10% of Tucsonans seek out their affordable care HEIDI ROWLEY Tucson Citizen http://www.tucsoncitizen.com The percentage of Tucsonans who rely on community health centers has doubled in the past six years, reflecting a nationwide trend. Six years ago, 5 percent of the population used such services. Now the figure is 10 percent, officials said. Pima County’s […]

http://blog.pennlive.com The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced today there still aren’t enough medical malpractice insurers in the state to require to doctors to carry at least $750,000 in coverage. The state will continue to require doctors to carry $500,000 in coverage from a private insurer and to obtain another $500,000 from a state fund called Mcare. […]

Congress is accused of delaying action on reimbursement cuts. By JOSIE HUANG Staff Writer http://pressherald.mainetoday.com Congress’ habit of waiting until the last minute before stopping Medicare from cutting payments to doctors has become so familiar that the president-elect of the American Medical Association jokes it is the “annual dance of death.” With another round of […]

http://www.countywidenews.com By Wayne Trotter There’s “no doubtâ€? that health premiums are higher because doctors are practicing “defensive medicine,â€? Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner told a Shawnee audience this week. But, Commissioner Kim Holland acknowledged, the effect of that is hard to quantify. Holland appeared Tuesday before a joint civic club luncheon sponsored by the Lions, Kiwanis and […]

BY DAVID WENNER Of The Patriot-News http://www.pennlive.com The state insurance commissioner will soon announce whether doctors must carry an additional $250,000 in medical malpractice insurance. Doctors now must buy $500,000 in private coverage. They get an additional $500,000 in coverage from Mcare, a state program funded with a surcharge on doctors. Joel Ario, the newly […]

BY BEN STEPHENS http://www.lvbusinesspress.com Years after many of the state’s physicians shut their doors to avoid soaring medical malpractice insurance rates, Dr. Warren Volker took matters into his own hands. In February 2006, the chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Summerlin Hospital launched a doctor-owned and operated medical malpractice insurance firm aimed at retaining quality […]

David Kinsman American College of Physicians http://www.eurekalert.org/ Today, the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), along with the Chief Executive Officers of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), met with House and Senate Democratic and Republican Leadership. During the meetings the groups discussed legislative strategies aimed […]

More than 2,000 doctors awaiting Texas licenses, as patients wait to see certain specialists Listen to this article or download audio file. By Mary Ann Roser AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF An influx of doctors into Texas has caused long waits for medical licenses, inconveniences for patients wanting to see certain specialists and anxiety for physicians awaiting new […]

By DANNY HAKIM NY TIMES The Spitzer administration approved a 14 percent increase in medical malpractice insurance rates on Monday, the largest rate increase in a decade. Doctors’ groups protested angrily, but the administration said the move was necessary to prevent “perhaps an irreversible crisis,â€? since insurers were having trouble staying in the business. “We […]