Here are the average annual salaries for ophthalmologists by region, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2009 AMGA Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida reported that Manatee Hospitals and Health System has informed the insurer that it would terminate contracts for its two hospitals, effective Jan. 1, according to a report by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
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In a letter to David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health information technology, the Medical Group Management Association sent a series of recommendations aimed at improving the electronic health record incentive programs mandated as part of the American Recovery and…
Executives from Massachusetts' leading health insurers, including Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, refused to answer questions by state regulators about their reimbursement practices, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has announced that it will extend its accreditation services internationally, beginning with Costa Rica in early 2010, according to an AAAHC news release.
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