As part of the launch of its new "Thought Leadership" section on its Web site, Somnia Anesthesia Services has released a new white paper, "Delivery of Anesthesia in America's Hospitals: Understanding the Subsidy."
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Compensation for primary care and specialty care physician groups in academic practice increased 2.93 percent and 2.43 percent respectively in 2009, according to a new MGMA survey.
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the state's 2005 tort reform law in two separate rulings, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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