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A list of the 40 most powerful people in health care was released on January 5 by Becker's Orthopedic & Spine. The next 10 people on the list includes government representatives, President Barack Obama, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

On Jan. 5, 2012, CNNMoney published an article, “Doctors going broke,” which quoted Marc Lion on profit leaks. Here is a republished article from August 2010, that Lion wrote for PMD on plugging profit leaks in your practice.

Shrinking insurance reimbursements, changing regulations, and rising business and drug costs are some of the reasons why physicians are forgoing salaries or dipping into personal assets to keep their practices afloat.

A year-end tally of U.S. prescription drug shortages shows a 27% jump in the number of recorded shortfalls, but a new FDA rule and proposed legislation offer some hope for progress.

On January 5, Becker's Orthopedic & Spine posted a list of the 40 most powerful people in health care. The next 10 people on the list include Presidents and CEOs of insurance companies and health care organizations like the AMA and HIMSS.

Since Congress put delayed making a decision on the Medicare reimbursement cut, CMS is giving physicians until Feb. 14 to decide if they are dropping Medicare participation.

On January 5, Becker's Orthopedic & Spine posted a list of the 40 most powerful people in health care, in no particular order.

In 2012 hospitals will have to simultaneously figure out how to increase patient volumes while combating limited capital and rising costs.

Games have already proven to be big business for many companies. If it is fun, it is a great way to waste time — and what better way to waste time than by being healthy?

A study to determine predictors of 30-day readmission rates for heart attack patients, revealed that patients in the U.S are more likely to be readmitted than patients in other countries.