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Monday, April 16, 2007

In case you missed it: paying 'on call' doctors

Some Massachusetts hospitals have started paying surgeons and other medical specialists up to $1,000 for "on call" emergency room shifts, breaking with decades of medical tradition, the Sunday Globe reports.

Posted by Elizabeth Cooney at 06:21 AM

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