By Derrick DePledge http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com The state House yesterday effectively killed a medical-malpractice liability reform bill, as lawmakers contended it was not the answer to the state’s shortage of medical specialists in rural areas and on the Neighbor Islands. State lawmakers will consider student loan repayment and stipends for doctors and dentists who work in poor […]

ANJEANETTE DAMON http://news.rgj.com The television ad clinched it. The image of trusted doctors in white coats trooping out of the state to flee high malpractice insurance rates bombarded voters, who overwhelmingly decided to cap the amount of money juries could award victims of botched medical procedures. The bitter fight in 2004, marked by twisted statistics […]

by Satta Sarmah Landing page Dolores Karadimos, 62, has a laundry list of ailments posted on a sheet of copy paper taped to her wall. The list with more than 16 bullet points includes illnesses ranging from fiber myalgia and a herniated disc to asthma, osteoarthritis and ulcers. A myriad of physical ailments render Karadimos […]

http://www.businesswire.com DUBLIN, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85909) has announced the addition of 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Guide: Essentials of Data Collection, Work Flow Optimization and Physician Engagement for Practices to their offering. Many physician practices are gearing up for a full year of participation in The Center’s for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Quality […]

http://www.insurancejournal.com The imbalance in the supply and demand for physicians — often tied to rising costs of medical malpractice liability insurance — will continue to intensify as the U.S. population continues to grow faster than the physician workforce. In addition, pressure will come with the increasing number of physicians practicing medicine on a part-time basis, […]

By Jeff Hayward http://www.newsdurhamregion.com UXBRIDGE — Asking taxpayers to open their wallets to entice new doctors to come to Uxbridge is the answer to compete with other underserviced municipalities, according to local physicians. But some, including Uxbridge’s mayor, are completely opposed to that idea. Township physicians are warning the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital’s emergency room could […]

Posted by Jacob Goldstein http://blogs.wsj.com Kevin Pho, a primary care doc whose blog is one of our regular reads, lands on USA Today’s op-ed page this morning opining on what’s wrong with medicine in America. It’s a shortage of primary care that comes down to money. A specialist might be paid three times as much […]

By George Wallace http://www.zwire.com Some 250 physicians from John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, St. Charles Hospital and other healthcare facilities in Suffolk County descended on state government offices last week to press their case for reforms that would rein in alarming increases in malpractice insurance costs, which they say are driving doctors out of business […]

By Sheri Porter http://www.aafp.org Physician practices across the country are beginning to limit the care they provide for Medicare patients as Medicare physician payments fail to keep pace with the cost of providing health care to seniors. That’s according to a study of more than 1,000 physician practices conducted by the Medical Group Management Association, […]