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State high courts consider challenges to medical malpractice award caps
While the White House is working to soothe the fears of opponents who say that President Obama's reform proposals don't do enough to tame medical malpractice costs, a pair of cases going before high... Read more...
Case study: DC, MD face high ambulance diversion rates
Many parts of the country, unfortunately, face problems with ambulance diversion due to overcrowding in the emergency department. One prime example can be found in the D.C. metropolitan area, where... Read more...
Maryland requiring health plans to offer EMR incentives
Maryland has approved a bill making it the first state to require commercial health plans to offer doctors incentives for adopting electronic medical records. Starting in 2011, when physicians adopt... Read more...
