By Keith Darcé UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER http://www.signonsandiego.com/ A seemingly simple change at Dr. Ada Marin’s office has placed the San Diego family physician at the forefront of the health care industry’s technology revolution. Special notes in electronic records for her patients with diabetes remind office workers to ask the patients to remove their shoes and […]

By Brad Bumsted STATE CAPITOL REPORTER http://www.pittsburghlive.com Melanie Richman drives more than two hours each day on a round-trip to Youngstown, Ohio, to work as an emergency room physician. The cost of malpractice insurance in Pennsylvania is a major reason Richman, of Sewickley, took the job out of state. “I’ve worked in Pennsylvania since 1992, […]

http://www.the-injury-lawyer-directory.com We often hear about doctors being involved in multimillion dollar lawsuits, but it is rare that the physician is actually the one suing rather than the one being sued. A Connecticut physician sued the anesthesiologist and hospital where his wife died during routine face-lift surgery for a total of $3.1 million and won. Dr. […]

http://www.mysanantonio.com When Texas voters in 2003 approved a state proposition capping lawsuit awards for medical malpractice cases, only four insurance companies even offered malpractice policies to Texas doctors. Now, 30 insurance companies crowd the market, and premiums have fallen like so many San Antonio Spurs playoff opponents. The lower cost of being a doctor in […]

By Charis Patires/Lake Sun http://www.lakesunleader.com LAKE OF THE OZARKS – Patients may remember M.R. Pete Hayden as a caring physician, one with the knowledge and skill to cure their ailments. Add one more acknowledgement to his resume. He was recently honored with the Citation of Merit, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Missouri […]

Foreign-born physicians filling a need in Delaware By LULADEY B. TADESSE, The News Journal http://www.delawareonline.com/ Dr. Isaias Irgau fled Ethiopia at the age of 16, soon after the government shot and killed his father in front of his home. His father was a victim of the civil war in northern Ethiopia, which lasted more than […]

By Richard C. Gross, Contributing Writer Health Behavior News Service http://www.hbns.org Caps on medical malpractice damages mean lower insurance premiums for doctors, according to a new review from two Alabama universities. How these caps affect patient care or costs is less certain. “There’s been substantial controversy over whether caps do what they’re supposed to — […]

Novant’s New Star will offer them better control of malpractice-insurance premiums By M. Paul Jackson JOURNAL REPORTER Novant Health said yesterday that it has formed a medical-malpractice-insurance company to help its physicians better control their medical-malpractice premiums. The company, New Star Inc., will be based in Winston-Salem and will serve Novant’s doctors in North Carolina […]

A decision by a major medical group to post rates could push rivals to do the same, letting Californians shop. By Lisa Girion, Times Staff Writer LA TIMES California’s largest private physician practice has become one of the first doctor groups in the nation, and almost certainly the largest, to make prices for its medical […]