By Martha Swartz, M.S.S., J.D. What is a PPO? As a health care institution or individual provider, it is difficult to provide services in Pennsylvania ...

  By Patricia A. Costante Physicians across the nation are increasingly selling their practices or seeking employment directly with healthcare systems. According to a report ...

Virtua, the largest comprehensive healthcare system in Southern New Jersey, has partnered with Skillman, NJ-based Zweena to offer free online Personal Health Records (PHRs) to ...

The Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM) and West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) in June announced that they are collaborating to establish a new ...

Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) revealed their bipartisan proposal to save Medicare and reduce the debt. The Lieberman/Coburn proposal would delay reimbursement cuts for docs for ...

By Joseph M. Gorrell   The New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners, often considered by New Jersey physicians as difficult and unreasonable, has adopted ...

By Lucia F. Bruno, J.D., LL.M., M.B.A. Urgent care medicine has emerged as one of the fastest growing specialties in the United States.  Many family ...

By Mary Agnes Carey and Marilyn Werber Serafini Kaiser Health News   Even before its official release, a new proposal to curb the overuse of ...

By Mark F. Seltzer, Esq. You are a physician who has been suffering from a medical condition, for which you have asked your Disability Insurance ...

By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News Emergency departments are struggling to keep up with demand, serving a growing number of people at the same time ...