1997 Index

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Dec. 22/29: Top story: product endorsement - Editorial: Dr. Magee holiday message - and news summaries

Dec. 15: Top story: NYU-Mt. Sinai merger - Editorial: end-of-life care - NETworking: travel medicine - and news summaries

Dec. 8: Top story: tobacco settlement - Editorial: patient privacy - Log On: electronic patient records - and news summaries

Dec. 1: Top story: managed care patient protection - Editorials: Dr. Davis obituary; PATH audits - and news summaries

Nov. 24: Top story: physicians as sales reps? - Editorial: tobacco exports - and news summaries

Nov. 17: Top story: Medicare physician payment rates - Editorials: U.S. surgeon general; physician labs - NETworking: electronic zines - and news summaries

Nov. 10: Top story: AMA business deals - Editorial: minority physicians - Log On: medical records privacy - and news summaries

Nov. 3: Top story: physician collective bargaining - Editorial: AMA's global reach - and news summaries

Oct. 27: Top story: National Patient Safety Foundation - Editorial: patient safety - and news summaries

Oct. 20: Top story: tobacco exports - Editorial: AMA Medicare adviser - NETworking: medical volunteering - and news summaries

Oct. 13: Top story: managed care standards - Editorial: Medicare private contracting - Log On: patient Internet access - and news summaries

Oct. 6: Top story: FDA anti-obesity drug ban - Editorial: AMA specialty representation - and news summaries

Sept. 22/29: Top story: Medicare physician payment - Editorial: drinking on campus - and news summaries

Sept. 15: Top story: domestic violence - Editorial: assisted suicide - NETworking: FDA regulation of medical sites - and news summaries

Sept. 8: Top story: breast cancer funding - Editorial: women in medicine - Log On: E-mail - and news summaries

Sept. 1: Top story: Kassebaum-Kennedy health insurance reform Top story: medical savings accounts - Editorial: Medicare payment - and news summaries

Aug. 25: Top story: Medicare preventive benefit spending - Editorial: tobacco settlement - and news summaries

Aug. 18: Top story: of=f-label drug agreement - Editorial: genetic discrimination - NETworking: medical super sites - and news summaries

Aug. 11: Top story: HIV antiretrovil use - Editorial: Medicare PATH audits - Log On: electronic claims submission - and news summaries

Aug. 4: Top story: NY Medicaid managed care - Editorial: managed care stories - and news summaries

July 28: Top story: Medicare PATH audits - Editorial: AMA's Vision - and news summaries

July 21: Top story: Medicare reform - Editorial: assisted suicide - NETworking: Medicare carrier sites - and news summaries

July 14: Top story: assisted suicide ruling - Editorial: James Todd, MD - Log On: fingerprint recognition - and news summaries

July 7: Top story: Medicare practice expense rule - Editorial: AMA Web site - and news summaries

June 23/30: Top story: IRS recruitment ruling - Editorial: AMA sesquicentennial - and news summaries

June 16: Top story: Cigna Medicare overpayment - Editorial: FTC targets Mesa - NETworking: hits, site visits - and news summaries

June 9: Top story: federal anti-fraud efforts - Editorial: Medicare fraud - Log On: Year 2000 - and news summaries

June 2: Top story: quality panel - Editorial: volunteerism - and news summaries

May 26: Top story: NCQA physician iniatitive - Editorial: Medicare PATH audits - and news summaries

May 19: Top story: doctor-specific data - Editorial: tobacco settlement - NETworking: patient handouts - and news summaries

May 12: Top story: medical societies and fraud? - Editorial: end-of-life care - Log On: Lead Pencil Club and Luddites - and news summaries

May 5: Top story: genetic discrimination ban - Editorial: Marshfield Clinic lawsuit - and news summaries

April 28: Top story: medicine and public health - Editorial: HIV policy - and news summaries

April 21: Top story: Baylor not being sold - Editorial: dual eligibility - NETworking: physician webmasters - and news summaries

April 14: Top story: primary care and the Match - Editorial: tobacco-free investing - Log On: computerization of medicine - and news summaries

April 7: Top story: Medicare practice expense - Editorial: medical marijuana - and news summaries

March 24/31: Top story: HMO deselection - Editorial: residency slots - and news summaries

March 17: Top story: TV violence ratings - Editorial: ERISA loophole - NETworking: free Medline - and news summaries

March 10: Top story: PSO update - Editorial: restrictive covenants - Log On: physicians and computers - and news summaries

March 3: Top story: states and Medicare co-pay Special report: late-term abortion - Editorial: AMA on politicians' health - and news summaries

Feb. 24: Top story: 1998 health budget - Editorial: AMA "new focus" campaign - and news summaries

Feb. 17: Top story: Medicare practice expense - Editorial: AMA strategic plan - NETworking: finding people on-line - and news summaries

Feb. 10: Top story: Consumer drug ads - Editorial: medical savings accounts - Log On: computerized medical records - and news summaries

Feb. 3: Top story: state society HMOs - Editorial: DNA testing - and news summaries

Jan. 27: Top story: MSA pilot program - Editorial: new AMA IMG section - and news summaries

Jan. 20: Top story: practice consolidation - Editorial: AMA legal advocacy - NETworking: emerging technologies - and news summaries

Jan. 13: Top story: new drug approvals - Editorial: Medicare reform - Log On: intranets - and news summaries

Jan. 6: Top story: physician income - Editorial: AMA sesquicentennial - and news summaries