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Practice Management

Which states retain the most physicians after they've earned their medical training? The following figures represent the portion of physicians who graduated from medical or osteopathic school in the respective state and are still active in that state.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine's faculty practice in Baltimore has leased a 8,182-square-foot space on the Columbia Medical Campus to open a new orthopedic care center, according to a Baltimore Business Journal report.

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Since Ohio passed and enacted a tort-reform law in 2003, medical malpractice claims have dropped more than 40 percent and payments declined roughly at the same rate, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.

In December 2011, a Gallup poll reported 52.5 percent of Americas considered themselves thriving while 43.7 percent reported struggling. At the same time, 32 percent of orthopedists in active practice reported having minimal or no savings for their age and…

Healthcare prices rose only 1.8 percent in February 2012, the lowest rate of healthcare inflation since April 1998, according to a report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending (pdf).

To say that the medical community has noticed a change in the government's enforcement stance regarding HIPAA violations would be quite an understatement. Examples of cringe-worthy behavior by providers are becoming legion. In addition to the now near-famous case involving…

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