By SARAH RUBENSTEIN http://online.wsj.com In a move that consumer groups say could increase pressure on people with unpaid medical bills, some hospitals are trying out a new tactic to recoup patients’ debts: They’re auctioning the debt online. Hospitals have long relied on outside collection agencies to go after debtors. Under traditional arrangements, these agencies receive […]

By Elizabeth Cooney The number of uninsured adults in Massachusetts fell by almost half last year, says a study released today, while the state’s Revenue Department reports that 86,000 people paid a state tax penalty rather than buy insurance. Supporters of health insurance reform said both numbers were a sign of success, that not only […]

By Sarah Morgan http://www.chicagotribune.com/ NEW YORK—Dr. James K. Sheffield was looking for a way to make a career transition. After working as a neurologist in Seattle for six years, he decided to go into the administrative side of medicine. So, while studying for his MBA in Houston, Sheffield signed up with a temp agency to […]

http://www.prnewswire.com REDONDO BEACH, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As reported in today’s New York Times, ICAN has begun tracking an alarming new trend of insurance companies refusing to provide health insurance for women with a history of cesarean surgery. In some cases, women are being rejected for coverage outright and in other case they are […]

By CHRISTINA SPENCER, SUN MEDIA http://lfpress.ca Toronto native Craig Stewart holds a bachelor of science degree from Queen’s University, and a master’s in behavioural neuroscience from Brock University in St. Catharines. From his early teens, he wanted to be a doctor. But when he finally succeeds, it will be no thanks to Canada’s education system. […]

http://www.prweb.com Medical practice websites that attain top rankings in search engine results pages (SERPs) through SEO rather than through paid searches provide physicians with a highly-effective and extremely profitable marketing tool. By utilizing search engine optimization, physicians can obtain a very favorable return on the investment they make in their websites. Low-cost search engine optimization […]

Globe Editorial DR. JOSEPH PEPPE is happy to get help in repaying his medical school loans. He and 46 other primary care doctors received this benefit in exchange for agreeing to work at a Massachusetts health center for two to three years. “I very much enjoy the work I do,” he said a few days […]

Kansas City Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com To pad its lead in the maternity market, Shawnee Mission Medical Center said Monday that it has launched the area’s first obstetrics hospitalist program. Hospitalists are physicians who treat only hospital patients and work either for hospitals or practices that contract to see patients for other doctors. The four obstetrics […]

David Gulliver http://www.heraldtribune.com A pulmonologist snaked a tube through the nose and into a man’s lungs. A nurse inserted a needle into a man’s arm and started an intravenous drip of a medicine. A otolaryngologist made a small incision in the fold behind the ear of a man with persistent hearing problems, the first step in a […]