By Jeffrey Krasner Health plans that rate doctors individually are spreading beyond the state’s Group Insurance Commission, despite the Massachusetts Medical Society’s opposition to the ranking systems. Tufts Health Plan, the third-largest health insurer in Massachusetts, says it will expand its health plan that features doctor rankings, called Navigator. And Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the […]

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By Chelsey Ledue http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com CHICAGO – Medical tourism and medical student debt burden and its impact on the physician shortage, are two of the hot topics to be discussed at a five-day meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency. The meeting starts Saturday. The annual meeting of the AMA’s House of […]

By Liv Osby http://www.greenvilleonline.com The South Carolina Medical Association has formed a new company to offer malpractice insurance to physicians in the state. The South Carolina Physicians Assurance Company is designed as a safety net should commercial carriers leave the market during an earnings downturn, said Todd Atwater, CEO of SCMA and president of the […]

By Stacey Burling http://www.philly.com

By Mark Baard The UMass Memorial Medical Center is striking: Its high-rise hospital building, helipad, and sprawling medical school campus tower over Worcester’s Lake Quinsigamond. It’s a monument to Massachusetts’ role as a healthcare leader and symbolizes an industry known for its miracle-making – and its out-of-control costs. But behind UMass Memorial’s bricks and mortar, […]

By Bruce Japsen http://www.chicagotribune.com