11/12/2008 News For: Physician Mutual Medical Claim ProcessingMedical Community Honors Physician Assistants With National PA Week Outside the medical industry Physician Assistants may not receive the recognition they deserve by the general public, but the contributions of nearly 80,000 PAs in the United States on a daily basis are invaluable. National PA Week was established to raise awareness of the important role PAs play that often goes unnoticed. Physician Shortage Deepens in All Areas of the State Wisconsin hospitals and physician clinics say recruiting physicians is more difficult than ever before, and they expect the situation to worsen according to a new report released today by the Wisconsin Council on Medical Education and Workforce WCMEW. No open MRI for Memorial Medical Center Anyone who thought they were going to benefit from an “open” MRI procedure at Memorial Medical Center, especially anyone claustrophobic, is in for a disappointment. AMA works on permanent Medicare physician payment reform ORLANDO, Fla. – Enacting permanent Medicare physician payment reform to preserve access to health care for seniors is a top priority of the American Medical Association AMA, and AMA members discussed how best to achieve this goal at the organization's semi-annual policy-making meeting today. Loma Linda University Medical center to salute charities Loma Linda University Medical Center is reaching out to the community with a 90-minute program Friday night that salutes charitable organizations. UT regents to lay off 3,800 at Galveston medical branch University of Texas System regents on Wednesday ordered layoffs of about 3,800 state employees at UT Medical Branch at Galveston, declaring that financial losses stemming from Hurricane Ike make that painful action essential. Aetna Names Lonny Reisman, M.D. as Chief Medical Officer HARTFORD, Conn.----Aetna announced today that it has appointed Lonny Reisman, M.D., 53, as Chief Medical Officer. Reisman is the CEO and co-founder of ActiveHealth Management, now an Aetna subsidiary. Cancer Risk From Cardiac CT Overstated: Medical University Of South Carolina Researchers Radiology and cardiovascular researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., have presented new data that shows the risk of cancer from exposure to radiation during computed tomography for cardiovascular disease has been overstated and that new estimates are several times lower than previously published conclusions. Ike-damaged University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston lays off 3,800 AUSTIN — The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, still reeling from Hurricane Ike, is laying off some 3,800 people. In a news release, the UT Board of Regents said they were forced to make the job cuts because the teaching hospital was running out of money. Man slain outside liquor store died from stab wound: medical examiner A man who was killed outside a liquor store early Sunday morning died because of blood loss from a stab wound, the medical examiner concluded Wednesday. |


