http://home.businesswire.com HIMSS 2007 Annual Conference MicroMD PM, the practice management software from Henry Schein Medical Systems, received the highest rating for user satisfaction in the Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM) survey of medical office managers and physician group practice administrators. MicroMD PM, a Windows-based, client/server practice management system used by medical groups […]

http://www.watchmojo.com January 17, 2007 — Today, SureScripts, operators of the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange, announced that the first prescription has been transmitted electronically from physician to pharmacist in the nation’s capital. Less than one month after the Washington, D.C. Board of Pharmacy adopted new rules making electronic prescribing legal, a D.C.-based Rite Aid pharmacy became […]

Home Health-care costs are skyrocketing, making it more and more difficult for small employers and employees to obtain affordable health insurance and care. There are many factors that contribute to increased costs. One of the reasons is the ever-increasing medical malpractice insurance premiums for health-care providers. This situation is causing crisis in many areas of […]

Companies contribute millions, creating unique conflict BY PAIGE ST. JOHN FLORIDA TODAY Campaign finance records through December show the insurance industry — a broad category that includes life, health, auto and home insurers as well as their agents — gave nearly $24 million to candidates in the 2006 state races. Those companies are now trying […]

By KAREN GARLOCH McClatchy Newspapers Patients in the United States travel to Duke University, Johns Hopkins or the Mayo Clinic for medical care. Today some venture even farther — to far-flung places such as Costa Rica, Thailand, India and Singapore. Last year, an estimated half-million Americans traveled overseas for medical treatment. It’s a growing trend […]

http://www.kaisernetwork.org Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) has reintroduced legislation (S 243) he sponsored in the 109th Congress that would limit noneconomic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits to $750,000, CQ HealthBeat reports. Ensign said that the bill would cap noneconomic damages for a single health care provider at $250,000 with a total limit of $750,000. The legislation […]

By STEVE Bousquet http://www.sptimes.com Using the same populist rhetoric that got him elected, Gov. Charlie Crist has defined success and failure for next week’s special legislative session on property insurance. Crist’s call for lower premiums could be seen as the kind of “bumper sticker solution” that brought criticism from his campaign rivals. But by prodding […]

BY BRIAN BRUEGGEMANN News-Democrat Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis has appointed three fellow judges to serve on a new committee that will meet with doctors and study medical malpractice issues. “These judges are willing to go out into the community and talk to doctors, medical professionals and lawyers, to have a real dialogue on […]

Doctors’ defect from Shore thwarted By Deborah Gates Staff Writer Last week’s buyout of Eastern Shore Obstetrics & Gynecology by Three Lower Counties Community Services erases medical bills by several hundred dollars for Medicare patients and more than a half-million dollars for their physicians at the Phillip Morris Drive private practice that merged, effective Jan. […]