By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News. If you buy one of the less expensive insurance plans sold through the health law’s marketplaces, you may be in for a surprise. Some plans will not pay for… Read More
By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune. For 12 hours a day, the waiting room at Dr. Gustavo Villarreal’s family practice is often packed with patients, people who will pay a flat $50 fee for the… Read More
Excerpts from Medscape. Where are the referrals going? The growing trend of hospitals hiring their own doctors is causing referrals to independents to dry up. Hospital-employed physicians are often asked to refer patients to in-house… Read More
By Health News Florida Staff. The federal government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against a company that provides doctors and other health professionals to work in hospitals in Florida and many other states. IPC The… Read More
By Kaitlyn Krasselt and Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY. Federally funded programs will add at least 2,300 new primary care practitioners by the end of 2015, but the funding for at least one of those programs is… Read More
By Sarah Hurtubise – The Daily Caller. Obamacare plans have shrunk payments to physicians so much that some doctors say they won’t be able to afford to accept Obamacare coverage, NPR reports. Many of the… Read More
As reported in the Orlando Sentinel. The Adventist Health System, one of the largest health-care systems in the country, which includes Florida Hospital Medical Group, settled a fraud case with the U.S. government and four states… Read More
By Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel. Five years ago, Dr. Ivan Castro of Winter Park Florida was miserable with the way medicine was going. “I was constantly running behind to see the next patient and had… Read More
From Californians for Patient Care. California consumers have healthcare rights that they may not be aware of, according to Californians for Patient Care, an independent nonprofit and patient advocate that connects consumers to affordable care…. Read More
Janis Finer, 57, a popular primary care physician in Tulsa, Okla., gave up her busy practice two years ago to care full time for hospitalized patients. The lure? Regular shifts, every other week off and a 10 percent increase in pay.