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Future of access to Medicare bleak
EDWARD LANGSTON http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ In July, the government health insurance program for seniors and the disabled will automatically begin draconian payment cuts to physicians. Over a year and a half, the cuts translate to a loss of $200 million to Washington physician practices caring for Medicare patients. The more than 785,000 patients who rely on Medicare […]
Malpractice Costs Leading To Closings Of Maternity Wards
Bradley Vasoli http://www.thebulletin.us/ Media – Hospital officials and health care experts from southeast Pennsylvania told the state House Republican Policy Committee yesterday that many maternity wards find it difficult to stay open due to malpractice insurance costs. Since 1995, 36 of the state’s hospital obstetrical units have closed, 14 of them in the southeast. But […]
Susan Bugg Named Director of Risk Management for Risk Retention Groups Managed By Uni-Ter
The Uni-Ter Group http://www.redorbit.com/ Susan Bugg, RN, BSN, has been appointed Director of Risk Management for Risk Retention Groups (RRG) managed by Uni-Ter Underwriting Management Corporation, Sanford Elsass, President and CEO, announced. “Susan Bugg brings to our RRGs 22 years of practice as a nurse along with specialized experience in claims, risk analysis, medical malpractice, […]
State GOP lawmakers hold on to tort reform hopes
by Janice Francis-Smith http://www.journalrecord.com/ OKLAHOMA CITY – Republican lawmakers are still holding out hope for a tort reform measure to make it into law this year, though the tone taken by tort reform advocates in recent weeks betrays an expectation of defeat once again. Previous attempts to pass lawsuit reform this year have resulted in […]
Saying sorry with no strings attached
Jim Coyle http://www.thestar.com Forgiveness, a sage once said, is the vestibule of heaven. If so, apology must be the pathway to it. In the nit-picky world of contemporary Ontario politics – where clotheslines, lawn treatments and convenience-store displays have lately dominated attention – Liberal David Orazietti is championing an initiative that’s both inherently humble and […]
Study says Massachusetts medical malpractice insurance premiums aren't as bad as we think
David Harlow http://healthblawg.typepad.com/ Marc Rodwin, in his Health Affairs piece on Massachusetts malpractice premiums out this week, says the supposed malpractice crisis just isn’t there. Inflation-adjusted premiums are about where they were 30 years ago; they’ve gone up — and down, in cycles — over the past three decades. Furthermore, Massachusetts compares well to other […]
CollaborateMD Announces 2008 Growth Plan is Ahead of Schedule
http://www.businesswire.com ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CollaborateMD, a leading provider of Internet medical billing and practice management software for physician offices and medical billing services, announced today that it will reach the annual growth goal in half the time initially projected. Five new support analysts and a marketing director have already joined the team since January, bringing the […]
Why Doctors Are Heading For Texas
By Joseph Nixon http://online.wsj.com/ When Sam Houston was still hanging his hat in Tennessee in the 1830s, it wasn’t uncommon for fellow Tennesseans who were packing up and moving south and west to hang a sign on their cabins that read “GTT” – Gone to Texas. Today obstetricians, surgeons and other doctors might consider reviving […]
More Mix Travel With Surgery to Cut Costs
By Karen Shideler http://www.redorbit.com/ May 18–MEDICAL TOURISM GROWING Wanda Bough of Eureka combined surgery and a vacation and saved herself almost $23,000. She’s among a growing number of Americans who are opting for medical treatment in a foreign country because of soaring costs at home. It’s a trend called medical tourism or medical travel. It […]
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