Archive for September, 2008

Declining Doctor Reimbursements Continue Closing Offices

10 September 2008

     For 26 years, Dr. Joseph Lalka has been a family doctor, treating 3,000 patients in his cramped office in Chatham, N.Y., a small town nestled in the rural northern part of the state.  But Lalka recently told his patients he is taking down his shingle and closing his practice. He says he no longer [...]