physician groups
Retail clinic firm agrees to support MD group standards
The Little Clinic--based out of Brentwood, TN--which runs more than 40 retail clinics inside of Kroger and Publix supermarkets, has agreed to formally adopt proposed clinic standards established by... Read more...
MD groups struggle with Medicare incentive goals
It looks like the initial stages of a new CMS demonstration project have turned out to be something of a disappointment. In April 2005, CMS began offering annual bonuses to 10 physician groups if... Read more...
Caremark to pay $38.5M settlement
Pharmacy benefit manager Caremark Rx has agreed to pay a total of $38.5 million to 28 states and the District of Columbia to settle charges that it manipulated doctors into changing prescriptions... Read more...
Blue Cross asks MDs for info to cancel policies
Blue Cross of California has raised eyebrows around the state, and sparked protests from some physician groups, by sending medical groups applications filled out by beneficiaries and asking the... Read more...
Primary care MDs should manage chronic diseases
A new report from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions argues that primary care physicians should be given more control to manage patients' chronic diseases, and should be paid more to assume... Read more...
Calif. rules on MD visits through HMOs still stalled
Six years ago, California passed a new law requiring that HMO patients get timely appointments with their doctors. State regulators thought they had licked the problem--but they were a bit too... Read more...
CO considers raising medical malpractice caps
A new Colorado measure would raise the state's existing medical malpractice caps, stirring opposition from groups who say that such a measure would increase medical costs and in some cases drive... Read more...
Online MD visits becoming accepted by insurers
Increasingly, it's beginning to look like health insurers are ready to accept to the online medicine trend. Recently, Aetna and Cigna agreed to reimburse doctors for online visits, and other insurers... Read more...
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...
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...
