who purchase insurance plans through health insurance exchanges, according to Physicians Practice's 2014 Physician Compensation Survey.
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Sixty-nine percent of medical students plan to join group practices or hospitals, while only 17 percent plan to go into solo or partnership practices, according to the 8th Annual Future Physicians of America Survey released by Epocrates.
Here are the top 10 metropolitan areas with highest annual mean wages for registered nurses, as of May 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Merrill Lynch named its top healthcare stock picks for 2015—stocks the company believes will outperform next year, according to a 24/7 Wall Street report.
Most physicians plan on continuing to accept Medicare, despite the uncertainty to Medicare reimbursements, according to Physicians Practice's 2014 Physician Compensation Survey.
Here are the numbers of certified physician assistants by practice setting, according to the 2013 Statistical Profile of Certified Physician Assistants, a report by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants: