| Search 1) News For: Physician Health Hospitalists Could Be One Solution To Physician-Hospital Conflicts, According To Commentary "Many hospitals ... are seeking to eliminate conflicts" between physicians and hospital administrators "by hiring or contracting with hospitalists, physicians who see patients only in the hospital setting," Manoj Jain, an infectious disease physician and a medical director for Medicare's quality improvement organization in Tennessee, writes in a Washington Post commentary. Experts debate shape of health reform Use tax credits to pay for health insurance policies? Cover everyone one way or another, including through insurance that federal employees get? Can there be any common agreement about how to reform healthcare in America? Rising health insurance costs outpace income WASHINGTON Wisconsin workers who have trimmed family budgets to pay health insurance premiums already know the costs have risen, but they may be shocked to learn by how much. Health Highlights: Sept. 18, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Gateway adds new physician Gateway Regional Medical Center added a physician with an expertise in sleep and lung disorders this month. Increasing Medicare Physician Payments, Testing 'Medical Home' Model Could Improve Quality Of Care, Experts Say At ... An increase in Medicare reimbursements for primary care, revisions to the current payment system and a pilot program to test the use of medical homes for beneficiaries could lead to major changes in the U.S. health care system, witnesses said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday, CQ HealthBeat reports. VA clinic contract awarded The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a contract to build a VA clinic in Mayfield. The Paducah Sun reports the clinic is tentatively scheduled to open in February. The clinic will be able to serve up to 4,800 veterans with a medical staff of physician assistants or nurse practitioners, at least one doctor, and a behavioral health unit, said Ronald McClure, a Mayfield veterans ... Candidates and health care John McCain and Barack Obama both want to give Americans greater access to quality health care. The two presidential candidates, however, have very different philosophies on how to do it.McCain focuses on making health insurance more affordable as a way to increase the number of people who could get it; he does this by taking a market-based approach to health care, promoting competition among ... VUMC signs on as Predators health care provider Vanderbilt University Medical Center has signed an agreement to be the new health care and emergency medical services provider for the Nashville Predators. Health insurer reenters R.I. market Tufts Health Plan, a Massachusetts-based health insurer, announced yesterday that it is returning to Rhode Island to challenge the two insurers dominating the market. |




