http://health-food-vitamin.orly-owl.org Diet News and Reviews Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:00:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Antibiotic giveaways by a growing number of supermarket pharmacies have raised fears among some physicians that they could feel more pressure to prescribe the medications when they are not necessary.Overuse of antibiotics is blamed for the growth of resistant organisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Several large grocery store chains with ... http://health-food-vitamin.orly-owl.org/583-antibiotic-giveaways-stoke-fear-of-patient-pressure.html As prescription drug abuse becomes a greater concern among governors and legislators, several states are turning to physicians to help curb the problem through prescription drug monitoring programs. Iowa is the latest state to adopt such efforts.While the programs have the potential to place physicians in the unwitting position of ... http://health-food-vitamin.orly-owl.org/584-physicians-asked-to-help-with-rx-abuse-prevention-programs.html Just weeks before a strict medical privacy law went into effect in California, another major privacy breach was uncovered at a large medical center there -- one that police say led to theft.A former billing clerk at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles was arrested in November 2008 and charged ... http://health-food-vitamin.orly-owl.org/585-privacy-breach-in-california-part-of-insurance-fraud.html Even though it believed UnitedHealth Group concealed more than $1 billion worth of stock-option backdating, the Securities and Exchange Commission is letting the company settle its charges without paying a penny in fines. However, another United executive joins the ranks of those who are reimbursing the SEC over their allegedly ... http://health-food-vitamin.orly-owl.org/586-united-settles-sec-backdating-investigation.html State lawmakers considering a ban on physician network rentals, sometimes known to doctors as "silent PPOs," now have a starting point from which to draft legislation -- one that requires transparency and sets boundaries for when buying access to a doctor's discounted rate is allowed.After three years of lobbying, debate ... http://health-food-vitamin.orly-owl.org/587-model-law-banning-silent-ppos-could-serve-as-draft-for-state-legislatures.html