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WA insurers offer medical cost, quality info online
Washington state insurers have begun to give members more information on healthcare quality and costs, as well as what their neighbors think of local providers. Regence BlueShield, for example, will... Read more...
Size, trust key to MDs in choosing billing firms
A new survey suggests that size and trustworthiness of the company are key factors when physicians choose a medical billing firm. Other factors that matter to physicians include that the billing... Read more...
Firms offer PCPs bonuses for "medical homes"
A group of giant employers including GE, IBM and Verizon have come together to create a program offering big bonuses to primary care doctors who agree to create "medical homes" for patients. The... Read more...
Start-up closes 23 Wal-Mart retail clinics
Heavily in debt and unable to pay its medical staff or vendors, start-up retail clinic operator CheckUps has closed down 23 clinics operating in Wal-Marts. The clinics were based in Florida and three... Read more...
Study: Complaints against Wisc. MDs seldom have effect
In a phenomenon echoed in other states, it appears that few complaints filed against Wisconsin physicians result in disciplinary action. According to an analysis by one newspaper, only 213 of the... Read more...
NJ to help surgery centers out of legal bind
Recently, a New Jersey state court ruled that ambulatory-surgery centers owned by physicians Read more...
Retail clinic opposition emerges in Tenn.
Though retail clinic firms don't seem much slowed by their efforts, medical associations around the country continue to make efforts to regulate their operations. The latest front in this battle... Read more...
Case study:Hospital creates patient-sharing network
If you're a provider in the Boston suburbs, you stand a chance of losing your patients to the high-prestige hospitals and specialists found in the city--which houses, among other institutions,... Read more...
Study: CMO compensation up in 2006
Total pay for chief medical officers was up across the board in 2006, though modestly within medical groups, hospitals and integrated health systems, according to a new study. CMOs with managed care... Read more...
Study:Many MDs won't see sales reps
A new study suggests that nearly one-fifth of office-based physicians refuse to see sales reps from the drug and device industry, and nearly 23 percent more won't see the reps unless they set an... Read more...
