[PDF][PDF] British Columbia experiments with checkups by the dozen

C McLaren - 2008 - Can Med Assoc
Jordana Keil sary care and requires that such care be provided to Canadians on uniform
terms and conditions—is not being enforced, Mehra says.“Certainly, it is not very difficult to …

The impact of reimbursement changes on doctors' office testing.

LI Iezzoni - Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 1986 - europepmc.org
Most of the recent changes that have revolutionized the way health care is financed include
powerful pecuniary incentives to move care out of the hospital and into such outpatient …

Harming Patients With Quality?: A Commentary Concerning the Opportunity Cost of Excessive Laboratory Regulation

K Lewandrowski - Point of care, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Health care expenditures in the United States account for approximately one seventh of the
nation's economy. Despite the enormous expenditure of resources, care is denied to many …

Revolt Against Canadian Health Care System Continues

MD Tanner - 2006 - policycommons.net
The new president of Canada's National Medical Association is an outspoken advocate of
greater privatization of Canada's national health care system. Dr. Brian Day, who was …

GMC steps up hearings to deal with rise in cases

Z Kmietowicz - 2001 - bmj.com
Blue Cross of California, one of the United States's largest health maintenance
organisations, with 2.2 million members, has become the first commercial health …

Law may force 4,000 doctors to curtail office labs

DM Gianelli - American Medical News, 1992 - go.gale.com
New federal regulations governing medical laboratories will cost clinical labs $409 million
dollars during the first year alone, according to a report by the American Medical …

Incoming CMA president impatient for reform

A Silversides - 2008 - Can Med Assoc
Medical Association (CMA) is a trifle impatient. After all, Dr. Robert Ouellet says that he is
“allergic” to pilot projects and “a bit against consensus because I am a man of action.” The …

Doctors lobby against closure of US agency that advises on effective health care

J Lenzer - 2012 - bmj.com
Nearly 140 doctor and health related organisations are protesting against proposed
legislation to block health reform and close down the Agency for Healthcare Research and …

Medicare's top billing doctor is convicted of medical fraud

O Dyer - 2017 - bmj.com
Salomon Melgen billed the government $190 million (£ 148m;€ 174m) for services that were
medically inappropriate between 2008 and 2013. 1 Patients' diagnoses were written out by …

Throwing more money at health care system will not solve problems, CMA told

P Sullivan - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
W hen Dr. Martin Barkin came to Ottawa to address a recent joint meeting of three CMA
councils, he came with a lotof questions." Why is it that a patient can visit one centre in small …