Your primary care doctor refers you to see a specialist. You get a name -- or, ideally, multiple names -- of doctors recommended to you. Understandably, you assume these are the best possible doctors ...

The medical “referral” is, of course, part and parcel of the everyday work of our nation of specialized health care providers. Exclusive referral arrangements in which, for example, a group ...

As the healthcare world has become more complex and the requirements on a physician’s time more onerous, the seemingly routine task of medical referrals has gotten to be increasingly challenging.

Referral patterns by family physicians affect numerous aspects of medical care. This study compares the outpatient referral rates of residents, residency faculty, and clinical faculty. Objectives: ...

Of the many factors that make improving the health system difficult, few challenges are greater than the misty-eyed recollection – often from genuinely distinguished practitioners – of how great ...

Boardman, Ohio-based Adil Jaffer, MD, filed a lawsuit against Steward Medical Group, part of Boston-based Steward Health Care, alleging he received higher than average pay to keep referrals within the ...

Despite a slight drop in the number of patients referred off-island for treatment in fiscal year 2014, the total cost spent for medical referral in that period increased by about $1.1 million compared ...

Guam and the CNMI are looking at combining their medical referral service resources in Honolulu, Los Angeles and Manila to lower operational costs such as office lease, supplies and utility payments, ...