By TODD ACKERMAN http://www.chron.com

By Jane M. Von Bergen http://www.philly.com

Cory D. Carroll, M.D. http://www.coloradoan.com “It saddens me to inform you that I will no longer be participating with your insurance – the government programs of Medicare (most Americans over 65) and Tricare (for certain veterans and families). “Over the last decade, the Medicare reimbursement has grown a total of 9.1 percent (less than 1 […]

By Pamela Wells http://www.coalingarecord.com

http://www.wmicentral.com To help increase the number of physicians practicing in rural Arizona, every summer for the past 11 years a select group of physicians in rural communities throughout the state has mentored medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. For four to six weeks in June and July, the physicians […]

by Maggie Mahar http://takingnote.tcf.org

http://www.midlandmirror.com

by Ruth Campbell http://www.mywesttexas.com A Midland vascular surgeon wants to see a crisis in Medicare — not to hurt patients, but to provoke a change in a “broken” system of care coverage. His comments follow a complex procedure in the U.S. Congress that would cut Medicare reimbursements to physicians by 10.6 percent. “My feeling is […]

Jacob Goldstein http://blogs.wsj.com Who knows better than a doctor — witness to birth, sickness and death — that all men are created equal? So it is fitting to recall, this Fourth of July, that the signatures of five physicians are scattered among the 56 names at the bottom of the Declaration of Independence. Here are […]