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Reading through the House Democrats' 1,017-page health reform legislation, Stephen S. Burkhart, MD, says he is uncomfortably reminded of the 1990s, when HMOs ruled the healthcare roost, pushing many practices into financial instability and restricting patients' access to orthopedic surgeons…

Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, a leading supplier of speech solutions, announced that eClinicalWorks, a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market, and McKesson Practice Partner, a leading integrated electronic health record, medical billing and appointment scheduling software, have…

A day after Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) unveiled his healthcare reform bill, Pres. Obama accelerated a program providing $25 million total in grants to states and health systems to test new ways of handling medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a…

Here are the average salaries of medical coders in 2008 by employer type, according to Advance for Health Information Professionals' 2008 Salary Survey.

Columbus, Ohio-based Cardinal Orthopaedic Institute has signed its first tenet for space in a new medical office park, which is scheduled to open on Nov. 2, according to a report in the Business First of Columbus.

Seven physicians from Oregon have been touring the country to call for more dramatic healthcare reforms than Congress is considering, according to a report from the Mankato, Minn., Free Press.

Darryl Barnes, MD, a sports medicine physician, is joining the staff of 117-bed Austin (Minn.) Medical Center, which is part of Mayo Health System, according to a release from Austin Medical Center.

Hand Surgeons R. Christopher Chadderdon, MD, and Daniel Lewis MD, have joined the more than 70 physicians at Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina, according to a release from the organization.

Primary care physicians were the most sought after medical professionals to fill openings on a temporary basis, according to the 2009 Survey of Temporary Physician Staffing Trends conducted by Staff Care, a nationwide temporary physician staffing firm and AMN Healthcare…

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced HR 3556, which would provide a mechanism for healthcare providers and suppliers to disclose actual and potential violations of the physician self-referral law, according to a release form Rep. McDermott's office.