Increases in physicians’ overall compensation in both primary and specialty care did not keep up with inflation in 2008, according to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2009 Report Based on 2008 Data. Physicians in primary care reported a 2 percent increase (-1.73 percent adjusted for inflation) to a median […]

The Senate Commerce Committee has found that a flawed payment database produced by a UnitedHealth subsidiary and distributed to other major insurance companies has led insurers to underpay millions of out-of-network claims, forcing patients to make up the difference of health care providers’ fees, the Wall Street Journal reports. Aetna, Cigna, WellPoint, and other large […]

The White House released a transcript of President Barack Obama’s town hall meeting today on health care. It was held at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. THE PRESIDENT:  Good to see you guys.  Thank you, everybody. Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you, Northern Virginia.  Thank you very much.  What a wonderful welcome.  And I’m […]

President Barack Obama pitched his health reform proposal Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Annandale, Va., asking the public and Congress to deliver on health care reform.  Click title to read more… The Associated Press reports that Obama put “a human face” on health care reform by hugging a cancer patient, but gave few new details […]