Physicians news and information

Fifteen doctors are among the dozens of people being laid off as Rhode Island’s largest hospital network tries to cut nearly $150 million in expenses in the next two years. The health system also plans to reduce the number of residents in its physician training program beginning in July 2014.
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They walked into the program as physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, administrators, consultants and naturopaths. And the 112 who passed the subsequent exam walked out as certified patient-centered medical home content experts—and now carry the credibility, marketability and...
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For the first time, Rhode Island's insurance commissioner has directed health insurers to disclose what they pay for health care services. But that information won't necessarily be directly available to patients.
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Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday.
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To the amazingly wide-ranging list of accomplishments attributed to 3D printing technology, we can now add one more: a custom-made tracheal splint that saved the life of an infant.
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Promising to “bolster physicians' clinical and financial autonomy,” three Texas physician associations have teamed up to form the Physician Services Organization for Patient Care, which will work with physician groups, health plans and vendors to test and develop new care models and...
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Dallas' Parkland Health & Hospital System will pay $1.42 million and enter into a five-year corporate integrity agreement to resolve a 2010 lawsuit that alleged the hospital submitted improper claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed an immigration bill that would seek to strengthen the country's healthcare workforce by making it easier for foreign health professionals to work in the U.S.
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Key federal programs to boost electronic health-record system use passed a milestone last month as more than half of physicians and other “eligible professionals” have received incentive payments for attesting to the adoption of a certified EHR system.
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A loophole in California's upcoming healthcare overhaul could be exploited by families gaming the system or responding to hardship in a way that doctors say could leave a pile of unpaid bills.
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