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...financially, is the mouth and esophagus of a hungrier billing animal. And not just in hospital practice. Private medical practices, whose incomes have been driven down over the years by decreasing insurance reimbursements, are hiring computerized record/billing companies in droves. Their promise? To create electronic medical records that comply completely with coding requirements. This way the practice can bill more and improve its bottom line, even after paying the billing company for its services, which run 6 to 10 percent of gross. The insurers got computers so the doctors are getting them too. It's an arms race - though, unfortunately...
...provide the most up-to-date information on University prospects for federal funding, Harvard’s chief lobbyist Kevin Casey said this week. “We’re not directing,” Casey said, pointing out that the bulk of federally funded projects are investigator-driven. “We’re a hub of information.” The stimulus package provides $10.4 billion for the National Institutes of Health and $3 billion for the National Science Foundation. But no agency has provided details on how stimulus funds will be spent, according...
...what about violence, past and present, in other religions? Samir distinguishes Islam-inspired violence from the Crusades, for example, which he says were carried out in the name of Christianity (or for interests of a Christian-led nation) but not driven by any interpretation of the Gospel...
...loss Monday. But observers warned against looking to daily, weekly, or even monthly market activity for signs of where they or the stocks traded on them are headed. The reason? First off, if the selling frenzies that sent indices plunging by roughly 50% over the past year were initially driven by fears of possible collapse of global finance markets, that panic is now mostly being inspired by the world's dismal economic outlook. Because of that, many experts say, traders are coming to work scared, and looking for signs to confirm that terror. "Markets have lost points of reference...
...Peppelman is driven in his own right, with ambitions of qualifying for the NCAA tournament and becoming an All-American. While the rookie prepares for the lofty goals he has set for himself, he is grounded and ‘family’ oriented, relying on his teammates and coaches...