by Janice Francis-Smith http://www.journalrecord.com/ OKLAHOMA CITY – Republican lawmakers are still holding out hope for a tort reform measure to make it into law this year, though the tone taken by tort reform advocates in recent weeks betrays an expectation of defeat once again. Previous attempts to pass lawsuit reform this year have resulted in […]

Jim Coyle http://www.thestar.com Forgiveness, a sage once said, is the vestibule of heaven. If so, apology must be the pathway to it. In the nit-picky world of contemporary Ontario politics – where clotheslines, lawn treatments and convenience-store displays have lately dominated attention – Liberal David Orazietti is championing an initiative that’s both inherently humble and […]

David Harlow http://healthblawg.typepad.com/ Marc Rodwin, in his Health Affairs piece on Massachusetts malpractice premiums out this week, says the supposed malpractice crisis just isn’t there. Inflation-adjusted premiums are about where they were 30 years ago; they’ve gone up — and down, in cycles — over the past three decades.  Furthermore, Massachusetts compares well to other […]

http://www.businesswire.com  ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CollaborateMD, a leading provider of Internet medical billing and practice management software for physician offices and medical billing services, announced today that it will reach the annual growth goal in half the time initially projected. Five new support analysts and a marketing director have already joined the team since January, bringing the […]

By Joseph Nixon http://online.wsj.com/  When Sam Houston was still hanging his hat in Tennessee in the 1830s, it wasn’t uncommon for fellow Tennesseans who were packing up and moving south and west to hang a sign on their cabins that read “GTT” – Gone to Texas. Today obstetricians, surgeons and other doctors might consider reviving […]

By Karen Shideler http://www.redorbit.com/ May 18–MEDICAL TOURISM GROWING Wanda Bough of Eureka combined surgery and a vacation and saved herself almost $23,000. She’s among a growing number of Americans who are opting for medical treatment in a foreign country because of soaring costs at home. It’s a trend called medical tourism or medical travel. It […]

By Carol Ann Campbell http://www.nj.com The new president of the Medical Society of New Jersey grew up in a 5,000-year-old Indian city, Mathura, where his father ran a jewelry shop and the family’s roots stretch to the 14th century. Today Rajendra Prasad Gupta, a gastroenterologist, makes his home in Princeton and has a practice in […]

By Toby Sells http://www.bizjournals.com/ Tennessee doctors didn’t get everything they wanted in the way of medical liability reform this year, but some say they got a step in the right direction. The General Assembly passed a bill in early May that will direct plaintiffs to give doctors a 60-day, pre-lawsuit notification; require plaintiffs to get […]

By Valerie Bauman http://www.insurancejournal.com/ State lawmakers say New York Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to increase doctor oversight and prevent misconduct has a good chance of passing this session — but with changes. Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, a New York City Democrat, says both legislative chambers will have a few concerns about Paterson’s proposal […]