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Issue Date: December 15, 2000
Cutting LOS May Have Minimal Effect on Costs
This article discusses the results of a study on reducing length of stay as a cost-cutting technique. The study found that the financial benefits of early discharge for hospitals not filled to capacity are minimal and suggests other cost-cutting strategies that may be more effective.
Top Ten Trends for 2001
This article identifies and discusses 10 trends that are likely to increase in importance in the upcoming year and how those trends are likely to affect physicians and the way they practice medicine.
Ranking Our 2000 Health Care Predictions
This editorial looks at the accuracy of last year's top 10 preditions for the year 2000.
Physicians Struggle With Pay Cuts
This article looks at the effect managed care has had on physician income--particularly that of orthopedic surgeons, who, as a group, experienced a 10% loss of income in the 1990s. The article also offers suggestions for retaining or boosting income that would be useful to all physicians.
Rebuilding a Cash-Starved Practice
This article follows the path of a one-physician practice as it falls into bankruptcy and the steps it takes to recover. The cost-saving measures it discusses are useful suggestions to all types of physician practices.
Choosing a Suitable Legal Structure
This article discusses various organizational options--corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and contractual arrangements--that physicians can pursue to increase their competitiveness and efficiency.
Web Site Helps Group Compete Against Larger Practices for Patients and Staff
This interview focuses on using the Internet as a practice development tool. The interviewee discusses why he set up a web site and how he went about doing it.
Vendors May Ease HIPAA Compliance
This article offers guidance for physicians in determining whether they will be compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act by the Oct. 16, 2002 deadline.
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