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athenahealth, Inc., the premier provider of web-based services, knowledge, and software for medical practices, today announced that in 2006 its system caught claims errors that would have resulted in health insurance claim denials totaling close to $100 million for Massachusetts medical providers. This figure is one of a series of new financial milestones athenahealth achieved […]

By Jane Stoever http://www.aafp.org/

http://maehc.blogspot.com MAeHC today announced our participation in a joint initiative to provide malpractice premium credits to physicians utilizing EHRs. The Connecticut Medical Insurance Company — in a program developed jointly with the Massachusetts Medical Society, Physicians Insurance Association of Massachusetts (an MMS subsidiary), and MAeHC — will offer credits ranging from 5-20% to Massachusetts physicians […]

by Jake Stump Daily Mail Staff http://www.dailymail.com

BY NASEEM SOWTI STAR-BANNER http://www.ocala.com Joyce Gazzara went to the emergency room with severe stomach pain on a recent Friday afternoon, hoping to get quick treatment. But the 64-year-old suffered for 12 hours in the waiting room at Munroe Regional Medical Center, before she managed to squeeze through the bottleneck of ER doors.

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By HENRY L. DAVIS News Medical Reporter http://www.buffalonews.com The Buffalo Niagara region experienced a 10% loss in the number of physicians over a four-year period as the need continues to rise The Buffalo Niagara region lost 10 percent of its doctors from 2001 to 2005, the largest drop in the state and the continuation of […]

by Curt Mercadante http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/ It’s been two years since the Illinois voter uprising that forced the Illinois legislature – and governor – to enact medical liability reform legislation. Yet the full positive impact of those reforms has yet to be felt – due to uncertainty pending the trial lawyers’ challenge of the measure’s constitutionality in […]