By RICH PIETRAS http://www.phillyburbs.com Sometimes even experts in health care need a little help getting better. That was the theme behind the rescue effort at the Montgomery Township municipal building as a state House Insurance Committee heard testimony on the status of the Health Care Cost Containment Council. The council was scheduled to shut down on […]

Chiropractic Economics | #1 Magazine for Doctors of Chiropractic Lawmakers in Connecticut are considering two bills that would mandate informed-consent forms for chiropractic treatments. The Connecticut Chiropractic Association (CCA) is opposing the bill as being unnecessary and unfairly punitive. According to am Associated Press story, the legislature’s Public Health Committee is considering the informed-consent bill. […]

SUZANNE ULBRICH http://www.jdnews.com When two area doctors recently closed their practice without notice, it not only left their patients in need of a new physician, but also of their personal medical information. When The Heart Center of Eastern North Carolina closed its doors earlier this month, patients learned of the closing either a few days […]

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http://www.kaisernetwork.org Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Tuesday in an address to the Greater Houston Pachyderm Club said Texas should serve as a model for improving access to health care nationwide because of its success in limiting malpractice lawsuits brought against physicians, the Houston Chronicle reports. In 2003, Texas voters approved Proposition 12, which limited damage […]

http://www.marketwatch.com ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Older patients with heart disease and diabetes are getting better treatment than ever at the University of Michigan Health System — even while U-M’s care for Medicare patients is costing less, a new report shows. The data come from the second year of a national project undertaken […]

By Enrique Rangel http://lubbockonline.com AUSTIN – For years, dozens of rural West Texas counties have not only seen their populations shrink but have suffered critical shortages of doctors and nurses. Some, like Kent County, haven’t even had a physician in more than half a century. And it looks like the shortage will get worse in […]

http://www.baltimoresun.com While several factors are responsible for the disturbing trend identified by the study by MedChi and the Maryland Hospital Association, liability reform must be part of the solution (“Rural Maryland faces shortage of doctors,” July 28). Frivolous lawsuits and runaway jury awards threaten our entire health system, preventing medical students from choosing certain specialties […]

By Euna Lhee http://www.baltimoresun.com When his colleague departed in December, family doctor Charles Bennett thought he would soon find a new partner for his private practice in Lusby. But he has had no luck for the past eight months. “I’m still trying to find someone, but I don’t think it will get any better in […]