Physicians

The Best Care Possible: You’re Worth It

August 25, 2010 -- I and many of my physician colleagues are tired, stressed, rushed and frustrated.  Federal healthcare reform may offer some distant relief to us, but today, it still seems miles away. Read More >>

Family Physician Proposes New NIH Agency

The Office of Science and Technology Policy in Washington DC is reviewing the proposal
August 18, 2010 -- Despite the surging demand for primary care physicians, the supply limps along. And there’s no shortage of ideas for closing the gap. They range from capping academic specialty programs to loan forgiveness when graduates choose to practice as generalists. Read More >>

Family Physicians Seek $6 Million for Loan Repayment

The legislative proposal would provide funds for rural practitioners throughout Oregon
August 11, 2010 -- It’s not news that Oregon faces a shortage of primary care physicians, particularly in rural areas. Recruiting new physicians to family care -- frequently with longer hours and lower pay than other specialties -- has always been a challenge, but is even more difficult in a less than stellar economic climate. Read More >>

For-Profit Health Plans Draw More Complaints

Regence fares well among consumers but takes a bath in a national provider survey
July 12, 2010 -- For-profit health plans drew more than their fair share of consumer complaints to the Oregon Insurance Division in 2009, based on a report posted by the division on-line today. Read More >>

Project Access NOW Seeks Medical Volunteers

Providence, Boeing and the Meyer Memorial Trust together have contributed $138,000 to create a new database system
July 7, 2010 -- The mission is to organize charity healthcare into an equitable, cost-effective system. Read More >>

Retired Doc Fears Burnout for New Recruits

Where are the doctors, nurses and medical staff to be found for these 32 million people?
June 16, 2010 -- Perhaps our government expects the medical profession to reorder its established patient-doctor relationship while expanding the present physician workload to accommodate 32 million more people who now lack full care. Read More >>

Dr. John Evans Assumes Presidency of OMA

April 14, 2010 -- Dr. John Evans III, a Portland-based anesthesiologist, becomes president of the Oregon Medical Association at its annual House of Delegates meeting on April 24. He succeeds Dr. Peter Bernardo, a general surgeon from Salem. Read More >>

OMA Remains Neutral on National Health Reform

Doctors raise objections about an independent payment board that could diminish their influence
March 31, 2010 – The health reform package signed into law by President Obama doesn’t pass muster with the Oregon Medical Association, which remains critical of the sweeping reform. Read More >>

Tort Reform Will Raise its Head Next Year

Oregon Health Policy Board appoints a 15-member medical liability task force
March 10, 2010 – Tort reform is definitely coming back to the 2011 Oregon Legislature. That message came loud and clear when the Oregon Health Policy Board appointed a 15-member task force on March 9. Read More >>

Psychologists Win Prescribing Rights

Not surprisingly, closing one of the Oregon legislature’s most longstanding “scope-of-practice” issues still feels unresolved
February 25, 2010 -- Beginning in July of next year, licensed psychologists may gain the right to prescribe certain mental health drugs under a bill that passed the Oregon House and Senate this week. Everything hinges on whether Gov. Kulongoski decides to veto the measure. Read More >>
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