http://www.amednews.com/business Medical news from the Business section of the news source for America's physicians en-us Newspaper Medical news Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:58 CST Copyright 2009 American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/images/rss.gif http://www.amednews.com/ 88 31 The news source for America's physicians http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/11/23/bise1124.htm Doctors believe the plan was trying to preempt a law barring unilateral changes that will take effect in January 2010. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:58 CST http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/11/23/bisa1123.htm Changes in Stark laws allow hospitals to offer EMR-implementation subsidies to physicians. Physicians can also tap into federal stimulus money for EMRs. How will the two funding options converge? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/11/23/bisb1123.htm CPT codes are the same for all flu, but H1N1 has separate procedure codes. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/11/23/bisc1123.htm About $40 billion in contracts to treat military members and their families might be put back into play. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/11/23/bisd1123.htm Physicians say the insurer has failed to follow the pay policies and other terms of a class-action settlement. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/11/23/bica1123.htm Technically Speaking - A practical look at information technology issues and usage Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT