http://www.emaxhealth.com Iowa’s supply of doctors has increased by more than 50 percent over the past 25 years, while the state’s population has remained stable, and this growth is expected to continue. On the other hand, relocation, rather than retirement, is the main cause of physician attrition in Iowa. These are among the findings included in […]

http://www.prnewswire.com HARRISBURG, PA — Ellen Smith, MD, (Lemoyne) is the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians’ 2007 Family Physician of the Year. Dr. Smith, founding physician of Heritage Family Medicine in central Pennsylvania, was nominated by one of her patients and received the 18th annual award at PAFP’s recent annual meeting. “She personifies the role we […]

By BILL KACZOR Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Hospitals cannot be held liable in medical malpractice cases for failing to ensure doctors with staff privileges meet state financial responsibility requirements through insurance or other means, the Florida Supreme Court said Thursday. The unanimous ruling disapproved of decisions by three of the state’s five district courts […]

By Paul Feinberg http://www.exduco.net Dr. Raphael Darvish (’04) is medical director of Concierge Medicine/LA, a VIP medical practice designed to offer patients “the best of the best” care without medical insurance hassles. Darvish, a fourth-generation physician (his father is a partner in Concierge Medicine/LA), created the practice after receiving his MBA and completing his medical […]

By Camille Hughes Guard Staff Writer http://www.guardonline.com Holding a police radio in a hand that’s more accustomed to the cool metal of a stethoscope, local physician Doug Bernard has officially become a “SWAT doc.â€? While a career in medicine might be enough to keep most people busy, Bernard is definitely not “mostâ€? people. The 43-year […]

The Insurance professionals only source for News Premier Physicians Insurance Company (PPIC), a Risk Retention Group, celebrates its one-year anniversary with several achievements in its mission to provide Nevada physicians with stabilized medical malpractice liability insurance. In one year, the company has insured more than 100 physicians. PPIC has surpassed $2.5 million in capital and […]

By Associated Press http://business.bostonherald.com/ An Indiana insurance company that raised medical malpractice rates 90 percent three years ago is now asking Connecticut regulators for permission to cut them by 24 percent. Doctors say they don’t expect much change even if regulators approve the request from the company, one of just four that provides medical malpractice […]

By DIANE LEVICK, Courant Staff Writer http://www.courant.com The Medical Protective Co., a malpractice insurer that raised its Connecticut rates nearly 90 percent three years ago, plans to reduce rates an average 24.2 percent and insure more physicians in the state. The company, which is known as “MedPro” and was acquired in June 2005 by Warren […]

http://www.klas-tv.com Five years ago, high insurance premiums drove a lot of doctors out of our valley. The field of obstetrics was especially hard-hit as more than three dozen OB/GYN’s left for states with lower insurance costs. A local specialist told Eye on Health the situation is better today. But there’s still plenty of room for […]