Management in Practice Homepage Practice managers and assistants are being invited to join a proposed new representative professional body. The vision for this professional body was established at a meeting of practice managers and other interested parties in January 2008. Organisers say it will be an independent body unaffiliated to any other existing organisation. Practice […]

By Eloise Aguiar http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com KAILUA — The number of doctors working in Windward O’ahu is on the decline, worrying people that a shortage of physicians that was once primarily a Neighbor Islands problem is festering here. In the past two years alone, eight doctors — including a family doctor, an internist, a spine surgeon, a […]

BY JILL DOSS-RAINES http://www.the-dispatch.com Several Lexington doctors’ offices will soon be part of the Novant Medical Group but will continue to treat their Davidson County patients locally, using Lexington Memorial Hospital for inpatient and outpatient services and testing, the doctors said this week. Novant Medical Group is a network of more than 1,000 doctors and […]

By Amy Lynn Sorrel http://www.ama-assn.org A legal dispute in Washington state has doctors worried that their ability to employ other licensed medical professionals — and ultimately compete in health care — may be compromised. The owner of a physical therapy group is suing an orthopedic practice, saying the doctors are profiting illegally from referrals they […]

The Olympian http://www.theolympian.com For a modest investment of $3 million, state lawmakers could help ease the shortage of primary care physicians across Washington. South Sound, like Eastern Washington and other sectors of the state, has a shortage of primary care doctors. New physicians can make more money by going into a specialty. The shortage of […]

Advertiser Staff http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com A panel will discuss the physician shortage in Windward O’ahu and possible solutions to the problem at a free public forum at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Castle Medical Center Auditorium, 640 ‘Ulukahiki St. The panelists include Dr. Linda Rasmussen, legislative co-chairwoman of the Hawai’i Medical Association; Kevin Roberts, president and CEO of […]

The Chronical Herald http://thechronicleherald.ca BRIDGEWATER — It’s a beautiful, spring-like day in Bridgewater. The warm sun melts the icicles left by Friday night’s snowfall, but Doug Wilneff is staying in. He has the sniffles and doesn’t want to risk getting sick, because he has no doctor. His wife Sheila has the hours of the evening […]

By Donna Wright http://www.bradenton.com Florida faces a “perfect storm” of adverse conditions that could severely limit access to health care within the next decade, warns Dr. Karl M. Altenburger, president of the Florida Medical Association. The impact of Medicare and Medicaid cuts, compounded by the aging of the state’s physician pool and the lack of […]

RTTNews Home (RTTNews) – Monday morning, Los Angeles, California-based Scpie Holdings Inc. (SKP | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ), a major provider of healthcare liability insurance, said it backs the acquisition offer submitted by medical malpractice insurer, Doctors Co., of $28 per share in cash. The company noted that the bid was a […]