http://www.washingtonpost.com TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) — Chemotherapy patients have not lost access to care despite federal legislation that has reduced reimbursements to their doctors in recent years, a new report finds. Critics feared the passing of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 would make treatment more difficult, but investigators from the Duke Clinical Research […]

Cory D. Carroll, M.D. http://www.coloradoan.com “It saddens me to inform you that I will no longer be participating with your insurance – the government programs of Medicare (most Americans over 65) and Tricare (for certain veterans and families). “Over the last decade, the Medicare reimbursement has grown a total of 9.1 percent (less than 1 […]

By Pamela Wells http://www.coalingarecord.com

http://www.wmicentral.com To help increase the number of physicians practicing in rural Arizona, every summer for the past 11 years a select group of physicians in rural communities throughout the state has mentored medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. For four to six weeks in June and July, the physicians […]

by Maggie Mahar http://takingnote.tcf.org

http://www.businesswire.com SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AdvancedMD Software Inc. (www.advancedmd.com), the leading provider of Web-based practice management solutions for physician offices, management services organizations and medical billing services, announced today that, in response to physicians’ ongoing need for greater efficiency and tools for reducing exclusions, denials and rejection of claims, several enhancements have been made to its […]

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TalktoaDoc, LLC http://www.streetinsider.com LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 8 /PRNewswire/ — Today marks the day that doctors have finally embraced the technology age with the official launch of TalktoaDoc.org. This new site allows patients to talk to doctors online using text (keyboard), voice (microphone), and/or video (webcam). This gives patients a more convenient and interactive way to […]

http://7thspace.com Adherence to clinical practice guidelines for management of cardiovascular disease is suboptimal. The purposes of this study were to identify practice patterns and barriers among U.S. general internists and family physicians in regard to cardiovascular risk management, and examine the association between physician characteristics and cardiovascular risk management. Methods: A case vignette survey focused […]