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NPI deadline: Insurers won't pay claims with old IDs after May 23
Physicians should not count on getting any additional time to become compliant, a CMS official said.

Doctor disciplinary actions down for 3rd year
Some state medical boards are being accused of acting too slowly. But other boards note that the rankings don't take into account rehabilitation initiatives.

"Consumers get the worst of both possible worlds. We don't have an FDA capable of guaranteeing safety, and now, when injured through no fault of their own, [patients] have to bear the consequences," says David C. Vladeck, a Georgetown University law professor, commenting on a Supreme Court ruling that patients injured by medical devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration cannot sue the manufacturer.

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American Medical News - May 12, 2008 (vol. 51 no. 18)

GOVERNMENT & MEDICINE  Go to section
  Rulings limit patients' ability to sue device firms, drugmakers
  CMS seeks to add 9 hospital-acquired conditions to no-pay list

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES  Go to section
  Oregon still stands alone: Ten years of physician-assisted suicide
  Harvard offers discount on med school tuition
  In the Courts - Transplant surgeon faces criminal charge for donor's quick death

BUSINESS  Go to section
  Calculate your ideal patient load: How to strike the correct balance
  Kentucky measure calls for clearer contracts for doctors, plans
  Smokers' suspensions spotlight incentive plans

OPINION  Go to section
  Readying for the senior surge
  Letters - 5 things needed to make EMRs practical

HEALTH & SCIENCE  Go to section
  Studies suggest drugmaker skewed clinical trial reports
  Author equates alternative treatments with placebo effect

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