Quick Answer. If blood appears black or dark red, it means the blood has a low oxygen level, notes Dr. Anne Marie Helmenstine for About.com. Bleeding blood of this color by itself is not a cause for alarm since all blood in the veins has relatively low oxygen. Continue Reading.
A physician with billings of about $250,000 would have a net income of about $200,000 and take home $127,100 after taxes. That same physician, incorporated, would have roughly the same take-home but be able to defer taxes on $60,000. What you hear, especially during contract negotiation time, is that physicians have overhead costs ranging from 40-60 per cent, and pay 40 per cent income taxes.
A study conducted by Medscape earlier this year sheds light on the income of physicians. The survey polled over 19,500 primary care and specialty physicians and found that primary care doctors are earning an average $195,000 annually and that specialty care doctors are making $284,000.