Sullivan doctors begin work slowdown over malpractice costs
Sullivan County Medical Society votes to start a work slowdown Monday to protest rising malpractice insurance costs. At Sullivan County Community General Hospital in Monticello where most staff are members, doctors consider staffing emergency rooms at three branches to treat acutely ill patients without fees from June 9 to July 1 unless a state Good Samaritan Law is enacted.
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Bill Lowry Sullivan
Monticello
Sullivan County Medical Society
Sullivan County Community General Hospital
Liberty
Argonaut Insurance Co
Menlo Park
Calif
Medical Society
Cohen
Community General
Callicoon
Orange doctors adopt wait and see on new malpractice law
Most of Orange County's 302 physicians take a wait and see stance as eight area hospitals pledge to stay open for emergencies. Only St. Francis Port Jervis votes for a slowdown. Contingency plans are in progress while executives expect state premium rates soon. The Horton Memorial staff votes 11-1 to cut services July 1 if premiums rise over 20 percent, with doctor owned plans likely to hold increases to 10-15 percent.
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Middletown
Orange County
St. Francis Hospital
Port Jervis
Ansel R. Marks
Orange County Medical Society
Horton Hospital
St. Francis
Mary Jeanne
E. Grey Gooby
State Medical Society
Gooby
Eugene L. Cohan
Cornwall Hospital
Cornwell Hospital
Middletown Area
Horton Memorial Hospital
Marks
Albany
Hugh L. Carey
Summer's victims and lake pollution probe near Wickham Lake
Summer scenes show dead fish along Wickham Lake near Rt. 13 and State School Road as local residents report common sights in early summer. State DEC checks water for pollution sources while a spokesman expects no contamination. Thursday a vote on continuing patient treatment after July 1 follows Argonaut insurance plan changes in Albany.
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James Hinckley
Werwick
Wickham Lake
Rt. 13
State School Road
State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Dutchess doctors plan emergency response to slowdowns
Sixteen Dutchess County doctors led by Dr. Robert Weiss prepare an emergency plan to offset a work slowdown tied to malpractice insurance reform. The plan, not sanctioned by the Dutchess County Medical Society, targets Vassar Brothers and St. Francis in Poughkeepsie Highland and Northern Dutchess hospitals with limited elective surgeries starting June 15.
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Everett S. Landers
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
Patricia Coons
Dutchess County Medical Society
Robert Weiss
Vassar
Edwin Bolz
John Mullett
St. Francis
Highland Hospital
Beacon
Albert C. Wink
Rockland doctors claim 90 percent join slowdown
Nyack New York UPI reports Rockland County Medical Society president Dr. Joel Mandel says 90 percent of the county’s 450 physicians joined the job action by turning away new patients and delaying elective surgery. Hospital administrators note early effects, with Nyack Hospital reducing ward capacity and fewer Monday operations scheduled. workers’ hours are being cut through vacations and leaves.
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Nyack
N.Y
UPI
Rockland County
Medical Society
Joel Mandel
Rockland County Medical Society
Mandel
Rockland
Russell Drumm
Nyack Hospital
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Felix Schwartz
Schwartz
Seymour Cohen
Jane Stuart
Summer
Argonaut Insurance Company of
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