Practice Management News

Our third and final post in the series “Introduction to Taxation of Sales Proceeds” addresses the taxation of sale proceeds if a target practice is a partnership, including an LLC treated as a partnership.

Administering six vs. two doses of ketorolac for pain management after cesarean delivery was associated with fewer opioid orders within 72 hours postpartum, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

About 50% of patients with gestational diabetes followed up with primary care in the first year postpartum, despite guidelines recommending universal follow up to improve health outcomes, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

Most medical practices nationwide sponsor some type of qualified retirement plan (QRP), including 401(k)s, profit-sharing plans, defined benefit plans and hybrid plans. Most physicians do not realize that a growing area of liability for all businesses, including medical practices, relates to QRPs and how they are managed.

For women with preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes, treatment with cefuroxime- vs. ampicillin-roxithromycin was associated with longer pregnancy and less morbidity, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Clinicians should advocate for opportunistic salpingectomy among patients undergoing surgery for benign pelvic diseases to prevent ovarian cancer, according to a consensus statement from the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance.

Miscarriage is a common result of pregnancy involving the loss of the fetus before 20 weeks’ gestation, according to Mayo Clinic.

Women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections reported negative effects on their sleep, exercise, sexual function, productivity and health-related quality of life, according to findings published in PLOS ONE.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released a draft recommendation stating all pregnant persons should have their BP measured at each prenatal visit to help identify and prevent complications of hypertension disorders.

There was a sustained decrease in pertussis cases among young infants in the years after maternal Tdap vaccination was introduced in the United States, according to the results of a CDC study published in JAMA Pediatrics.