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The income/expense distribution formula both reflects and defines the culture of a group, says 20-year medical practice-administration veteran Timothy Boden, CMPE, practice administrator for Northwest Mississippi Kidney Center in Clarksdale. Physicians sometimes allege flaws or unfairness in formulas, but Boden suggests some dissatisfaction relates to physicians not understanding the practice's or facility's income distribution formula.