The final company I'll mention is Quality Systems, which develops IT systems for medical and dental group practices.
This mistrust heightened and became rational when "prepaid" group practices became more prevalent.
The final company I'll mention is Quality Systems (nasdaq: QSII - news - people ), which develops IT systems for medical and dental group practices.
Skeptics say doctors should be able to care for many more patients in the future with more efficient group practices, greater reliance on physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and "telemedicine" done via the phone and online.
Urologists in larger group practices that have in-house pathologists may be more aggressive in testing because they seek to catch cancer earlier, said Steven Schlossberg, a Yale urologist who heads a health-policy panel for the American Urological Association and wasn't involved in the research.
The best practices this group's document speaks to better on-site waste management practices, more recycling of wastewater, progressive fracturing fluid disclosure, and protecting private water supplies are vital concepts of responsible gas development.
On the side of increased revenue, there is one group that believes that increasing governmental involvement will not only alleviate many social ills, but will also create jobs, albeit government jobs, and there is also a group that desires responsible spending practices, coupled with somewhat elevated revenue stemming from increasing taxes on the wealthy.
But critics and some former members have accused the group of having cult-like practices and promoting a right-wing agenda.
Vaida, executive vice president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, a nonprofit group that seeks to reduce medication errors.
"The ITA represents reputable small businesses throughout the U.S. that already adhere to the highest professional standards including good manufacturing practices, " the group said.
Steve Pinetti, senior vice president of the hotel group, explained how sound environmental practices are now much more commonplace than when Kimpton began its sustainability program.
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These anomalies irk some early FSC supporters, such as Simon Counsell, who has set up a website, FSC Watch, to monitor the problematic practices of the green group.
Just last week Brazil and its allies in the Southern Cone supported the inclusion of Venezuela in Mercosur, the South American common market, despite Chavez's anti-democratic practices which contradicts the group's clause that conditions membership on the existence of fully democratic institutions.
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The group says that taken together, these bank practices amount to usury, or charging predatory interest rates.
Ron Pollack is executive director of Families USA, a consumer group that's long criticized drug industry practices.
Every civil section and its respective litigation support staff participates in the group in order to uncover and implement best practices.
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The report also takes aim at Liechtenstein's LGT Group, charging that the bank's practices contributed to a "culture of secrecy and deception" that encouraged tax evasion among some of its U.S. clients.
But Brad Seligman, an attorney representing the women, says Wal-Mart will only change employment practices if women can sue as a group.
But Apple is big enough to be targeted by just about every group, activist and media organization for morally ambiguous business practices.
But recent events show that Dell did nothing to erase the problem--a group of women have now sued the company for discriminatory practices.
The group still gets referrals from small, one and two-doctor practices, she said.
As the plan unfolded, she led the group in a textbook example of the negotiation process resulting in 10 Practices.
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Practice Fusion belongs to a small group of companies that target doctors in this case small practices representing 150, 000 doctors, nurses, and office staff.
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The sluggish pace of our economic recovery is not holding back social entrepreneurs: a passionate and dedicated group of leaders armed with an understanding of the imperative for better business practices.
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Estimates by hospitals that acquire medical practices and institutions that track these trends such as the Medical Group Management Association show that physician productivity falls under these arrangements, sometimes by more than 25% (more on this below).
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Psychologists are studying whether the treatment can be adapted to group settings in school, even if parents aren't using the same practices at home.
In one case, religious people are trying to force their beliefs and practices on others, while in the other case, a particular group of people would like to have the same rights as another group.
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Alleged practices associated with his FLDS faith prompted a child welfare raid at the group's Texas ranch and temple in April.
Credit Suisse First Boston, the investment banking unit of Credit Suisse Group (nyse: CSR - news - people ), was probed for similar practices by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASD.
New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman said her group was gratified that the council appeared poised "to create meaningful oversight and mechanisms to investigate police practices, " but advocates wanted action on the other proposals, too.
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