Bigger payday for some docs. Our annual survey shows increases, especially in primary care, but rising inflation blunts pay raises in most medical specialties.
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Economics, Medical↗
Biomedical subjects
Michael Romano
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AMA: require insurance.
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American Medical Association↗
Fearless in Spartanburg. Small S.C. system's antitrust lawsuit against giant bedmaker ends 'bundling,' reaps dollar 337 million in national settlement.
The head of a small hospital system in South Carolina thought there was something wrong with Hill-Rom's pricing policies. Now that system and some 3,000 other hospitals await a hearing this week on the proposed dollar 337.5 million class-action settlement reached with the bedmaker. Patrick de Maynadier, left, of Hill-Rom, says his company has discontinued the "bundling" practices contested in the lawsuit.
Antitrust Laws↗
The hazy doc shortage. There's a serious problem, but lack of clarity forestalls solutions.
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Education, Medical, Undergraduate↗
AMA gets marketing boost.
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American Medical Association↗
Supersize me. Academic medical centers keep getting bigger, planning for future growth.
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Academic Medical Centers↗
'Dedicated to critical care'. Denver institutions team up to staff intensivists in one's ICU.
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Colorado↗
Taking a risk for quality. Medical groups invest big to make pay-for-performance work.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗
Cleveland Clinic talks conflicts. Critics worry new guidelines only address disclosure.
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Academic Medical Centers↗
Premium discontent. No reason to cap malpractice insurance: study.
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American Medical Association↗
Medical groups collaborate on P4P pilot. Program was several years in the making, could include thousands of docs.
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Efficiency, Organizational↗
Disciplinary actions dropped in 2005. Group concerned that numbers don't accurately reflect physicians' records.
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Clinical Competence↗
The new CNO. Male nurses battle stereotypes, low numbers on the way to landing chief nursing officer positions.
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Career Mobility↗
'Patient-centered' missing from care.
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Health Services Research↗
Initiatives join to expand P4P.
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Health Benefit Plans, Employee↗
Construction with caution. Aging boomers might not justify expansion: study.
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Chronic Disease↗
Looking for volunteers. With the number of uninsured on the rise, the proportion of physicians willing to provide free care is on the decline.
Even as the number of the uninsured has grown to 46 million, the percentage of doctors providing free care has dropped by 8 points since 1996-97. The increasing pressures on physicians are cited as among the reasons. "It's got to do with a lot of things going on with their practices--insurance costs, the reimbursement rate, high overhead", says Linda Kinney, left, of Project Access.
Attitude of Health Personnel↗