Archive for October, 2008

Board settlement can’t be used in Minnesota liability trial

Physicians say the decision upholds licensing boards' authority to oversee medical practice.

Medical travel doesn’t have to be overseas

Hospitals and physician practices work to make medical tourism a domestic endeavor by offering patients a good location, cost savings and a nationwide reputation for excellence.

Pennsylvania ponders final comments on proposed insurance deal

The American Medical Association and a Pennsylvania Blues plan are among those arguing against the Highmark-Independence merger.

Doctors’ punch line: biopsies made easier

A South Dakota physician starts a company selling dermal biopsy punches.

Familiar faces speak as patients (AAFP annual scientific assembly)

Physicians and those they care for come together to explore state-of the-art science and the day-to-day reality of life affected by disease.