Excellent article of the impact of Obama Healthcare John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media , November 22, 2010 http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/print/PHY-259296/Health-Reform-May-Endanger-Independent-Physician-Practices ———————————————————– Bob Eskridge (bob@eskridgeassociates.com) is the President of Eskridge & Associates (www.eskridgeassociates.com) which specializes in the placement of...

3:14 | Mar 28, 2010. President Obama signed health care reform into law this week at the White House. So, what does this mean for small business owners like you? Phil Town, investment advisor and author of the book “Payback Time,” and Mike Michalowicz, founder of Obsidian Launch and author of the book “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur,” discuss some of the possible...

Round Rock, TX May 22,2009. Effective 21 May 2009, the Center for Health Care Contracting, Ft Sam Houston, TX has issued a modification to raised the call limit from $100,000 to $500,000 for a Blanket Purchase Order W81K04-07-0002 with Eskridge & Associates. This will allow much more flexibility with placing physicians with over 60 different specialties into positions that need to be filled for less than one year. This is the perfect...

Came across this interesting tidbit from wcpn.org. If you’ve waited a long time in an emergency room lately – it’s probably NOT because there are more patients- but because there are fewer physicians. And it’s not just primary care doctors that are in short supply. New research predicts that as early as 2010 there won’t be enough general surgeons to keep up with current demand. Ideastream’s Gretchen Cuda...

Interesting news bit by Brain Hedger, AMNews staff, 121.29.08. The projected shortage of physicians is about 150,000. Officials are urging changes such as more residency slots. Attempting to combat a projected physician shortage, the Assn. of American Medical Colleges set a goal in 2006 to increase first-year enrollment 30% by 2015. A report released by the AAMC in November said that even if the plateau is reached, it still won’t be...

Milliman’s (www.milliman.com) fourth annual study of average medical spending for a typical American family of four looks at key components of actual medical spending and tracks the changes over time. In addition to analyzing changes in national average health costs, the Milliman Medical Index™ (MMI™) this year presents health-cost data for 14 major U.S. metropolitan areas. Key findings include: The total medical cost in 2008 for...