Tag Archives: Physician
81-year-old former pediatrician pleads guilty to fraud
According to his plea agreement, Nicola Tauraso, MD, practiced as a pediatrician between 1972 and 2007. In 2009 he opened a pain management practice in Frederick, Md. Dr. Tauraso saw an excessive number of patients at his clinic — typically about 80 per eight-hour day — and wrote prescriptions for Oxycodone and Ocycontine without determining if a medical need existed for the prescriptions.
Envision Healthcare in talks to merge with AmSurg: sources
Doc Groups Steamed Over VA Nurse Proposal
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/MilitaryMedicine/58259
Under the proposal, which was published last week in the Federal Register, “an APRN [advanced practice registered nurse] working within the scope of VA employment would be authorized to [practice at the top of his or her license] without the clinical oversight of a physician, regardless of State or local law restrictions on that authority.”
Healthcare Triage News: Doctors Have Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Too.
Fla. physician gets 25 years in prison for 3 overdose deaths
There is nothing that I can do for you.
Employing Docs is Not a Financial Drag, CEOs Insist
A recent Moody’s report contends that hiring physicians comes with a financial penalty. That may be true, but simple accounting misses the point entirely, some CEOs say.
Medical Schools Transform Teaching Methods to Strengthen, Sharpen Health Care Workforce
http://www.chcf.org/articles/2016/04/medical-schools-transform?_cldee=aGVucnlrb3R1bGFAeWFob28uY29t
After more than 40 years of stasis and stability, US medical schools are entering a period of transformation. A growing awareness that young doctors are coming out of training unprepared to meet the needs of 21st-century patients and communities has forced a profound rethinking of how people are taught to practice medicine.
HENRY KOTULA 