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The Doctors Company Files For Rate Decrease For California PhysiciansFriday, September 5, 2008 @ 5:14PMThe Doctors Company, the largest national insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability in the U.S., has filed a request with the California Department of Insurance for an average rate reduction of 18.2 percent for its California member physicians.

Doctors Co. files for 18.2% average dip in Golden State medical malpractice ratesFriday, September 5, 2008 @ 4:58PMThe Doctors Co., one of the nation’s largest medical malpractice insurers, has filed with state regulators for an average 18.2 percent rate reduction affecting California physicians, officials said Thursday.

Medicaid reductions to hit hospitalsFriday, September 5, 2008 @ 4:47PMFri, Sep 5, 2008 (12:50 p.m.) CARSON CITY -- Hospitals will see their Medicaid reimbursements reduced by 5 percent, as the state Division of Health Care Financing & Policy adjusts to the budget cuts ordered by Gov. Jim Gibbons.

Doctors Co. files for 18.2% average dip in Golden State medical malpractice ratesFriday, September 5, 2008 @ 4:28PMThe Doctors Co., one of the nation’s largest medical malpractice insurers, has filed with state regulators for an average 18.2 percent rate reduction affecting California member physicians, officials said Thursday.

Studies Examine Effects Of Medicare Coverage Policies On Service Utilization, Primary Care Delivery Systems For ...Friday, September 5, 2008 @ 3:14PM"The Impact of Medicare Coverage Policies on Health Care Utilization," Health Services Research: The study by Susan Bartlett Foote, a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and colleagues examines whether Medicare coverage policies affect utilization of services.

SIDEBAR: Indian-American delegate pledged to free market, RepublicansFriday, September 5, 2008 @ 11:08AMSt Paul, Minnesota - Second-generation Indian-American Sunita Krishna is a Hindu, political moderate and new law school graduate. She is also a member of the conservative Republican Party, serving as an alternate delegate from her home state of Arizo...

Botswana: Bonela Shocked At Deportation ReversalFriday, September 5, 2008 @ 7:44AMThe Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV (BONELA) has learnt with shock about the withdrawal of the appeal against deportation by Mthandazo Sibanda at the Village Magistrates Court.

Physicians Say Insurers Intrude on TreatmentFriday, September 5, 2008 @ 1:44AMAug. 24, 2008 -- When a patient steps into a doctor"s office, he trusts that the only thing on his physician"s mind is how to make him better. But physicians across the United States fear that increasingly stringent insurance rules and the frequent second-guessing of doctors" orders are eroding the doctor-patient relationship.

A Face Not Even a Plastic Surgeon Could LoveThursday, September 4, 2008 @ 12:13AMPlastic surgeons are learning to spot difficult patients and then turn them away.