NJ A.M. Best http://www.earthtimes.org/ OLDWICK, N.J. – (Business Wire) A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-â€? of AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd. (AmerInst) (Bermuda). The outlook for both ratings is stable. These ratings reflect AmerInst’s conservative reserve position, its niche expertise as a […]

http://www.pr-inside.com/ Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, and Physicians Practice(R), America’s leading practice management journal for physicians, today released the third annual PayerView(SM) Rankings announcing that Aetna has assumed the new number one overall ranking among national payers for their business dealings with physicians.

The Wall Street Journal Front As the shortage of primary-care physicians mounts, the nursing profession is offering a possible solution: the “doctor nurse.” More than 200 nursing schools have established or plan to launch doctorate of nursing practice programs to equip graduates with skills the schools say are equivalent to primary-care physicians. The two-year programs, […]

Surendra Ullal http://indiapost.com/ CHICAGO: The Indian American Medical Association (IL) Charitable Foundation that operates a free medical clinic in Chicago, plans to create an endowment of $ one million in coming years to make the clinic self sufficient.Announcing this at the semi annual meeting and fundraising dinner event of the Foundation held at India House […]

Val Jones, MD http://www.revolutionhealth.com/ American physicians are appropriately frustrated about the high cost of medical malpractice insurance, and the frequency with which false and/or exaggerated claims are filed against them. In the Philadelphia region, a spine surgeon must pay upwards of $300,000.00 a year in malpractice insurance. The law allows Obstetricians to be sued for […]

http://www.businesswire.com AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest Inc. (Advocate, MD) has taken advantage of Mississippi’s tort reform success by becoming a fully admitted insurance carrier and acquiring Mississippi’s Medical Malpractice Availability Plan (MMAP) with $25 million in assets. The Mississippi Insurance Department recently expedited the application process and licensed Advocate, MD as a […]

By Myrle Croasdale http://www.ama-assn.org Medical schools would more than double the number of new graduates going into rural practice if each adds a rural training program, according to a study in the journal Academic Medicine. The small investment would have a sizable impact on rural access to health care, said Howard Rabinowitz, MD, lead study […]

Bradley Vasoli http://www.thebulletin.us/ Media – Hospital officials and health care experts from southeast Pennsylvania told the state House Republican Policy Committee yesterday that many maternity wards find it difficult to stay open due to malpractice insurance costs. Since 1995, 36 of the state’s hospital obstetrical units have closed, 14 of them in the southeast. But […]

The Uni-Ter Group http://www.redorbit.com/ Susan Bugg, RN, BSN, has been appointed Director of Risk Management for Risk Retention Groups (RRG) managed by Uni-Ter Underwriting Management Corporation, Sanford Elsass, President and CEO, announced. “Susan Bugg brings to our RRGs 22 years of practice as a nurse along with specialized experience in claims, risk analysis, medical malpractice, […]