A Health Adventure

The AMA and other groups won a six-month reprieve for doctors to implement a prevention program originally mandated for Nov. 1.

Medicare incentives take effect on Jan. 1, but few doctors have adopted the technology.

West Virginia is one of the first states to offer inducements for patients who pledge to follow physicians' orders, but most of those eligible aren't taking the bait.

Comprehensive quality-of-life programs for seriously ill patients are growing despite financial hurdles.

Physicians say the decision upholds licensing boards' authority to oversee medical practice.