Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Health Care Reform Driving Physicians Together

Source: California Healthline
Beyond actual data, there's anecdotal evidence that employment growth is picking up, particularly as new challenges to physician economics collide with the imperatives of payment reform.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Doctors’ pay rises with new patients

Source: Boston Globe

Getting in to see a primary-care doctor at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals has for years been notoriously hard, with many popular practices closed to new patients. But now, reflecting dramatic shifts in health care, the prestigious hospitals are paying doctors more if they agree to accept new patients.

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Doctors' prescriptions raise suspicions of Medicaid fraud

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Minnesota officials are reporting a handful of doctors to the state medical board for potential disciplinary action because of the amount of addictive painkillers and potent psychotropic drugs they have prescribed.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

A push to train more primary-care doctors

Source: Los Angeles Times

First-year medical student Hannah Segal sees the same patients and finds herself managing the same ailments during her frequent visits to a community health clinic on downtown Los Angeles' skid row.

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Stemming the tide of overtreatment in U.S. healthcare

Source: Chicago Tribune

A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly problem of excessive medical testing, hoping to avoid more government intervention in how they practice.

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