At the last Editorial Board Meeting we received a report concerning the proposed medical board fee increase. We were told that there is absolutely no question that the Medical Board of California (MBC) needs an increase in fees from physicians. This is because over a 20-year career, a physician beginning practice today in California may […]

Last month we told you about two doctors who were targeted for loss of privileges. In each case they eventually won. However, all had fallen out of favor with Hospital A in the past. The attorney fees in one case were well over $50,000. In one case, the loss of income was so great that […]

My London Correspondent: GPs in England use computers to automate their medical records; the system, however, is extremely fragmented. There are 18 different OSs (operating systems). Moves were made to privatize and allow local budgets in the British National Health Service, but when New Labour was elected, they stripped the doctors of their funding. The […]