March 2007
Monthly Archive
Wed 28 Mar 2007
The AMA asked the Justice Dept. to block the acquisition of Sierra Health Services. The deal ends a yearlong break in major health plan consolidations.
Wed 28 Mar 2007
Physician leaders said primary care doctors and nurse practitioners will be tapped to help fill the void an oncologist shortage creates.
Wed 28 Mar 2007
A year has passed since Massachusetts approved its broad health reform package. Several states are borrowing its ideas before anyone knows for sure the program will work.
Wed 28 Mar 2007
Medicare pay-for-performance dilemma: Who gets the bonus?
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Experts say the program needs to focus on greater care management by physicians before quality payment can work well.
Wed 28 Mar 2007
But a lawmaker warns that the tax could reappear in a new form as the measure works its way through the Legislature.