by News-Democrat & Leader http://www.newsdemocratleader.com The Patient Physician Partnership was announced at a press conference in the state capitol as an effort by the Kentucky Medical Association and its partners to address the state’s physician workforce shortage and its negative effects on the healthcare delivery system. The genesis for the Partnership was the recently released […]

by Janie Har http://www.oregonlive.com Legislature – Oregon’s low limits will not be fixed in the current special session — Lawmakers will not deal with Oregon’s low liability limits this session and instead moved Wednesday to create a task force to recommend ways to try to fix the problem in time for the 2009 session. Senate […]

by Greg Edwards http://www.inrich.com Three Tennessee-based malpractice insurers have lost their bid to advance their claims against a Richmond-based reinsurer, Reciprocal of America. Reciprocal of America was placed in receivership in January 2003, and the State Corporation Commission ordered the company liquidated later that year. The reinsurer wrote hospital liability insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and […]

By Raymond A. Martinez http://www.mvariety.com SENATOR Henry H. San Nicolas introduced yesterday a bill, S.B. 16-18, to require medical doctors to get malpractice insurance. San Nicolas, Covenant-Tinian, said when patients suffer medical-related injuries, the government ends up shouldering the liability.

by Katie Morse http://news10now.com POTSDAM, NY — Doctors at Canton-Potsdam and other North Country hospitals are treating more and more patients who have no primary care physician. The reason is there are simply not enough doctors in the area to treat everyone. “From talking to other hospital administrators across the North Country, we’re all facing […]

by Christina Rogers http://www.redorbit.com Predictions of a physician shortage have set off a spate of new medical school construction nationwide in what health care experts say is the first wave of construction since the early 1980s. More than a dozen medical schools are now in various planning stages across the country, with many of them […]

by Michelle Lang http://www.canada.com When Arpana Singh needs to see a doctor, she braces herself for an epic wait. The 23-year-old, who moved from Edmonton to Calgary last year, doesn’t have a family physician. She relies instead on a downtown walk-in clinic when she needs medical attention. But service at the clinic is hardly speedy, […]

by Tim Hoover http://www.denverpost.com A Senate committee Monday passed a bill that would allow injured patients to sue doctors for more money, despite warnings from physicians and insurers that it would raise health care costs and hurt patient access. Senate President Peter Groff, D-Denver, said his legislation restores medical malpractice law to the intent lawmakers […]

By DREW ANDERSEN http://www.wcfcourier.com CEDAR FALLS — The United States is not in the midst of a health care crisis, according to Dr. William G. Plested III, immediate past president of the American Medical Association. But the U.S. is in a crisis of figuring out who will pay for health care. The Greater Cedar Valley […]