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By Sandy Kleffman CONTRA COSTA TIMES http://www.contracostatimes.com On a typical day, five or six patients used to fill Dr. Michael O’Brien’s small waiting room, cooling their heels until they got 10 minutes with the Castro Valley physician.

administrative note: Cunningham Group participated in the development of a ground breaking book entitled, Healing Words: the power of apology in medicine which was specifically written for physicians, by a physician. The book discusses, among other things, how and why a physician can show empathy towards their patient during adverse outcomes. You can purchase the […]

By Patti S. Spencer Intelligencer Journal http://local.lancasteronline.com LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. – li-ti-gious function: adjective 1 : prone to engage in lawsuits or legal maneuvers esp. to an excessive degree stubbornly litigious defendant — from www.dictionary.com

Kate Williamson, The Examiner http://www.examiner.com/

athenahealth, Inc., the premier provider of web-based services, knowledge, and software for medical practices, today announced that in 2006 its system caught claims errors that would have resulted in health insurance claim denials totaling close to $100 million for Massachusetts medical providers. This figure is one of a series of new financial milestones athenahealth achieved […]

BY NASEEM SOWTI STAR-BANNER http://www.ocala.com Joyce Gazzara went to the emergency room with severe stomach pain on a recent Friday afternoon, hoping to get quick treatment. But the 64-year-old suffered for 12 hours in the waiting room at Munroe Regional Medical Center, before she managed to squeeze through the bottleneck of ER doors.

By Laren Hughes Hall Staff Writer The days of co-pays and deductibles could be coming to an end as more doctors rebel against insurance companies that refuse to pay a fair amount for their services. While reimbursements decrease and overhead costs rise, some physicians are finding it difficult to break even, said Catherine Smoot, a […]

By ROBERT PEAR http://www.nytimes.com