By STEPHANIE NANO http://news.yahoo.com

By Myrle Croasdale http://www.ama-assn.org

By Liv Osby http://www.greenvilleonline.com The South Carolina Medical Association has formed a new company to offer malpractice insurance to physicians in the state. The South Carolina Physicians Assurance Company is designed as a safety net should commercial carriers leave the market during an earnings downturn, said Todd Atwater, CEO of SCMA and president of the […]

By Stacey Burling http://www.philly.com

By Mark Baard The UMass Memorial Medical Center is striking: Its high-rise hospital building, helipad, and sprawling medical school campus tower over Worcester’s Lake Quinsigamond. It’s a monument to Massachusetts’ role as a healthcare leader and symbolizes an industry known for its miracle-making – and its out-of-control costs. But behind UMass Memorial’s bricks and mortar, […]

By Bruce Japsen http://www.chicagotribune.com

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PRNewswire http://www.foxbusiness.com Highmark Inc. announced today that it is contributing $29 million to help physicians acquire ePrescribing/eHealth Record technology for their practices. This initiative is an alternative to a similar program Highmark announced in 2005 in which the company contributed significant funding to promote the adoption of health information technology by physicians. Highmark contributed the […]

Maria Babbage http://www.thestar.com