A Suit for Professional Fees

Association between physician billing and cardiac stress testing patterns following coronary revascularization.

CONTEXT The degree to which financial factors may influence use of cardiac stress imaging procedures is unknown. OBJECTIVE To examine the association of physician billing and nuclear stress and stress echocardiography testing following coronary revascularization. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Using data from a national health insurance carrier, 17,847 patients were identified between Novemb...

OMA fights rising tuition fees with bursaries, other provinces to follow suit.

Survey data on factors affecting negotiation of professional fees between Estate Valuers and their clients when the mortgage is financed by bank loan: A case study of mortgage valuations in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria

In this article, two sets of questionnaires were administered to professionals and clients (commercial banks) on their willingness to negotiate the professional fees charged by the Estate Valuers assuming that the mortgage in valuation was financed by bank loan. A range of fees options were provided. Other factors such as the business environment and mortgage valuation can influence the negotia...

Investigating the Effect of Mandatory Rotation of Auditors on the Relationship between Audit Fees and Market Value Added (MVA), Economic Value Added (EVA) and Corporate Growth Opportunities

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of mandatory rotation of auditors on the relationship between audit fees and market value added, economic value added and growth opportunities for listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. Research hypotheses based on a statistical sample of 106 companies during an 11-year period from 2007 to 2017 were tested using the multivariabl...

The Capitation Fee and Medical Education

Recently the news broke out about the crippling strike by junior doctors in Medical College and Hospitals of Maharashtra. The young doctors were agitating against decision of the Goverment to open private Medical Colleges for which seats will be offered on consideration of money (capitation fees). System of capitation fees for medical colleges has been in existence in some other states for a lo...