Doctors may see prevention against medical malpractice liability (MPL) claims in future legislation, a welcome reform in an environment where most doctors face at least one lawsuit in their career, a new study says.

The number of emergency visits to emergency rooms (ER) in hospitals is increasing nationwide, and will continue to do so under the health care reform law, a survey of doctors finds.

Aetna sued six out-of-network doctors in New Jersey, whose bills for care for the insurer’s patients, including one for $56,980 for a bedside consultation, were “unlawful and excessive.”

Insurance companies that require doctors to ask permission before performing treatment negatively affect patient care, a survey shows, and most doctors wish the system was automated.

A former East Brunswick, N.J., doctor was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing more than $170,000 from insurers, practicing without a license and inappropriate behavior with his patients.

The new president of the American Medical Association appears to have confused or complicated the organization’s position on a public health insurance option during a CNN interview.

Dr. J. James Rohack, …  Read →