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Health plans open community-based clinics to cut hospital costs
Focused on keeping hospital costs down for their low-income charges, many Medicaid and Medicare health insurers for the disabled are opening up community-based clinics to provide services to
Public health hero makes healthy options the default
Philadelphia's top public health advocate is the commissioner of public health, Dr. Donald Schwarz, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Here are just a few of the changes he has backed:
To make it
PA malpractice suit levels fall
New data released by state officials has shown that Pennsylvania has had a 41 percent drop in medical malpractice suits since early in the decade. Armed with these numbers, Gov. Ed Rendell is now
Cost-effectiveness study spurs nurse protests
Usually cost-effectiveness studies are not a big deal, especially not for nurses. But in Philadelphia, nurses are protesting the start of a cost-effectiveness study with a candlelight vigil; this is
Uninsured violence victims costly for Philadelphia hospitals
Nearly 1,000 gunshot victims were treated in Philadelphia's hospitals in 2006. A large percentage of these patients were uninsured. Roughly a third relied on public health services such as Medicaid
ALSO NOTED: PA schedules hearings on Independence/Highmark merger; Medical college group urges caution with pharma tech freebie
> More than a year after the deal was proposed, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has (finally) scheduled hearings to review public comments on the proposed merger of Independence Blue Cross
Trend: Young MDs seek new practice options
Historically, doctors in training have been encouraged to see medicine as their entire life, not just something they do--and to make themselves available around the clock for patient care. But this
Study: MDs refer profitable patients to their ASCs
This isn't too surprising, but it's not something policymakers will like, either. A new study of referral patterns in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh metros suggests that physicians who are
