By LAURENT L.N. BONCZIJK For the News-Register http://www.newsregister.com/ One of Dr. Klaus Martin’s main missions, as the new president of the Oregon Medical Association, will be to work toward overhaul of the way costs are covering in the American health care system. Martin, a family-practice physician based in McMinnville, said the workings of both the […]

Claim is latest in 5-year campaign over malpractice lawsuits DAVID RANII (Raleigh) News & Observer http://www.charlotte.com Trial lawyers say the state’s largest medical malpractice insurer is unlawfully charging doctors “excessive” rates. At a Tuesday news conference, the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers called on state Insurance Commissioner Jim Long to conduct a hearing into rates […]

Written By: James Rottet Health Care News Home Retail health clinics are becoming increasingly popular nationwide, and the movement got a boost in Texas on February 15 when Baylor Health Care System and MedBasics announced a formal collaboration. Under the agreement, Baylor physicians will provide medical oversight for certified nurse practitioners (NPs) working at MedBasics […]

New insurer includes 100 local doctors By Michael Schroeder The Journal Gazette http://www.fortwayne.com After much collaboration, nine Fort Wayne-based medical practices, employing nearly 100 doctors, have formed their own medical malpractice insurance company. The result, Fort Wayne Medical Assurance Co., incorporated under the Federal Risk Retention Group Act, will cover those practices. It also will […]

By M.J. Ellington http://www.decaturdaily.com/ A local senator’s bill to provide medical liability insurance for volunteer doctors cleared a Senate committee Wednesday. Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, the bill’s sponsor, said the Finance and Taxation Governmental Affairs Committee passed the bill with bipartisan support. It now goes to the full Senate.

By: Marketwire . The Silicon Valley Pay-for-Performance Consortium, a collaborative effort started by Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO), Intel Corporation and Oracle along with several large California physician organizations (POs) to accelerate the use of technology for quality health care, today announced its first year end results. These results demonstrate impressive strides in the adoption and use […]

By BARNABY J. FEDER NY TIMES Responding to criticism from surgeons, the government has dropped its previously announced plans to expand Medicare coverage for the use of stents to prop open neck arteries to prevent strokes. Instead, Medicare will stick with definitions that restrict eligibility for such stents to fewer than 10 percent of the […]

Associated Press http://www.chicagotribune.com WASHINGTON — Sens. Norm Coleman and Carl Levin are introducing legislation this week aimed at withholding payments for doctors and other health care providers who owe federal taxes but still receive government checks for treating Medicare patients. The bill comes following a congressional investigation which estimated in March that 21,000 physicians and […]

By Molly Albertson Cape Gazette staff http://www.capegazette.com State officials say midwives could be a part of the solution to Delaware’s high infant-mortality rate, and new legislation regulating midwives will be considered in the House on Tuesday, May 8. In its 2006 report, the Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium called for better prenatal care, a […]