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Jun 08 2010

LA Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Physician shortages could bring longer wait times and travel distances to see a doctor, briefer visits, higher costs and — in places where shortages are extreme — loss of access to physicians altogether.

Jun 07 2010

Variation in Medicare Spending

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Dartmouth Atlas researchers largely created and fueled the perception that the significant variation in use of medical procedures and spending across geographic regions reflects likely unnecessary care. Their latest research…

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Jun 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The AMA launched a multi-million dollar print and radio campaign to persuade the Senate to permanently reverse the 21% cut in physicians’ Medicare pay before the healthcare system goes into “meltdown.”

Jun 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The down economy has forced more healthcare organizations to create customized work plans to hold on to their existing physicians.

Jun 03 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Another Medicare Payment Deadline Blown: Prepare for AMA Ads

May 27 2010

New York Times

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As their numbers have grown, from 800 in the 1990s to 30,000 today, medical experts have come to see hospitalists as potential leaders in the transition to the Obama administration’s health care reforms

May 19 2010

Star-Telegram

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Newly licensed doctors enlisting to treat the state’s Medicaid and Medicare patients are more likely to have been trained at international medical schools, according to a review of state medical licensing data

May 17 2010

amednews.com

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Informed consent has long been a bedrock principle of medical ethics, but the form intended to document a patient’s understanding of a proposed intervention is too often written at a college reading level

May 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Specialists like cardiologists earn twice as much, on average, as primary care physicians over the course of a career

May 01 2010

2010 Potpourri XV

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

The latest in our weekend selection of health news and research developments, including any willing provider laws, emergency room visits, the link between insurance and health outcomes, hospital rankings and…

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Apr 30 2010

New York Times

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For nearly three decades, editorials, online posts and surveys have noted this rising frustration and anger among practicing physicians. But over the last two years, the pot of emotions seems to have boiled over.

Apr 14 2010

amednews.com

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The health system reforms signed into law in March will cover an estimated 32 million uninsured patients by 2019. But there may not be enough physicians to care for them

Mar 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Better beat the crowd and find a doctor. The landmark health overhaul will bring primary-care physicians, already in short supply in parts of the country, millions more newly insured patients in the next few years.

Mar 01 2010

Maybe It’s the Providers that Are the Cause of Spending Increases.

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Two more studies suggest that provider price increases, particularly those of hospitals, are the cause for overall spending rises and notes that there is little competitive check on providers' ability…

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Feb 28 2010

Sermo and Athena Health

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

Sermo and Athena Health: 2010 Physician Sentiment Index℠: Taking the Pulse of the Physician Community

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