Ace Stryker http://www.heraldextra.com One Utah County doctor is hoping to bring back the days of the personal physician, complete with house calls. In many ways, the concept is a new spin on an old ideal. Dr. Wesley Wylie is ditching the weathered travel-by-carriage-with-leather-medicine-bag-in-tow image, promising in its place 24/7 direct personal communication by cell phone […]

By ALAN J. ORTBALS Home The gains that Illinois has made in the past three years regarding access to health care could quickly be reversed, depending on the ruling of the Illinois Supreme Court in the case of Lebron v Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. Oral arguments were heard in November. The decision is expected to be […]

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http://www.accessnorthga.com GAINESVILLE – Jonathan Kerrick, MD; John Frontera, MD; and the staff of Neurology Physician Group welcome Hector Gotay, MD; to the practice. Dr. Gotay is a board-certified neurologist who has treated patients throughout North Georgia for 31 years. Dr. Gotay received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Puerto Rico. He completed […]

y Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services http://www.azstarnet.com PHOENIX — A veteran state lawmaker is trying again to make it harder for those injured in hospital emergency rooms to sue for damages. Sen. Carolyn Allen, R-Scottsdale, said Wednesday she is introducing legislation that would require a patient to prove malpractice by “clear and convincing evidence” to […]

http://www.theviewnewspapers.com Since Nov. 13, the Times has carried an invidious story and letters about physicians who opted for retainer medicine. Neither story nor letters do justice to the condition in which primary-care physicians find themselves. The banes of primary care medicine are third-party payments (in particular the pressure exerted by Medicare and Medicaid bureaucracies controlling […]

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By Anne Zieger http://www.fiercehealthcare.com Illinois medical group Carle Clinic Association has cut a deal to settle an antitrust lawsuit alleging that it had conspired with the area’s other dominant practice to avoid Medicaid business. In the suit, Attorney General Lisa Madigan argued that the 330-physician group turned away Medicaid patients en masse in an effort to force […]