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Doctors oppose DRG plan
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) and the government have clashed over a new medical plan, so-called DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) plan, under which medical fees for treatment of seven diseases will be fixed and c...
Doctors clash over use of ultrasonography machines
Medical doctors and oriental medicine practitioners are clashing over treatment using ultrasonography machines and laser.
The Korean Medical Association (KMA), the body of medical doctors and professors of Western ...
KHA chairman urges government to allow patients to buy drugs at hospitals
Kim Yoon-soo, newly appointed chairman of the Korea Hospital Association said that the government should allow aging patients to buy drugs at hospitals.
In a press interview with trade papers on Monday, Kim claimed...
Kim to head Korean Hospital Association
Kim Yoon-soo, head of Seoul Daeyoon Hospital, was elected Friday as the 36th president of the Korean Hospital Association at the general assembly at Yoido 63 Building in Seoul.
Kim will serve a two-year term as the...
Partial crash between doctors and pharmacists are inevitable, KMA chief says
Roh Hwan-kyu, who was elected the 37th president of the Korean Medical Association last March and took office on May 1 for a three-year term, said Wednesday that there will be inevitable disputes with the Korean Pharm...
Another medical group to restrain KMA
The National Union of Korean Medical Doctors will continue to maintain its check and balance with the Korean Medical Association.
The union held its second general meeting on April 28, advocating it will become a p...
40% of medical practitioners indebted
Polarization is taking place among local health care facilities with small-size neighborhood clinics in financial shambles as patients ignore them and visit larger general hospitals.
About 40 percent of medical pra...
Doctors oppose new arbitration rules
Starting April 8, the nine-member board at the Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency (KMDMAA) is empowered to play a quasi-judicial role, with its mediation and arbitration legally binding.
Howeve...
Noh to head medical body
Kyung Man-ho, head of the National Union of Korean Medical Doctors, was elected president of the Korean Medical Association on March 25, the KMA said Sunday.
Kyung, who pledged a medical reform for practitioners a...
Doctors oppose global budget payment scheme
The Korean Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the government have clashed over a global budget payment scheme, under which medical fees for treatment of seven diseases will be fixed and covered by the ...
