Physicians

Psychologists Win Prescribing Rights

Not surprisingly, closing one of the Oregon legislature’s most longstanding “scope-of-practice” issues still feels unresolved

February 25, 2010 -- Beginning in July of next year, licensed psychologists may gain the right to prescribe certain mental health drugs under a bill that passed the Oregon House and Senate this week. Everything hinges on whether Gov. Kulongoski decides to veto the measure. Read More >>

Monitoring Program to Combine Health Professions

The controversial rehabilitation programs that came under fire for protecting their own will be replaced by one consolidated program

January 28, 2010 -- Medical licensing boards in Oregon will no longer operate their own substance abuse and mental health monitoring programs beginning in July. Read More >>

It’s Time We Face the Primary Care Shortage

From reimbursement rates to public policy and medical schools, a UCLA professor emeritus offers a step-by-step solution

January 6, 2010 -- Fifty years ago over half of medical school graduates became general practitioners, general internists or general pediatricians. Today subspecialty training dominates by a ratio of almost 7:1. Read More >>

AMA to Maintain Medical Billing Code Monopoly

Critics contend protecting this proprietary billing codes doctors use to submit insurance claims accounts for the AMA's support of health reform

January 6, 2010 -- As Democrats tout the American Medical Association's endorsement of their health care overhaul, critics are pointing to their studious sidestepping of a little-known monopoly that sends millions into the trade group's coffers each year, saying it's no surprise the Democrats were able to gain the AMA's support. Read More >>

California Doctors Group Opposes Senate Bill

The state's largest physician group joins three others in different states to oppose Medicare cuts

December 3, 2009 -- The state's largest doctors group is opposing healthcare legislation being debated in the U.S. Senate this week, saying it would increase local healthcare costs and restrict access to care for elderly and low-income patients. Read More >>

Medical Schools Blamed for Primary Care Shortage

OHSU acknowledges that it could do more to prioritize family and rural health

November 19, 2009 -- Dr. Lisa Dodson doesn’t have time to criticize how medical schools prioritize primary care. The associate professor at Oregon Health & Sciences University’s department of family medicine was honored as the Oregon Family Doctor of the Year at the May 2009 annual meeting of the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians. Read More >>

Primary Care Shortage Reaches Critical Levels

Oregon physicians identify no one easy solution

November 4, 2009 -- The dwindling shortage of primary care physicians threatens to haunt the Oregon Health Plan when 115,000 newcomers enter the fold early next year. Read More >>

Atul Gawande Challenges the Status Quo

Performance and complexity drive our healthcare system, not money or malpractice lawsuits

September 24, 2009 -- The way physicians perform their work is as important as Congressional legislation to reform our system, according to Dr. Atul Gawande, who captivated a packed crowd at the Schnitzer Concert Hall on Wednesday night. Read More >>

Doctors Support the Public Option

From WashPost columnist lukewarm with Sen. Wyden: Doctors overwhelmingly support public option

Originally at WashingtonPost.com
September 15, 2009 -- That's the conclusion of a national poll conducted by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation. The survey included more than 5,000 doctors spread across an array of specialties, and asked two sets of questions. The results should be generally cheering to reformers. Read More >>

Healthcare Charges Under the Knife

As healthcare reform swirls around who pays and not what they pay, health insurers point fingers at medical providers for charging exorbitant prices that few know are negotiable.

Originally at Miller-McCune.com
August 28, 2009 -- If you paid sticker price on the last new car you bought, you might expect to pay about 15 percent more than you would with some negotiating. If you paid full price on a recent knee surgery, you could pay 500 percent more than market rate. And who knew you could even negotiate? Read More >>

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