Archive for May, 2007
Medicare pay-for-reporting: How to get your 1.5%
July 1 marks the start of Medicare's quality reporting program. Here's what physicians need to know now to get ready for it.
State high court limits reach of Missouri abortion consent law
Both sides find victory in the decision curbing doctors' liability under the statute.
Health system reform effort widens in California
Two Democrats have offered bills without the governor's doctor tax, which physicians oppose.
Doctors still reeling after Katrina, sue state for uncompensated care
Louisiana officials say they are trying to free up money, now set aside for a ruined hospital, so that physicians treating uninsured patients can be paid.
Illinois reform plan hits funding snags
The governor's proposal would extend health coverage to nearly all uninsured adults in the state, but the tax to pay for it has attracted strong opposition.