http://www.volunteertv.com Some medical professionals are saying there is a critical shortage of Obstetricians in rural areas of the state. Currently, more than 30 of Tennessee’s 95 counties have inadequate access to obstetrical care while 19 counties have no access to it at all. Its part of a recent trend in several states that has seen […]

http://canadianpress.google.com TORONTO – A large proportion of doctors under 40 are billing the health-care system for less than what a “full-time equivalent” doctor would bill, an analysis of fee-for-service payments to doctors suggests. Three-quarters of female doctors under 40 fall into this category, and half of male doctors under 40, the report released Thursday by […]

http://www.businesswire.com Data Also Suggests Current Patient Safety Goals Are Focused on the Right Strategies to Help Improve the Healthcare System In an effort to determine what impact health system errors1 have on medical malpractice claims, The Doctors Company, the nation’s leading physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, conducted a closed claims analysis and found that system errors […]

By Jonnie Taté Finn http://www.argusleader.com Sanford Clinic’s reach grew Wednesday when it announced the purchase of one of Sioux Falls’ few remaining physician-owned clinics. University Physicians Clinic, which treats a broad range of ailments, was considered by many to be the last of its kind, although physician-owned specialty clinics still exist in Sioux Falls. Those […]

Critics of the transfer of the hospital to a Catholic group say women’s health care will suffer in Jefferson County. By Electa Draper The Denver Post Comprehensive women’s health care will no longer be available in Jefferson County next year if full ownership of Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge is transferred as planned […]

By Jeffrey Young http://thehill.com The Bush administration has issued an eleventh-hour challenge to the physician lobby’s efforts to prevent a pending 10 percent cut in their Medicare fees, in the form of call for a mandate that doctors use new information technology standards. The administration wants to tie any legislation blocking the cut, scheduled to […]

Three Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) surveys show physician group practices battling rising costs in cardiology and orthopedics and constrained production in field of anesthesia. The MGMA Cost Survey for Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery and Cardiology Practices: 2007 Report Based on 2006 Data showed that median total medical revenue flattened in cardiology practices from 2005 to 2006. […]

http://www.insurancejournal.com The Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO) Board of Directors elected Thomas H. Grimstad, M.D., as its new president and chief executive officer. Dr. Grimstad will succeed John E. Lemoine, M.D., effective Jan.1, 2008. Since LAMMICO was founded in 1982, only three other physicians have led the Louisiana-based medical malpractice insurer, the company said. […]

By Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star http://www.usatoday.com When Loy Assell or members of her family want to see their doctor, they can get in within hours. If they need to cancel an appointment at the last minute, they can easily reschedule. The physician, Dr. Cynthia Kizer of Olio Road Family Care, and her colleagues keep […]