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By MICHAEL GORMLEY (AP) amNewYork ALBANY, N.Y. – Gov. David Paterson is freezing medical malpractice insurance rates for a year as he seeks a broader solution to high business costs doctors claim are driving them out of New York. The freeze heads off a scheduled surcharge due in June 2009 that could have increase some […]

Business First of Columbus – by Carrie Ghose http://www.bizjournals.com The Ohio State University faculty physician practice that feeds patients to the university’s hospitals is expanding its Gahanna operation as part of an outpatient push into the suburbs. OSU Physicians Inc. bought a former Big Bear supermarket building on Hamilton near Johnstown roads for $6 million […]

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ROB VARNON http://www.connpost.com The digital doctor will see you anytime you want. And that’s one reason Devon Herrick, an analyst with the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis, says more doctors need to embrace technology and go online to give patients more access to health care. The study, released Thursday, found not only are some […]

http://www.workforce.com With nearly 50 million people uninsured and 25 million more underinsured, the need for universal health coverage has reached a tipping point that even the return of the infamous “Harry and Louiseâ€? commercials of the 1990s won’t be able to derail, said U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan. At a town hall meeting on health […]

http://www.prweb.com Manasquan, NJ (PRWEB) August 19, 2008 — The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is moving from blueprint to actuality in the healthcare industry. Few question the PCMH’s intention — to provide family-centered and compassionate coordination of all medical and non-medical services needed by the patient. However, few payors and providers have agreed on payment models […]

By Candice Ferrette http://lohud.com HARRISON – Patients aren’t getting the care they deserve, doctors are leaving New York and everyone is paying more for less insurance coverage. But state lawmakers have an opportunity to help reform the ailing system by reducing malpractice rates for doctors and by putting more regulations on managed-care companies, representatives from […]

BY MEGHANA KESHAVAN and PATRICIA ANSTETT http://www.freep.com General Motors retirees facing the loss of their top-flight health coverage should shop around aggressively to save money on Medicare coverage, say Ford retirees who went through the same thing last year. It’s actually possible to save money, despite losing a generous, company-backed health plan and having to […]