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Obama aministration shelves doctor ’mystery shoppers’ plan
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it had shelved plans for a survey in which "mystery shoppers" posing as...
’Mystery shoppers’ to monitor access to docs
Alarmed by a shortage of primary care doctors, Obama administration officials are recruiting a team of "mystery...
Fugitive in UC Irvine fertility scandal arrested in Mexico City
A physician who rocked a UC Irvine fertility clinic 15 years ago when he and a partner switched the frozen embryos of...
FMA shuts doors, braces for fight
The Florida Medical Association, undergoing an apparent identity crisis, is gathering in Orlando for a debate on...
Pay practices in healthcare are investigated
The Obama administration is investigating pay practices throughout the health care industry after finding that many...
States waiting on Congress for extra Medicaid funds, COBRA subsidies could be gone for good
A Senate effort to extend federal help to states struggling with swelling Medicaid rolls hit a road...
Florida doctors to consider splitting ties with AMA over healthcare reform
The Florida Medical Association is scheduled to consider the issue at its annual meeting next month. The House of...
CBO: Public health option would save $68B through 2020
Creating a public option that all Americans could choose would save $68 billion through 2020, according to a new...
Teaching Hospitals Prep for FICA Rebates
Teaching hospitals are trying to regain FICA taxes that they and residents paid from 1995 until April 1, 2005. For...
Looming Medicare Pay Cuts May Be Unavoidable, Says AAFP
A leading primary care physicians association is warning its members that Congress, bogged down by partisan...

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Timely medical compliance news from OSHA, CDC, EPA, and other regulatory agencies!
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