Public Citizen, a consumer oriented Ralph Nader offspring, recently rated State Medical Boards throughout the nation. Alaska, with only 1885 physicians, was rated as having the “best” Board, based upon the Board having taken serious disciplinary actions against 14 physicians last year, and 7.89 actions per thousand physicians over the past three years. By contrast, […]

With the new federal health reform law, and recent announcements dramatically increasing the number of audits that Medicare will be conducting, through its vigilante “auditors”, is it time to consider opting out of Medicare? In order to answer that question you first need to know your options. Most physicians are participating providers with Medicare. That […]

Michael J. Schoppmann, Esq. Kern Augustine Conroy & Schoppmann, P.C. In order to survive (and God willing, even possibly succeed) in today’s medicine, every physician must come to accept certain key insights and recognize certain hard realities. Consider the case of Dr. A. B. – Dr. B., seeking privileges at a local hospital, obtained and […]