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Practice Management

In a Physicians Practice article, David Doyle, CEO of CRT Medical Systems — a medical billing company — discusses simple strategies that physician practices can use to cut costs over the course of a year.

At the end of 2013, there were 95,583 certified physician assistants in the United States, according to 2013 Statistical Profile of Certified Physician Assistants, an annual report of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

Physician Quality Reporting Systems has been a voluntary federal program since 2007 offering financial incentives for physicians that measure and report quality data to CMS. However, reporting will be mandatory in 2015 for providers to treat CMS patients, and those…

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 Surgical Care Affiliates and Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine have formed a joint venture. The goals of the joint venture are to "elevate the quality of outpatient surgery, increase accountability and reduce costs to consumers," according to a…

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