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AMA Sets Ethical Standard for Physician Self-Referral
By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today http://www.medpagetoday.com ORLANDO, Nov. 11 — It is unethical for physicians to self-refer to facilities where they have a financial stake unless they spell it all out to their patients, according to an opinion adopted this week by the American Medical Association’s policy-making House of Delegates. The opinion emerged […]
Travelers Launches New Professional Liability Coverage Program
http://www.insurancejournal.com Travelers said it has introduced a new, modular professional liability product, 1st Choice+, geared toward accounting, design, legal and real estate professionals. The product offers errors and omissions coverage in one comprehensive policy that can be tailored to include:
Opinion: Malpractice relief
http://www.dailyitem.com I am writing to urge the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to agree with the Senate Amendments to House Bill 2648 and continue the M-Care Abatement program that provides malpractice insurance relief to physicians for another two years. This relief has helped retain physicians who may have left Pennsylvania, curtailed services or retired sooner, and […]
Most patients can save at least half by going overseas
http://www.latimes.com What is medical travel? It’s going outside your local area for medical care. For many Americans, that means seeing a specialist in another city. But increasingly, it means traveling to another country for treatment.
Pennsylvania health system reform hits snag over coverage, liability help
By Doug Trapp http://www.ama-assn.org Washington — Pennsylvania lawmakers ended a two-year session in October without agreeing on a bill to cover more of Pennsylvania’s 767,000 uninsured adults or to help physicians with medical liability premiums. Gov. Ed Rendell and Senate Republicans negotiated until the session’s end in early October but could not reach a compromise […]
Merging practices find IT may not blend well
By Pamela Lewis Dolan http://www.ama-assn.org As three mid-size physician practices in Tampa, Fla. — LoCicero Internal Medicine, South Tampa Medical Group and Pinnacle Health Group — finalized plans to merge into one large practice, it occurred to the parties involved that there was still one major decision that had to be made: Which of the […]
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