New location for Medicare assistance (Mohave Daily News)
BULLHEAD CITY - Medicare and health insurance assistance sessions provided by the Western Arizona Council of Governments (WACOG) have relocated to the River Cities Community Clinic.

Bill passes without part supported by medical center (The Wenatchee World)
WENATCHEE It's back to the watching-and-waiting game for the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center, as the fate of doctor-owned hospitals remains uncertain.

Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Life Sciences (Mondaq)
Long before United States Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) pushed for prohibitions against physician self-referrals of Medicare and Medicaid patients (now known as the "Stark" law), New Jersey Senator Richard Codey was working on legislation prohibiting physicians from making referrals to health care services in which they held ownership interests back.

Toppo calls inauguration 'experience of a lifetime' (Pahrump Valley Times)
Near the front of a crowd, estimated at anywhere from 1 million to 2 million people witnessing Barack Obama's inauguration speech on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, were Pahrump husband and wife doctors Frank and Pilar Toppo.