By: James Tayoun, D.O., is the founding member of the Politically Active Physicians Association., Special To The Bulletin http://www.thebulletin.us While unveiling his health care plan, Governor Ed Rendell indicated “Pennsylvanians use emergency rooms far too much, often because they don’t have access to doctors.” Although the governor admits Pennsylvanians have lost access to adequate physician […]

Dean Martinez http://www.belleville.com I write in response to your story announcing that the ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., the state’s largest medical malpractice insurance company, is lifting its moratorium on accepting new clients. The story correctly pointed to a better economic and legal climate as reason for the expansion, but left out a crucial reason for […]

administrative note: Cunningham Group participated in the development of a ground breaking book entitled, Healing Words: the power of apology in medicine which was specifically written for physicians, by a physician. The book discusses, among other things, how and why a physician can show empathy towards their patient during adverse outcomes. You can purchase the […]

By Paige St. John news-press.com Tallahassee Bureau http://www.news-press.com Medical malpractice companies benefitting from courtroom caps must tell state regulators today why they are not returning more of that money to doctors and the public.

By Patti S. Spencer Intelligencer Journal http://local.lancasteronline.com LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. – li-ti-gious function: adjective 1 : prone to engage in lawsuits or legal maneuvers esp. to an excessive degree stubbornly litigious defendant — from www.dictionary.com

Kate Williamson, The Examiner http://www.examiner.com/

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 […]

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