http://www.amednews.com/ Medical news from the news source for America's physicians en-us Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT Copyright 2010 American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/images/rss.gif http://www.amednews.com/ 88 31 The news source for America's physicians http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/gvl10208.htm If Congress follows the White House proposal, $371 billion would go toward reversing planned annual cuts but would not increase Medicare rates. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/bil20208.htm A Texas hospital uses the matchmaking model as an informal way for both parties to check out compatibility before entering a doctor-patient relationship. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/gvsa0208.htm The president wants a commission to address the national debt, projected to double by 2020, with Medicare and Medicaid consuming about a quarter of spending. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/gvsb0208.htm Enactment of a debt limit bill would allow for a five-year Medicare rate freeze without a requirement to find offsets. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/prsa0208.htm Primary care doctors in the state will have to see patients within 10 days. Physician organizations say some requirements in the new regulation are troublesome. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/prsb0208.htm The exam room where the space rock landed has become the most requested room among patients, who joke about wearing hard hats to appointments. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/prsc0208.htm Mexican-Americans and blacks receive the least care for depression, researchers find. Another study says multiple prescriptions may be causing some harmful interactions. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/edsa0208.htm The victory by Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown to fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat stalls Democratic attempts to pass national health reform legislation. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/bisa0208.htm The number of workers affected by layoffs of 50 or more people also was high in ambulatory health services settings. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/bisb0208.htm Highmark will confirm only that it's thinking about "alternative reimbursement approaches." The plan canceled its last capitated contract in 2006. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/02/08/bica0208.htm Practice Management - A column about keeping your practice in good health Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT