> A doctor-owned med mal insurer based in California is offering insured physicians a total of $21 million in discounts. Premiums should drop [1] about 7.5 percent. Article [2]
> An emerging trade group for retail clinics has released its own set of quality and safety standards. Article [3]
> The sale of DC's Greater Southeast Community Hospital seems to be moving forward, despite stalling several weeks ago. Article [4]
> Kansas may have to settle for small health reforms this year, lawmakers say. Article [5]
> There's growing alarm in research circles over the prospect of looming budget cuts [6] at the NIH. Report [7]
> The head of the National Institutes of Health has called on the White House to reverse its position [8] limiting federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, calling it a shortsighted approach that has sidelined the NIH in an important field. Report [9]
And Finally... Here's a scathing take on one of the heroes of the "value driven healthcare" movement. Blog [10]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/co-malpractice-rates-drop/2006-11-29
[2] http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2007/03/19/daily19.html?b=1174276800^1434601
[3] http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20070320_New_standards_for_convenience_clinics.html
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901722.html
[5] http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/16931824.htm
[6] http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/story/budget-tightening-raises-concerns-at-nci/2007-02-01
[7] http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/story/nih-budget-cuts-cause-alarm-in-research-circles/2007-03-20
[8] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/house-passes-stem-cell-bill-waits-for-veto/2007-01-12
[9] http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/story/nih-chief-breaks-with-bush-on-stem-cell-research/2007-03-20
[10] http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2007/03/business_profes.html