http://www.insurancejournal.com A new study of Maryland’s physician workforce shows that the state has a growing shortage of doctors in clinical practice, and concludes it could become dire for patients, especially those in need of medical specialists. Advertisement “It is a silent crisis that grows in intensity every day,” Maryland Hospital Association President Cal Pierson said. […]

By DARLENE PRINCE http://www.crescent-news.com “Difficult” and “challenging” are two adjectives used by officials at several local medical facilities to describe efforts to recruit physicians to rural northwest Ohio. Family-practice physicians, who provide primary care to a patient, are in even shorter supply. A projected shortage of about 139,000 family practice physicians in the United States […]

By: Lewis S. Sharps, M.D., For The Bulletin http://www.thebulletin.us My dual experience as an orthopedic spine surgeon and president of Pennsylvania’s only physician-driven medical malpractice insurance company has provided me with a unique insight into this state’s medical malpractice environment. Many states are threatened by an escalating medical liability crisis. They can learn a great […]

http://www.kaisernetwork.org The American Medical Association on Tuesday announced the nationwide expansion of a campaign that seeks to focus the health care debate in the presidential election on the issue of the uninsured, The Hill reports. The multimillion-dollar “Voice for the Uninsured” campaign, which includes advertisements and outreach efforts, last year targeted early presidential caucus and […]

Article by Frederick C. Schafrick , Elizabeth Runyan Geise ,Joanne M. Gray and Kenneth J. Parsigan http://www.mondaq.com Efforts to reform state tort law have been the subject of much political controversy over the last three decades as legislatures have attempted to ameliorate the adverse impacts of tort law on the availability of insurance coverage and […]

Legislators may require executives to testify under oath to find out why rates did not fall significantly. John Kennedy | Tallahassee Bureau Chief http://www.orlandosentinel.com Top insurance executives are being summoned — and may be subpoenaed — to testify under oath next month before a newly formed Senate select committee examining why last year’s legislative overhaul […]

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report http://www.kaisernetwork.org Maryland has 16% fewer physicians in clinical practice than the national per capita average, a shortage that could become severe by 2015, according to a report released on Monday by MedChi, the state’s medical society, and the Maryland Hospital Society, the Washington Post reports. For the report, presented last […]

By MICHAEL GORMLEY | Associated Press Writer http://www.newsday.com Gov. Eliot Spitzer wants the state to pay off the student loans of physicians who agree to serve rural and urban areas without enough doctors, an administration official said Tuesday. Spitzer is also considering a $1 billion Upstate Revitalization Fund and other measures to renew downtowns and […]

KAREN BUCKELEW Daily Record Business Writer Maryland’s doctors and hospitals are calling for change in the state’s health insurance and medical malpractice systems, pointing to a new study showing a growing shortage of physicians. The state has 16 percent fewer practicing doctors than the national average, according to the study released Monday from the Maryland […]