Jeanette Panchula wrote:

>Right now I am in a quandry as one of the MD's I work with says that Ruth
>Lawrence stated NO MD SHOULD TAKE THE IBCLC.  For this reason, she refuses to
>take it, even though the insurance company requested the MD's have some sort of
>way to identify those who should be paid separately as giving LC services.  The
>IBCLC seemed to me the easiest way to identify them.

It is my understanding that this is old news and no longer accurate. In a
conversation I had just yesterday with an attorney involved in the
situation at the time, I heard that Ruth Lawrence formally and publically
retracted that statement, as well as some other negative things she had
said about IBCLCs.   While there may have been some friction between Dr.
Lawrence and the IBCLE at one time, it is no longer the case.

Rachael Hamlet