By Patricia A. Costante The election of our new governor promises to bring change to New Jersey’s political climate. It has also brought renewed attention ...
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By David R. Dearden, Esq. The term “arbitration proceeding” carries with it an expectation of a process to resolve disputes that is quick, fair and ...
Read More »The “Medical Occupation” Definition of Disability: Don’t Believe the Hype
By Lawrence B. Keller As a physician, you have probably been told that you should make sure that you purchase a policy with a true ...
Read More »Tackling Health Care Costs
By Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), M.D. With much fanfare and political wrangling on Capitol Hill, the signature domestic policy initiative of President Barack Obama’s administration ...
Read More »Electronic Health Records Incentive Program: What's in it for the Docs?
By Chris DeMeo While most of the country’s attention recently was focused on the fate of the hotly disputed healthcare reform legislation, another, less controversial ...
Read More »Report: Docs make more money in private practice than in academics
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—Annual compensation for primary care and specialty care groups in academic practice slowed between 2008 and 2009, increasing only 2.93 percent for primary care ...
Read More »State Medical Boards Discipline More Docs in 2009
Each year, the Federation of State Medical Boards publishes the Summary of Board Actions, a compilation of disciplinary actions initiated by its 70 member medical boards. In ...
Read More »Court Says Company Can't Patent Breast Cancer Gene
A federal judge ruled Monday that seven patents related to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes held by Myriad Genetics were “improperly granted” as they related ...
Read More »New Healthcare Law Cheat Sheet for your Patients
Now that The Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act is law, your patients may have questions for you or your staff about how they may be affected ...
Read More »Tort Reform Dead as a Doornail
News release from DoctorsAdvocate.org: Putting what they believe to be the best interests of patients ahead of their own personal interests, many physicians did not oppose ...
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