http://www.tylerpaper.com/ Even as the nightly news seems to be steeped in story after story about the country’s failing heath care system, former state Rep. Joseph Nixon, writing for the Texas Public Policy Center, points to a success in Texas that other states can emulate. The 1960s and ’70s saw changes in tort law – remedies […]

Physicians Total Care http://www.pr.com Tulsa, OK, May 27, 2008 –(PR.com)– Due to decreased reimbursements from managed care companies, Hickory Family Practice in Hickory, N.C., began looking for different avenues to increase profitability. Integrating physician medication dispensing through Physicians Total Care allowed Hickory Family Practice to generate additional revenue for the practice. The five-physician practice installed […]

By JASON ROBERSON http://www.dallasnews.com/ In 2003, President Bush said he wanted most Americans’ medical records to be computerized within 10 years. The savings from moving away from paper could rise into the hundreds of millions a year, the president said. And electronic records can reduce medical errors, proponents said. Five years later, only a third […]

By Cara Matthews http://www.theithacajournal.com/ ALBANY — The state needs to strengthen the disciplinary system for doctors, consumer groups said Tuesday as they released a report on physician oversight. The number of physicians in the state and complaints against them have increased in recent years, but disciplinary actions have gone down, said Blair Horner of the […]

http://www.businesswire.com AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest Inc. (Advocate, MD) has taken advantage of Mississippi’s tort reform success by becoming a fully admitted insurance carrier and acquiring Mississippi’s Medical Malpractice Availability Plan (MMAP) with $25 million in assets. The Mississippi Insurance Department recently expedited the application process and licensed Advocate, MD as a […]

http://www.businesswire.com/ SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The California Academy of Family Physicians today is releasing a report outlining the shortcomings of health care in California, their negative effects on patients, and the need for serious change. The report, Strong Medicine: Family Medicine’s Fix for California’s Fractured Health Care System, brings together current academic research on the problems facing […]

By RACHEL PARKER DICKERSON http://www.thecabin.net In light of a dawning shortage of physicians, Conway Regional Medical Center is working to expand its hospitalist program in hopes of benefitting doctors and patients. Angie Huselton, director of physician services and business development for the hospital, said, “National journals have told us for several years that there will […]

by Naomi Gumprich-Munn http://www.mlive.com/ While proposed funding cuts and projected doctor shortages threaten community health systems around the country, one medical education facility in the Tri-Cities is expanding operations. Synergy Medical Education Alliance in Saginaw is launching a new masters in public health degree program in collaboration with Davenport University, Chief Academic Officer Christine Rohr […]

EDWARD LANGSTON http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ In July, the government health insurance program for seniors and the disabled will automatically begin draconian payment cuts to physicians. Over a year and a half, the cuts translate to a loss of $200 million to Washington physician practices caring for Medicare patients. The more than 785,000 patients who rely on Medicare […]