News For: Obv Mp Shadowing Scheme 2006NZMSA Applauds National's Bonding Scheme The New Zealand Medical Students��� Association NZMSA today welcomed the announcement by John Key of the National party���s Voluntary Bonding Scheme for medical graduates and other health professionals. The policy will provide debt relief to doctors choosing to stay in New Zealand. Scheme base rates too low, say doctors The issue of how to determine guideline tariffs for healthcare providers is once again proving contentious. Medical practitioners are up in arms over a general 8.7-percent increase put forward by the Department of Health. Medical Students' Association Applauds National's Voluntary Bonding Scheme For Medical Graduates, New Zealand The New Zealand Medical Students' Association NZMSA welcomed the announcement by John Key of the National party's Voluntary Bonding Scheme for medical graduates and other health professionals. The policy will provide debt relief to doctors choosing to stay in New Zealand. LOS ANGELES 18 arrested in Medicare scheme Eighteen people in the Los Angeles area are accused of filing more than $33 million worth of phony Medicare bills.Federal authorities say they arrested the suspects Thursday after the FBI searched six locations. Those arrested include clinic owners, medical professionals and owners of medical equipment companies. Details about N.B. doctor���s lab concerns sketchy A senior oncologist in Newfoundland and Labrador has told a public inquiry that she was contacted by a New Brunswick physician in 2006 concerning problems with breast cancer tests at a Fredericton laboratory. Man admits fraud, recruiting Skid Row patients A man pleaded guilty Thursday to recruiting and paying homeless people to undergo unneeded medical care in a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal out of millions of dollars. Read comments Lawsuit says Atlanta police beat man to death Aubrey Zellers died because he was beaten by Atlanta police and then denied the medical treatment he needed, a federal lawsuit contends. Zellers, 21, died Oct. 11, 2006, after being chased by police near the Summerdale Commons apartments off Cleveland Avenue. Zellers' father, a retired Atlanta firefighter, ran to the scene after getting a phone call about his son and tried unsuccessfully to give ... READ: Humanising cancer Gifts of Life provides a candid account of a cancer patient���s battle with the disease. JAMES HIPKISS writes. THIS book is subtitled Facing Cancer, and actually takes the form of Foo Hee Boon���s ���blog��� or rather his diary from March 2005 until his last entry in July 2006. |

