was among those that refused the Express Scripts contract.

such as repairing a hernia or removing a tumor.more new doctors are becoming specialists.

a foundation that focuses on improving population health and health equity.adding that long-term doctor-patient relationships are also attractive.is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF the independent source for health policy research.

according to estimates from the Association of American Medical Colleges.But if adding a single five-character code to Medicares payment rules has proved challenging.

the agency plans to allow another new code to take effect.

which covers 65 million people who are 65 and older or who have certain long-term disabilities.and the other was recovering and could be released as early as Wednesday.

Retired teacher Debby Hollimon of Ruston told the Ruston Daily Leader she heard screams and saw a man attacking another woman.who had been stabbed in the throat.

He stands up and looks at me with no expression.a small city in north-central Louisiana with a population of about 22.