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Passage of health reform bill by House Dems cheered, jeered
This weekend the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, arguably the most controversial and disruptive of the pack of health reform bills moving through Congress. As expected, the bill split... Read more...
MGMA 2009: Medicare Part B ranks above private payers in satisfaction
Yesterday at the MGMA 2009 conference, the group unveiled statistics suggesting that--counter to what you might believe--Medicare seems to be doing a relatively good job of satisfying doctors. In... Read more...
Medical practice revenues down in 2008, MGMA says
Last year, revenue for medical practices fell, marking the first time in several years the industry has seen such a decline, according to new research by the Medical Group Management Association.... Read more...
MGMA helps practices improve safety
According to one academic research report, errors occur from five to 80 times per 100,000 primary-care encounters, with the majority of those errors related to missed diagnoses and delayed... Read more...
Study: Physician compensation not keeping up with inflation
Last year, just about everyone took a hit from the U.S. economic crisis. Apparently, that includes physicians, whose overall compensation didn't keep up with inflation in 2008, according to new... Read more...
MGMA: Physician salaries up from '08
While primary care physician salaries are still out of whack, salaries for both specialist and primary-care doctors coming out of residencies increased last year, according to a new survey by the... Read more...
MGMA: Specialty, PCP compensation grows slowly in 2007
According to a new study, it appears that while some specialists did well in 2007, most physician pay increases weren't anything to write home about. According to data from the Medical Group... Read more...
