David Weldon

In a profession full of flux and uncertainty, America's physicians say they are generally not a happy lot. But female physicians do seem to be a bit less miserable overall, according to a recent study by The Physicians Foundation.

Administrators at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston firmly believe that one man's trash is another man's treasure. As a result, this month the hospital is starting a pilot program that could potentially take a common hospital trash item and turn it into a bit of profit.

Any patient will tell you that a good bedside manner is just as important as solid medical credentials. As far as Dr. Hubert Fu is concerned, that extends as much to the practice of debt collection as it does to the practice of medicine and that's why he started Debt M.D.

Several areas across the country are trying out community paramedicine programs in an effort to increase healthcare services and decrease healthcare costs.

On Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board announced it will appeal to the Supreme Court a decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that invalidated appointments to the NLRB made by President Barack Obama last year while lawmakers were on break. At least two healthcare providers are actively opposing decisions made by the board in 2012.

A new study is adding fuel to the debate over the value of copay offset cards, used to defer a patient's copayment for prescription medications.

For some healthcare systems, the conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 may seem like the latest Y2K problem -- fail to get it right and the consequences could be fatal. So many organizations are being cautious by developing hold harmless clauses to protect against any consequences of errors with the new conversion.