http://www.insurancejournal.com Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co. (ProMutual) will not increase its rates for physicians, surgeons, dentists and certified nurse midwives in Massachusetts for 2007. If the proposed rates are approved, the company said that many policyholders will see a decrease in their premiums. A number of specialties such as obstetrics, orthopedics and anesthesiology should see […]

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.

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By HENRY L. DAVIS News Medical Reporter http://www.buffalonews.com The Buffalo Niagara region experienced a 10% loss in the number of physicians over a four-year period as the need continues to rise The Buffalo Niagara region lost 10 percent of its doctors from 2001 to 2005, the largest drop in the state and the continuation of […]

by Curt Mercadante http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/ It’s been two years since the Illinois voter uprising that forced the Illinois legislature – and governor – to enact medical liability reform legislation. Yet the full positive impact of those reforms has yet to be felt – due to uncertainty pending the trial lawyers’ challenge of the measure’s constitutionality in […]

By Dale Rodebaugh | Herald Staff Writer http://durangoherald.com In the first six months of 2006, Durango Family Medicine collected 54 percent of what it billed Medicare and 37 percent of what it billed Medicaid. “It’s frustrating,” said Dr. Martin Pirnat, one of the physicians at Durango Family Medicine. “All we want to do is take […]

By HINA ALAM The Lufkin Daily News As Woodland Heights Medical Center considers allowing doctors to hold shares in the hospital, its not-for-profit competitor has raised a number of ethical questions. Woodland Heights CEO Lance Jones said that while hospital authorities, trustees and board of directors were still considering the idea, the focus of the […]

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 […]

Drnjbmd http://medicinefromthetrenches.blogspot.com Our biggest and grandest course during my second year of medical school was Pathology. It was a year-long course that featured a mega-load of the things that physicians would spend the rest of their professional lives, dealing with. Our first semester consisted of Systemic Pathology and covered topics like Infection, Malignancy, Necrosis, Inflammation […]