If you are a solo orthopedic surgeon or practice in a small group and are 55 years or older, this article is for you. The answer to the question “When is the right time to begin planning for the transition out of practice?” is now. And planning is the most important word in that sentence. Joining your peers who’ve quit, often rather quickly, because of Obamacare, electronic health records (EHRs...

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. Everyone is in favor of quality healthcare and improving it. However, to date, initially highly touted measures prove be meaningless metrics about 5-10 years. That is, when the are scientifically studied, they found little worth. The cycle then repeated, i.e., new again selected useless latest this may Centers for Medicare Medicaid’s (CM...

Under the PPACA, individuals and families with incomes between 138 percent and 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) will be eligible for generous premium subsidies and cost-sharing credits, which they can use to offset the cost of purchasing private insurance on state or federal insurance exchanges created under the law. Uninsured individuals and families with incomes below that level...

North American hospitals have historically struggled to engage in prevention and health promotion activities because they have not been incentivized or held accountable for doing so. However, in order to be exempt from federal taxes, 3,000 non-profit hospitals in the US must now regularly assess the health status of the communities they serve, and take action to address identified health needs....

or over 20 years, the composition, delivery and importance of primary care have been the subject F of quickening international reform. In 1993, the United Kingdom government announced a “primary care-led” National Health Service, underpinned by primary care commissioning and general practitioner fundholding, both vehicles to allow local primary care clinicians to influence government purchasing...