I spend considerable time combing through job opportunities, advertisements, etc. But something tells me it will all boil down to “who you know” in the end. Is this true?

Molly D. Shepard, president of Shepard Executive Resources in Philadelphia, says: “In counseling high-level executives and physicians, I have found that at least 85 percent of the really good, exciting jobs are found through personal contacts.
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I was under the impression that only egregious coding errors can result in fraud charges, is that the case?

Even if you are meticulous in your coding, you still might miss the one Medicare document that says you can’t do a particular thing,” says Pittsburgh attorney William Maruca, chair of the American Health Lawyers Association’s group on fraud and abuse.
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I tend to believe in Murphy’s Law. How do I salvage the presentation if something does go wrong?

Try and stay calm should something go wrong during your presentation. Don’t take the situation too seriously. The presentation may seem important, but in the grand scheme of things it isn’t.
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I understand technical revenues generated by an office practice contribute more significantly to the overall practice expenses than does professional revenue, but how are those fees generated?

Laboratory, x-rays, MRIs, chemotherapy, procedures, etc.

If a career counselor advises me to have a signed employment agreement early in my final year of residency, then I should be looking for a job almost two years before I complete my training, right?

The majority of residents and fellows believe that they should begin their practice search when they begin their final year of training; anytime before that is just too soon.
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If I am the primary care physician, what is my liability if I refer a patient to another physician?

Whether you are the referring or the consulting physician, you will be held responsible for the care of a patient who is under your treatment.
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If I chose to remain “independent”, what sort of downside can I expect?

Downsides include fewer referrals and responsibility for all aspects of your business including scheduling, billing and possibly lower gross income.

If I place a high premium on continuity of patient care, what’s the best career choice?

Academic physicians with multiple partners in practice might see their own patients only or rotate care within a division among several specialists.
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If you take a pesonality test like the Myers Briggs Type Indicator testing tool, how do you know whether it’s reliable?

Reliability is how consistently a test measures what it attempts to measure. Why is consistency important? Well, when you measure something with an instrument two times, you want it to come out with the same answer (or close to it) both times.
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If we seek out a mediator to facilitate our workplace conflict, what exactly will he or she do for us?

The facilitator begins by speaking with each party separately and privately. The facilitator invites each party to explain their own issues, to analyze their issues from the other sides’ points of view, and to try to explain and analyze the other sides’ issues.
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Jonathan Pite