http://www.aafp.org AMY L. McGAHA, MD, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas ELIZABETH GARRETT, MD, MSPH, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri ANN C. JOBE, MD, MSN, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PETER NALIN, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana WARREN P. NEWTON, MD, MPH, University of North […]

By Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pennsylvania’s doctors, especially high-risk surgeons and physicians from the east who pay higher medical malpractice rates, worry that a state-mandated change in insurance could result in an overnight 25 percent increase in their premiums. Any doctor who does the majority of his work in Pennsylvania is required by state law […]

By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff Two popular Boston internists are closing their busy practices, leaving most of their 7,500 patients to find new doctors, as the physicians open a small concierge practice that will charge individuals a $3,600 yearly fee to join. Dr. Jeffrey Bass, 50, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Dr. Ronald Katz, […]

Setting up shop in your hometown can be rewarding and successful, if you set rules and learn to cope with awkward situations. By Carolina Procter, AMNews staff Family physician Alan DeWitt, MD, returned to his hometown of Snowflake, Ariz., right after residency to start a practice with three other doctors. He’d always wanted to practice […]

Indiana University study provides hard evidence previously lacking Cindy Fox Aisen Indiana University http://www.eurekalert.org/ Do pediatricians face a malpractice crisis? In the first systematic multi-year analysis of malpractice claims solely against pediatricians, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine report in the July issue of the journal Pediatrics that the answer is neither yes […]

http://www.earthtimes.org AMA doctors spoke with one voice at the organization’s annual meeting in Chicago today, calling on Congress to stop Medicare physician payment cuts and instead update payments in line with practice cost increases. Next year, Congress plans to cut Medicare physician payments by 10 percent, placing seniors’ access to health care at risk. “The […]

Health program encourages students to practice in rural areas By Diane Saunders, Staff Writer http://www.eacourier.com Amanda Brown has wanted to be a doctor since she was 7 years old, and after spending the last few weeks training at the Gila Valley Clinic, she is closer to achieving her goal. Brown, a student at the University […]

Home The European Renal Association-European Dialysis Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) today announced results from the first ever Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Anaemia Physician Behaviours Survey, commissioned by ERA-EDTA and sponsored by an educational grant from Amgen. Nephrologists surveyed say that the majority of CKD anaemia patients (59.5 percent) also suffer from diabetes and heart disease. Three […]

Wassim Mazraany http://business.mainetoday.com It’s hard to attract specialists to rural areas as pay drops while hassles are rapidly increasing. I have been in a surgical practice in Maine for 5 years now. Like me, most surgeons enjoy what they do. Some might even tell you, a little embarrassed, that they feel bored when on vacation. […]