http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The American College of Physicians (ACP) today provided 19 specific recommendations, supporting evidence and implementation details on how to improve the Medicare physician fee schedule and the fee-for-service (FFS) system overall in response to a request by the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) on May 10. ACP cited ways to provide stability for physician reimbursement and lay the necessary foundation for a performance-based payment system following the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-internists-sfc-ideas-repeal-sgr.html Health Fri, 31 May 2013 22:05:29 EST news289256720 (AP)—A Senate committee investigating a deadly outbreak of meningitis wants to know how regulators in all 50 states oversee specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered the illness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-senate-pharmacy-boards-outbreak.html Health Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:06:04 EST news272567153 Reports indicate that Michigan faces a physician shortage much larger than the national average, and it will grow as millions of Americans qualify for insurance under the Affordable Care Act. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-nurse-practitioners-prescription-ease-doctor.html Health Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:30:03 EST news271959440 After three major scares, President Obama's health care reform law is now part of the nation's legal and health care landscape, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) panelists said Thursday, though its effects will vary depending on where you live. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-green-obamacare-panelists-road-potential.html Health Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:20:50 EST news271927217