By KATE SPINNER http://www.heraldtribune.com CHARLOTTE COUNTY — A local shortage of pediatricians is driving parents to Sarasota and Lee counties in search of medical care for their children. But starting today, more parents will be able to find care in the community when the Charlotte County Health Department opens its new pediatric clinic. The clinic […]

http://www.prnewswire.com/ Starting Feb. 1, 2008, MHA Insurance Company will grant a premium credit of up to 5 percent for qualifying policyholders who utilize an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system. A qualifying policyholder would include independent solo physicians and group physician practices. Currently, MHA Insurance Company provides medical professional liability insurance to more than 3,000 independent […]

Low reimbursement rates squeeze the earnings at doctors’ offices By Thomas Gaudio Home Mounting pressure on doctors stemming from Medicare has New Jersey physicians thinking about dropping patients with the federal insurance. More than 1.2 million people in the state have Medicare, which provides health insurance for individuals 65 and older, and for the disabled […]

New Richmond News The state fund that covers medical malpractice claims had to borrow millions after the governor and legislature raided it to balance the new state budget. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the fund borrowed $46 million from other state accounts just to cover its obligations. And its paying interest on that money. […]

The contenders envision private insurance continuing, but they see a government-run plan as a competitive option. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer http://www.latimes.com Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards have been sniping at each other for months over healthcare, but there’s one thing the top Democratic presidential candidates agree on: Americans […]

BY DR. JAY GROSSMAN Special To The Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com Re: ”My view: Future of med-mal caps in doubt,” by Hector Lombana Mr. Lombana would love to go back to the halcyon days when attorneys made big bucks by milking the medical malpractice cow for all it was worth. Fortunately for physicians who practice here […]

http://www.ama-assn.org About 1,200 New Jersey physicians received $16 million last month to help pay their medical liability insurance, according to the state’s Dept. of Banking and Insurance. The payments to eligible ob-gyns, neurosurgeons and radiologists are from a state subsidy fund set up in 2004 to ensure doctors could afford coverage. They represent the last […]

by By Frank Donnelly http://www.silive.com State’s plan to assess 50Gs more will force many to close practices, Island opponents say Staten Island doctors fear a proposal being floated to hit them with a $50,000 surcharge to solve the state’s medical malpractice insurance funding woes could drive droves of physicians, from internists to high-risk specialists, out […]

http://abbeynationalinsuran.gratuitcfree.com Do coast national insurances face a malpractice crisis? In the first systematic multi-year analysis of malpractice claims solely against national grange mutual insurance, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine report in the July issue of the journal Pediatrics that the answer is neither yes nor no. “We studied pediatricians and malpractice because […]