Practice Management News

As we are in early 2023, we plan to use this column to provide a high-level update on new developments in tax and asset protection planning, and hope these updates prompt some physicians to look into these areas early in the year.

Our next post in this series addresses the taxation of sale proceeds if a target practice is classified as an S corporation.

According to interview responses published in Kidney Medicine, patients with kidney failure who have experienced several forms of treatment shared three common themes when defining health.

Compared with general nephrology care, more vulnerable patients, such as older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease, may benefit more from multidisciplinary cares, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

A record number of Americans — 16.3 million — signed up for health insurance through Affordable Care Act Marketplaces in 2023, the Biden-Harris administration announced Wednesday.

Reduced kidney function was associated with increased levels of dementia-related blood biomarkers, but not an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Amazon has further expanded its reach into health care with a new discount prescription drug program.

The ACP has proposed a new process to streamline specialty referrals — a step that experts have called critical to fixing a massive issue in health care — but questions remain about the plan’s feasibility.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, has recently voted to recommend that Congress increase 2024 Medicare payments for physicians and other health services.

The taxation of proceeds from a sale of a medical practice depends on, among other things, whether the entity that owns the practice is a C corporation, an S corporation or a partnership.