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Government & Medicine 2000
- Prudent layperson laws: When insurers don't comply - Dec. 25
- AMA to fight interpreter regulations - Dec. 25
- AMA takes on prescription drug cost growth - Dec. 25
- AMA: Ignore OIG compliance plan model - Dec. 25
- GAO report finds National Practitioner Data Bank physician records inaccurate, incomplete - Dec. 18
- U.S. Supreme Court to tackle medical marijuana - Dec. 18
- Prescription drugs: States act while Congress stalls - Dec. 18
- New Labor Dept. rules call for faster HMO appeals - Dec. 11
- Health groups unite on plan for uninsured: Insure low-wage workers - Dec. 11
- Pennsylvania federal court dismisses HMO doctor incentive case - Dec. 11
- Far-reaching public health law signed; will combat antimicrobial resistance and bioterrorism - Dec. 11
- Doctors accused of kickbacks also face charges of fraud - Dec. 4
- OIG gives physicians guidelines on avoiding fraud - Dec. 4
- Health care issues didn't make or break this election - Nov. 27
- Medicare audits: Pay it back now; prove your innocence later - Nov. 27
- Universal health care, assisted suicide initiatives fail - Nov. 27
- Physicians worry that HCFA payment decision will hurt care - Nov. 27
- Hike in Medicare fee schedule good news for physicians - Nov. 20
- Doctors resent being forced to find, pay for interpreters - Nov. 20
- Patient protection bill reborn -- but fails crucial tests - Nov. 20
- New E&M guideline design moves forward - Nov. 20
- Needlestick prevention bill includes new workplace rules - Nov. 13
- HMO lawsuits proceed; new inquiry seen - Nov. 13
- Law boosts coverage, pay for veterans' care - Nov. 13
- Clinical practice figures into Medicare coverage decision - Nov. 13
- Price relief coming? Congress passes drug importation bill - Nov. 6
- Medicaid expands care for breast, cervical cancer - Nov. 6
- New chief Dr. Koski gets tough on research standards - Nov. 6
- Latest health care policy adviser -- "Rex Morgan, MD" - Nov. 6
- Quality of medicine a problem worldwide, doctors say - Nov. 6
- Gore, Bush give stances on medicine - Oct. 23/30
- First Medicare quality benchmark report is released - Oct. 23/30
- Government maps plans for Medicare investigations - Oct. 23/30
- Number of uninsured down, but struggle continues - Oct. 16
- Medicare reform plans fall short of program salvation - Oct. 16
- Court backs rapid evaluation of patients in restraints - Oct. 16
- Congress pushes proposal in last-ditch attempt to resuscitate medical savings accounts - Oct. 9
- HCFA won't punish doctors for long-living hospice patients - Oct. 9
- Doctor data bank disclosure draws little support - Oct. 9
- Health care issues heating up state ballot initiatives - Oct. 9
- Alaska physicians settle FTC charges of price-fixing - Oct. 9
- Medicare carriers told to drop "black box" coding edits - Oct. 2
- Pressure intensifies for final action on patients' rights bill - Oct. 2
- Bill offers physicians some relief from HCFA regulations - Oct. 2
- Employers absorbing insurance cost hikes - Oct. 2
- Medicare pay rate for cancer, hemophilia drugs preserved - Oct. 2
- "Specialty vignettes" among doctor concerns in E&M debate at the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council - Sept. 25
- Medicare's need for data keeps growing - Sept. 25
- Doctor by day, candidate by night - Sept. 25
- AMA renews attack on bill to open National Practitioner Data Bank - Sept. 25
- Medicare Rx proposals stay in spotlight - Sept. 25
- Doctors alerted to pitfalls in Medicare undercoding - Sept. 18
- Guidance offered for patients who don't speak your language - Sept. 18
- Rising care, drug costs trigger hikes in medigap insurance premiums - Sept. 18
- Many states face loss of unspent SCHIP funds - Sept. 18
- Medicaid rates may force doctors' exodus - Sept. 11
- New rules expand stem cell research - Sept. 11
- Surgery centers feeling the pain of Medicare pay rules - Sept. 11
- Medicare HMOs said to be overpaid - Sept. 11
- New guidelines aim to lessen audit woes - Sept. 4
- New rule standardizes electronic transmissions - Sept. 4
- Doctors losing key legislative contacts with term limits - Sept. 4
- CLIA review may intensify in-office lab rules - Sept. 4
- New private Medicare option is spreading - Sept. 4
- The world's health care: How do we rank? - Aug. 28
- Uninsured often get second-class care - Aug. 28
- Moving toward Medicare coverage of trials - Aug. 28
- Medicare outpatient pay spurs worries - Aug. 28
- Immigrants swell ranks of uninsured - Aug. 21
- Internet advertisers group agrees to new privacy rules - Aug. 21
- HCFA backs off policy on injectable drugs - Aug. 21
- Physicians compete for Medicare funds from budget surplus - Aug. 14
- Amid naysayers, GOP extols private Medicare drug plan - Aug. 14
- Outpatient clinics gird for Medicare pay change - Aug. 14
- Employers mull cash in lieu of health insurance for workers - Aug. 14
- HMO coalition claims proposal will reduce doctors' red tape - Aug. 7
- New Medicare fee schedule irks doctors - Aug. 7
- Federal appeals court dismisses PATH suit but leaves hope for challenge - Aug. 7
- States use Medicaid re-enrollment to combat fraud - Aug. 7
- Medicare at 35: Better than expected - July 31
- Support grows for putting Medicare surplus in "lockbox" - July 31
- States beat Congress in passing health laws - July 31
- AMA cheers House passage of collective bargaining bill - July 24
- Medicare drug benefit passes House; focus now on Senate - July 24
- Physicians: Medicare nurse pay too broad - July 24
- New bill fails to advance patient protections - July 24
- Medicare managed care plans drop seniors -- again - July 24
- Doctors still wary as HCFA releases new E&M guidelines - July 10/17
- Va. high court favors peer review privacy - July 10/17
- GOP calls for simplified Medicare appeals - July 10/17
- AMA votes for insurance tax credits for the poorest - July 10/17
- GOP unveils drug proposal - July 3
- AMA to lobby for more Medicare pay for doctors - July 3
- Safety bills take voluntary tack on reporting errors - July 3
- HCFA defends role in Medicare red tape - July 3
- OIG releases draft of its fraud and abuse guidelines - June 26
- Justices validate HMO pay incentives - June 26
- State legislatures cool to collective negotiation bills - June 26
- Medicare wants to pay doctors less for some drugs - June 26
- People happy with HMOs -- until they're sick - June 26
- Patients failing to appeal conflicts with health plans - June 26
- Proposal for Medicare coverage of clinical trials hailed - June 26
- Physicians protest Medicare drug policy - June 19
- AMA, TMA criticize Texas' legal settlement with Aetna - June 19
- Medicare physician spending target too low -- MedPAC - June 19
- Medicare choices shrink as HMOs pull out - June 19
- Collective bargaining measure stalled on way to House vote - June 12
- CMA sues health plans for racketeering - June 12
- HHS plan aims to bolster human research safety - June 12
- Insurance tax credits gaining attention - June 12
- Merck boycott raises ethical questions - June 12
- Doctors supportive but wary of Medicare drug coverage - June 5
- Private insurer launches new Medicare plan option - June 5
- Medicare rules can place a weighty burden on doctors - June 5
- Mental health care still not seeing insurance parity - June 5
- Kickbacks high on fraud radar - May 22/29
- Clinton still trying for health care legacy - May 22/29
- Managed care linked to insurance cost hike - May 22/29
- Doctor wins hospital fight - May 15
- Senate hearing tackles records confidentiality -- again - May 15
- Physician-congressman opposes bill, so PAC opposes him - May 15
- Researchers worry about privacy rules - May 8
- Florida doctors, hospital in power struggle - May 8
- Kids getting more public insurance, less private coverage - May 8
- Texas surgeons settle price-fixing case - May 8
- Lawyers tell managed care to watch out - May 1
- Bush weighs in on affordable insurance - May 1
- Physician groups caution against further GME cuts - May 1
- House moves abortion method back to Congress' agenda - May 1
- OIG report says clinical research subjects need stronger protection - May 1
- States zero in on coverage for uninsured children - May 1
- Aetna consents to physician contracting principles in Texas - April 24
- Medicare pay is likely to rise next year - April 24
- AMA secures changes to anti-suicide bill - April 24
- Doctors warned of fraud liability - April 24
- Treasury proposal leaves records bare - April 24
- Physicians risk prosecution for selling drug samples - April 24
- Medicare sound for now, but long-term outlook is gloomy - April 17
- Antitrust relief moves a step closer to law - April 17
- Report warns of breakdown of health care safety net - April 17
- Doctors urge coverage of children's surgery - April 17
- Scope remains patient protection obstacle - April 10
- Georgia court rules physicians don't need to disclose drug use - April 10
- Doctors urge national standards for Medicare carriers - April 10
- Medicare drug coverage options considered - April 10
- AMA aims at "not medically necessary" - April 10
- AMA backs N.Y. surgeon in questioning plans' fee formula - April 3
- Doctor's libel case putting privacy of peer review on trial - April 3
- Health insurance proposals provide reform blueprint - April 3
- Data bank overseer cautions against making it public - April 3
- The uninsured: 44 million and counting ... - March 27
- Medicare rules cited for fueling "improper" pay - March 27
- HMOs score high on access but low on satisfaction - March 27
- Legislators debate opening data bank to public scrutiny - March 20
- Doctors have no legal duty to disclose incentives: AMA brief - March 20
- Patients' rights bills enter negotiations - March 20
- HHS wants Medicare pay suit dismissed - March 20
- Changes may be due for sustainable growth rate - March 20
- New federal data bank collecting, disclosing fraud actions - March 20
- High court hears doctor incentive case - March 13
- How to cover Medicare drugs? - March 13
- Rental deals may be seen as kickbacks - March 13
- New organ rule finally poised to take effect - March 13
- Managed care plans shirk emergency care payments - March 13
- Insurance access plans could backfire for patient rights - March 13
- AMA: Limiting privileges hurts patients - March 6
- Class action filed to secure prompt pay - March 6
- Privacy concerns may spark congressional intervention - March 6
- Medicare criticized for failing to measure fraud - March 6
- More privacy sought as Clinton outlaws federal genetic bias - Feb. 28
- United joins ranks of HMOs under fire - Feb. 28
- HCFA: Medicare will pay for multiple, same-day consults - Feb. 28
- Clinton budget boosts efforts to combat Medicare fraud - Feb. 21
- Feds try new tack in charging doctor with upcoding - Feb. 21
- Clinton's proposal on records privacy whips up debate - Feb. 21
- CDC sees more money, and more scrutiny over spending - Feb. 21
- Congress eyes dropping Medicare bonuses - Feb. 21
- OIG: Medicare HMOs' administrative spending excessive - Feb. 21
- Momentum builds for adding drug coverage to Medicare - Feb. 14
- Clinton, GOP pledge action on uninsured, patient protection - Feb. 14
- High court case alters landscape for financial disclosure - Feb. 14
- Increasing health woes can collide with decreasing coverage for care - Feb. 14
- Civil fraud suit seeks millions from physicians - Feb. 14
- Study: Enrolling in Medicaid too complex - Feb. 14
- HCFA urged to wait on reimbursement ruling - Feb. 14
- Clinton aims at health reform legacy - Feb. 7
- Specialty societies sue HCFA over denial of staff time pay - Feb. 7
- Physician prevails in fight to protect patients' privacy - Feb. 7
- AMA: Keep patients out of fraud probe - Jan. 31
- Groups seek common ground on uninsured - Jan. 31
- Physician volunteers "Reach Out" to care for thousands of uninsured - Jan. 31
- Two rulings highlight ERISA complexities - Jan. 31
- PAs welcome Medicare expansion, but don't want autonomy - Jan. 31
- Evading an emergency call can put doctors in legal peril - Jan. 24
- Question of Medicare reform up for grabs - Jan. 24
- Democrats issue grassroots call for patient rights bill - Jan. 24
- Nonphysicians gain clout - Jan. 17
- Medicare pushed to cover prevention - Jan. 17
- Practice split leads to ugly legal battle - Jan. 17
- High court to consider clinic buffer zones - Jan. 17
- AMA driving election debate - Jan. 3/10
- Antitrust reform advocate turns to AMA - Jan. 3/10
- AMA cheers flop of Medicare bidding project - Jan. 3/10
- More oversight urged for diet supplements - Jan. 3/10
- AMA asks government to halt fraud raids - Jan. 3/10
- AMA approves new policy on medical records privacy - Jan. 3/10
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Professional Issues 2000
- Doctors ask AMA to assure some privacy for their prescription pads - Dec. 25
- AMA delegates confront membership worries - Dec. 25
- Been there: When cancer strikes a physician - Dec. 25
- AMA eyes over-the-counter access for emergency contraception - Dec. 25
- AMA may seek legislation on provisional credentialing - Dec. 25
- World Medical Assn. adopts new research standard that puts patients first - Dec. 18
- Web sites forming CME partnerships - Dec. 18
- Physician groups brace for allied scope-of-practice incursion - Dec. 11
- Medical schools: Changing times, changing curriculum - Dec. 11
- ADA thwarts discrimination by health plans - Dec. 11
- Harvard teaching hospital may have to cut residencies - Dec. 11
- AMA to consider ethics of xenotransplantation - Dec. 11
- New Jersey scam squashed before doctors tell all their personal information - Dec. 4
- Separation of conjoined twins in England leaves lingering questions in United States. - Dec. 4
- Leapfrog business group wants to jump-start patient safety initiatives - Dec. 4
- More doctors following trend to unionize - Nov. 27
- Getting CME credit online - Nov. 27
- AAP sets up online CME offerings - Nov. 27
- Florida lifts ban on in-office surgery with new safeguards - Nov. 27
- New software helps track patients' pain - Nov. 27
- Crackdown on drug-addicted pregnancies draws concern - Nov. 20
- HMOs, not physicians, have to tell about deals - Nov. 20
- Union can stay at N.Y. hospital - Nov. 20
- Pathologists launch outcomes research - Nov. 20
- More clinics integrating traditional, alternative approaches to health care - Nov. 13
- Extra embryos: What is their future? - Nov. 13
- Regulators look at ways to control office-based surgery - Nov. 13
- Illinois court says HMO can't use ERISA to refuse to pay - Nov. 13
- Collective bargaining bill dies; supporters vow to try again - Nov. 6
- Businesses lure more doctors from practice - Nov. 6
- N.Y. court backs physician's judgment over HMO rule - Nov. 6
- TMA OKs suing insurers over late physician payments - Nov. 6
- Feds seize medical license as property - Oct. 23/30
- RU-486 approval redraws abortion practice - Oct. 23/30
- Getting prescriptions to the people - Oct. 23/30
- Federal loan repayment fund broke -- once again - Oct. 23/30
- Pediatric hospital stay goals questioned - Oct. 16
- Expanded genetic testing carries new legal risks - Oct. 16
- AAFP objects to questionable gifts from drug reps - Oct. 16
- Florida to get new med school; enrollment starts in 2001 - Oct. 16
- Organized medicine tries to cope with a fractured Federation - Oct. 9
- La. verdict against peer review is reversed - Oct. 9
- Teaching hospitals provide better care - Oct. 9
- Alliance renews call to SAVE children - Oct. 9
- Leaders ponder focus of patient safety - Oct. 9
- CME success stories translate into better patient care, results - Oct. 2
- New AAFP official brings on-the-job perspective - Oct. 2
- Texas ruling skirts issue of who controls HMO physicians - Oct. 2
- British physicians wary about National Health Service proposal - Oct. 2
- Former resident Swango pleads guilty to killing three patients - Oct. 2
- Ross University denied student loans for course in Miami - Oct. 2
- Number of residents rising in U.S. hospitals - Oct. 2
- A family of physicians - Sept. 25
- Managed care sees large gains in key quality areas - Sept. 25
- Physician layoffs averted at Texas medical school - Sept. 25
- Getting tough on alternative medicine - Sept. 18
- Washington physicians told: Write prescriptions legibly - Sept. 18
- NCQA expands accreditation to include PPOs - Sept. 18
- PRN files petition for union of residents at Illinois hospital - Sept. 11
- Working with managed care can take a toll - Sept. 11
- Bringing light to dying - Sept. 11
- Play shares one patient's experience of dying - Sept. 11
- Ban continues on Florida office surgery; settlement nixed - Sept. 11
- Groups challenge criminal drug testing during pregnancy - Sept. 11
- Florida bans some office-based surgeries - Sept. 4
- Doctors may face liability risks in bidding for patients on Web auction sites - Sept. 4
- Oklahoma closes its emergency medicine program - Sept. 4
- Ross University students may not get loans for semester in Miami - Sept. 4
- When it comes to diet and exercise, physicians need to practice what they preach - Aug. 28
- Mississippi to license physician assistants - Aug. 28
- New laws let doctors say "I'm sorry" for medical mistakes - Aug. 21
- Broadening the role of forgiveness in medicine - Aug. 21
- Ross medical students will spend a semester in Florida - Aug. 21
- CME sleuths: Some continuing medical education classes under scrutiny - Aug. 14
- California law facilitates advance directives for end-of-life medical care - Aug. 14
- Money, responsibility key to alleviating nursing shortage - Aug. 14
- In memoriam: Robert W. Riley - Aug. 14
- Malpractice perils mounting - Aug. 7
- Ohio hospital closure sends residents scrambling for slots - Aug. 7
- AMA seeks lifetime membership commitment - Aug. 7
- Certification woes: No boards, no income - July 31
- Developing rules for the Web - July 31
- Report cards in the works for primary care physicians - July 31
- California high court to ponder rights on medical decisions - July 31
- Physicians enticed into early retirement - July 24
- Supreme Court rulings on abortion reinforce physicians' right to make medical decisions - July 24
- New York bill opens up doctor malpractice data online - July 24
- Physician extenders in greater demand - July 24
- Community-based clinical trials: Trials and tribulations - July 10/17
- Patients should be the ones to profit from trials - July 10/17
- Delegates debate strategy on error reports - July 10/17
- AMA house welcomes new leaders - July 10/17
- AMA votes for patient access to sterilization - July 3
- Patient-physician bond gets scrutiny - July 3
- Delegates say capital punishment not a medical issue - July 3
- House of Medicine finds room for a public representative - July 3
- CME focus on professional development, ethics of gifts - July 3
- Home is where the art is - June 26
- Ross med school sold; no Wyoming campus now - June 26
- Joint Commission increases focus on pain management - June 26
- Coalition proposes pay based on quality - June 19
- New studies refocus the spotlight on end-of-life care - June 19
- The College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Celebrating a historic place - June 12
- Legal system could offer safety incentives - June 12
- Physicians can now earn CME through writing, teaching - June 12
- Medical errors, governance likely to engender debate - June 12
- Calif. court: Plans can't drop physicians without reason - June 5
- Board certification rule causes N.Y. practices to suffer - June 5
- AMA executive moves on for "second career" - June 5
- Massachusetts project aims to sharpen doctor profiles - May 22/29
- Dr. Smoak: Cultivating community - May 22/29
- Maine voters face decision on doctor-assisted suicide - May 22/29
- JAMA issues warning to academic health centers - May 22/29
- AMA delegates to choose new officers in June - May 22/29
- Physicians urged to make concrete changes on safety - May 15
- Suit challenges huge gift to Wisconsin medical schools - May 15
- Physicians torn between two loyalties - May 15
- Texas board attempts to discipline medical director - May 8
- Resident dismissal: Suing the system - May 8
- Gene therapy group adopts stringent rules on financial ties - May 8
- FSMB developing guidelines for complementary care - May 8
- Med students can learn from bad examples - May 8
- Licensing officials launch clinical assessment center - May 1
- Doctor sanctions level off; boards try preventive tack - May 1
- Patients, doctors talking more about alternative care - May 1
- FSMB to form guidelines on integrative care - May 1
- Some doctors feel they must "game the system" - May 1
- Hollywood medicine: Examining the movies - April 24
- Faculty cuts weighed at Texas med school - April 24
- GME helps community -- and bottom line - April 24
- More residency directors quitting - April 17
- Physicians honored for exemplary service to patients - April 17
- A lesson plan for faculty practice - April 10
- Must assisted suicide be only doctor assisted? - April 10
- Internet disciplinary reports likely for N.Y. physicians - April 10
- Immortality quest raises ethical concerns - April 3
- Match Day 2000: Primary care still passed over - April 3
- Treatment alleviates impairments -- if doctors get it - April 3
- Most foreign-born doctors flunk Florida test -- again - April 3
- Indian physicians aim to export medical advances - April 3
- Lawsuit puts spotlight on hospital discharge criteria - March 27
- Drug reps targeting nonphysicians - March 27
- Acting in the ER - March 27
- AMAP's demise leaves void in physician evaluation - March 27
- Medical mistakes generating widespread attention - March 27
- Volume-based quality reports anger N.Y. doctors - March 20
- Doctor faces charges for allegedly undertreating pain - March 20
- ACGME, AMA bury hatchet on issue of independence - March 20
- Mandatory reports cloud error plan - March 13
- Medical training: Primary push - March 13
- Doctors in Oregon aided 27 suicides last year - March 13
- Many residents waiting for licensure - March 13
- More residencies cited for work violations - March 6
- Gene therapy fosters hope - March 6
- VA Web site program shares lessons learned to improve care - March 6
- Intense scrutiny confronts gene therapy - Feb. 28
- Dr. Adelman: Nontraditional organizer - Feb. 28
- Solutions offered for drug error menace - Feb. 28
- Pediatrics group forecasts shortage of subspecialists - Feb. 28
- Michigan med school toasts 150 years - Feb. 21
- Gene patents raise concerns for researchers, clinicians - Feb. 21
- TV outlet stirs debate with airing of suicide how-to video - Feb. 21
- Medical student mistreatment - Feb. 14
- Reporting of errors may trigger minefield - Feb. 14
- British doctors angered by "boot camp" retraining plan - Feb. 14
- Practical advice for choosing a residency - Feb. 14
- Georgia is ground zero for scope-of-practice firefight - Feb. 7
- Medical experts agree on guide for end-of-life care - Feb. 7
- Doctors rip plan to post malpractice data on Web - Feb. 7
- Genome diversity project: Research reservations - Jan. 31
- Two states ponder limits on abortion providers - Jan. 31
- Brit physicians accused of looting organs of dead kids - Jan. 31
- IOM report spurs momentum for patient safety movement - Jan. 24
- PRN takes on its initial bargaining assignment - Jan. 24
- Balancing respect for dying with the need to hone skills - Jan. 24
- Alternative medicine: Complementary curriculum - Jan. 17
- Reproductive technologies outpacing ethical consideration - Jan. 17
- Physicians rarely give patients enough information - Jan. 17
- Opposing sides debate physician unions - Jan. 3/10
- AMA to fight nonphysician scope of practice expansions - Jan. 3/10
- AMA bargaining unit gets warm reception - Jan. 3/10
- AMA to monitor residency Match violations - Jan. 3/10
- Residents press for national doctor licensure - Jan. 3/10
- AMA to study resident work pressures - Jan. 3/10
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Business and Markets 2000
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- Downcoding, denial of claims by insurers are facts of life for many doctors - Dec. 25
- AMA wants insurers to end mental health carve-outs - Dec. 25
- Ohio physician fights insurance plan's use of economic profiles - Dec. 18
- Independent practice associations: What works and what doesn't? - Dec. 18
- Hospital expansion proposals to face fewer state challenges - Dec. 11
- Physicians seeing higher fees as health care costs rise - Dec. 11
- Big California medical group goes under, leaving physicians unpaid - Dec. 11
- PacifiCare under Texas insurance oversight - Dec. 11
- "Clean claim" rules defang state prompt-payment laws - Dec. 4
- A striking trend at hospitals - Dec. 4
- Rhode Island doctors learning to fight back against Blues plan - Dec. 4
- California doctors have had it with IPAs - Nov. 27
- Michigan doctors want Blues to cover surgery centers - Nov. 27
- Groundbreaking Minnesota health insurance plan to expand - Nov. 27
- Doctors find bargaining clout with HMO contracts - Nov. 20
- Practicing at warp speed - Nov. 20
- Biggest HMOs reap strong profits - Nov. 20
- Medical group capitation rates going up, but not as much as inflation - Nov. 13
- Rural doctors just saying no to HMOs - Nov. 13
- Judge blocks Maine's try at prescription price controls - Nov. 13
- Doctors taking charge of managed care standards - Nov. 6
- Few firms looking at defined contributions - Nov. 6
- IPA poll: Patients like their physicians, but hate the waiting - Nov. 6
- Hotel doctor company closes down; no-show on payment - Nov. 6
- Kaiser Permanente gives its unions more say with worker-manager teams - Oct. 23/30
- Highmark drops plans for episodic care pay method - Oct. 23/30
- More clinics ban drug samples, citing cost, safety concerns - Oct. 16
- Physicians build a hospital of their own - Oct. 16
- More change at the top for Aetna - Oct. 16
- Doctor discovers capitation being lost in costly HMO limbo - Oct. 9
- New York doctors push health plan to list fee schedule - Oct. 9
- Humana restructures in South Florida, drops physicians - Oct. 9
- Health plans under payment pressure as states get tough - Oct. 9
- Splitsville: Time to switch medical groups? - Oct. 2
- HMO sues group for antitrust violations - Oct. 2
- Wisconsin doctors challenge noncompete clause - Oct. 2
- Connecticut sues four managed care plans - Oct. 2
- Aetna aims to be friendly to at least one physician - Sept. 25
- Anthem challenges bid for New Mexico Blues - Sept. 25
- Fine line between penalizing health plans that don't pay and forcing them out of business - Sept. 18
- Insurers circumvent Virginia all-products law - Sept. 18
- Crisis deepens for California practice group - Sept. 18
- Harvard Pilgrim regaining financial health - Sept. 18
- Aetna decentralizes medical decisions - Sept. 11
- Advice from AMA's model managed care contract - Sept. 11
- New Jersey physicians may finally see payments from bankrupt health plans - Sept. 11
- Moody's forecasts gloomy spell for nonprofit hospitals - Sept. 11
- Marketing the emergency department - Sept. 4
- Hospitalist company keeps expanding - Sept. 4
- Physicians still learning about United program - Sept. 4
- Doctors dangle as hospitals jettison money-draining HMOs - Aug. 28
- Drug industry challenges Maine's prescription caps - Aug. 28
- Blues plans combine boards but not assets - Aug. 28
- Physicians buying back their practices from PPMs, hospitals - Aug. 21
- UnitedHealthcare's new CEO is a people person - Aug. 21
- Florida adds muscle to its prompt-pay legislation - Aug. 21
- United up, others down in HMO earnings - Aug. 21
- Must HMOs ensure prompt pay from independent practice associations? - Aug. 14
- Blue Cross Blue Shield plans see strength in consolidation - Aug. 14
- PhyCor's latest write-off leaves it with little - Aug. 14
- HIP of Florida under state scrutiny after reserves dip - Aug. 14
- Urban physicians feel financial pull of suburbs and wonder: Stay or go? - Aug. 7
- Aetna's profit forecast may not augur well for doctors - Aug. 7
- New Mexico Blues accepts $55 million merger offer - Aug. 7
- Ga. court upholds physicians' right to know payment rates - July 31
- Even small doctor offices can face OSHA inspections - July 31
- United's all-products clause sets off physician battle in Alabama - July 31
- Extra money gives TennCare new lease on life - July 31
- Beleaguered Cleveland hospitals saved from closure - July 31
- Sign of the times: California opens department to regulate HMOs - July 24
- HMO dropout means more indemnity care - July 24
- Appellate decision mixed on Texas HMO law - July 10/17
- No plan authorization, no pay - July 10/17
- Jumbo California practice on the ropes once more - July 10/17
- HMOs seeing dip in numbers for first time - July 10/17
- Medical day spas: Club Med - July 3
- Lab test reports, contracts among key managed care issues - July 3
- Some California physicians hanging up on hospital call - June 26
- Fair pay, chances for growth key to retaining workers - June 26
- Fallout begins from Maine law capping drug prices - June 26
- Oxford pressing physicians for E&M upcoding refunds - June 19
- Physician involvement: The irony of IPAs - June 19
- Aetna plans to focus exclusively on health care - June 19
- Payment dispute leads to three-sided fight in Texas - June 19
- Want patients to pay bills? Ask for their share upfront - June 12
- Last-gasp proposal aims to save struggling TennCare - June 12
- Maine takes control of prescription prices - June 5
- Military veterans: Loyal to their country - June 5
- Aetna to drop all-products clause in Conn. - June 5
- Fee for service rebounding as insurers rethink capitation - May 22/29
- IPAs push direct contracting - May 22/29
- An insurance alternative: Firms selling e-health care - May 15
- Capitated specialists: Fee for episode - May 15
- Health plan earnings plunged in third quarter of 1999 - May 15
- Surgeons waiting for better contracts - May 8
- Humana pilots mental health assessment project - May 8
- Maine poised to set nation's first price controls on drugs - May 8
- Defined benefits: Multiple choice - May 1
- All-products clauses banned in three states - May 1
- Vermont doctor puts new twist in fee for service - May 1
- Cleveland doctors fight to save hospitals - April 24
- N.C. clinic abandons multispecialty trend - April 24
- TennCare orders largest insurer to stay - April 24
- Charity care: Picking up the tab - April 17
- California health plans fire back at doomsday survey - April 17
- Regulators cracking down on late payments of claims - April 17
- Center renews concerns over two-tiered care - April 10
- Another health plan encourages patients to split pills - April 10
- Cigna de-capitates, returns to fee-for-service payments - April 10
- How to sue your HMO - April 3
- Memphis practice wants to serve God but needs manna - April 3
- N.Y. IPA prevails in court battle against Blues - April 3
- United Healthcare exec blows whistle - April 3
- Wounded Aetna being hunted by suitors - March 20
- Legislators and drug prices: The mice that roared - March 20
- Collective negotiation bills meet resistance - March 20
- Harvard Pilgrim to stay independent, regulators decide - March 20
- Florida society, Humana work out coding dispute - March 20
- Patient choice is key to making managed care work - March 20
- Ohio physicians leading the fight for prompt payments - March 13
- Huber is out as Aetna chair and CEO - March 13
- Communication key to peace in doctor groups - March 13
- Most health insurers posted strong earnings last year - March 13
- Mexican HMO gets Calif. license for Mexican workers in U.S. - March 13
- Managed care: National Anthem - March 6
- Tampa hospital, president opt to part company - March 6
- Another state may approve HMO liability - March 6
- Tenn. doctor deep in debt but still there - Feb. 28
- What to do when an insurer downcodes your claims - Feb. 28
- Harvard Pilgrim rescue plans being studied - Feb. 28
- A hospital privatization: For-profit but no profit - Feb. 21
- Physicians push for enforcing prudent layperson laws - Feb. 21
- Patients protest loss of their physicians - Feb. 21
- HMOs hiking rates, but not physician reimbursement - Feb. 21
- HMO, doctor money woes get states' focus - Feb. 14
- HMO liability laws are not likely to happen this year - Feb. 14
- Reaction mixed on Aetna's low-priced insurance plan - Feb. 14
- Aetna sues to keep hospitals in network - Feb. 14
- Managed care: Coming attractions - Feb. 7
- Florida physicians sue Humana over coding practices - Feb. 7
- Ailing Harvard Pilgrim awaits next step - Feb. 7
- Blues contract gives doctors louder voice - Jan. 31
- Small health plans account for 78% jump in HMO failure rate - Jan. 31
- Should HMOs have to pay debts owed doctors? - Jan. 31
- Takeover sparks dread of ripple effect - Jan. 24
- Dr. Chaudhuri: Turnaround artist - Jan. 24
- N.J. governor wants tobacco money for health coverage - Jan. 24
- Kaiser drops bonus after age complaint - Jan. 24
- Need to treat sicker patients worrisome - Jan. 17
- New Hampshire orders liquidation of ailing health plan - Jan. 17
- United praised, and pressured to live up to its promise - Jan. 17
- This year, delegates OK income data - Jan. 3/10
- Premium costs rise as more employees choose PPOs - Jan. 3/10
- Blues plan throws in towel, leaves troubled TennCare - Jan. 3/10
- PhyCor: Forgotten, but not gone - Jan. 3/10
- MedPartners finally pays Calif. physicians - Jan. 3/10
- AMA rejects forced pharmacy risk-sharing - Jan. 3/10
- Two Northeast plans sued over prescription benefits - Jan. 3/10
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Opinion 2000
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Some 84,000 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have been found to have a mental health disorder.
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Organized Medicine 2000
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Veterans surveyed for the American Customer Satisfaction Index rated their health care 91 out of 100.
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Technology 2000
This list contains all the year's tech stories, including those which appeared in Business prior to May 2000.
- Five questions for your future: What will be the e-impact? - Dec. 25
- Web users worry about accuracy of health information - Dec. 25
- Gathering clinical evidence online - Dec. 11
- Insurers team up for electronic claims - Dec. 11
- PDAs: Handhelds for the holidays - Nov. 27
- Seal of approval for online health sites may be coming - Nov. 27
- The plugged-in crowd: How many physicians are online? - Nov. 13
- Physician apathy led to WebMD's downturn - Nov. 13
- AMA physician data on sale, but you can limit how much - Nov. 13
- Site reading: Physicians grapple with recommending Web sites - Oct. 23/30
- Advertising giant will track what you read on the Web - Oct. 23/30
- In search of the killer app that will bring physicians online - Oct. 9
- Medical group, tech industry unite to tout wireless use - Oct. 9
- Doctors sought for quick-pay system test - Oct. 9
- Search and ye shall find - Sept. 25
- Tech warranties may guarantee little - Sept. 25
- Web firm hopes female focus draws doctors, patients - Sept. 25
- Lending doctors a hand(held) - Sept. 11
- Cash infusion staves off dot-death for drkoop.com - Sept. 11
- Electronic signatures: Digital scrawl - Aug. 28
- Standards for medical records eyed - Aug. 28
- E-health firms fail to fulfill promise - Aug. 21
- Planning a Web site? Look before you link. - Aug. 14
- Fallen Oxford Health Plans founder returns with Web health insurance firm - Aug. 14
- Internet offers an electronic soapbox - July 31
- Telemedicine use growing, but slowly - July 31
- HIPAA: "I want you to comply with privacy regulations" - July 10/17
- AMA delegates sort through patient e-mail issues - July 10/17
- NGI, Internet2: The information super duper highway - June 26
- More players offering digital credentialing services - June 26
- Speech recognition programs pin hopes on transcription - June 26
- On the clock with the wired doc - June 12
- Venture capital soaring in health care - June 12
- Online service offers medical searches, CME - June 12
- Technical training: Information, please - May 22/29
- Illinois PPO to pay physicians for online consultations - May 22/29
- Application service providers: For Rent - May 8
- Physicians launch Internet business to grade doctors - May 8
- Physician sites: Webmaster, MD - April 24
- Shaky prognosis for health dot-coms - April 17
- Physician entrepreneurship: From idea to IPO - April 10
- Medem: Investor in hand, society Web site plans its launch - April 10
- Diabetes project testing feasibility of telemedicine - April 10
- AMA releases universal Internet health site principles - April 10
- Florida hospital deals out smart cards to expedite care - April 3
- Internet confidentiality: Private lessons - March 27
- Health care Web use limited by technology, doctor resistance - March 20
- Web start-up offers doctors cheap stock - March 20
- Broadband: What's your need for speed? - March 13
- MedicaLogic buys Medscape to widen scope of offerings - March 13
- FTC looking into Web sites' privacy protection policies - March 13
- Healtheon/WebMD eyes online dominance - March 6
- Health information networks: Going for the WHIN - Feb. 28
- Health Internet sites suffer privacy woes - Feb. 21
- New pricing for online drugs proposed - Feb. 21
- Medem expects to name investors soon - Feb. 14
- Online ordering: Shopping a la cart - Feb. 14
- Health care Web site is large but not in charge - Feb. 14
- Barriers limit growth in online pharmacy sales - Feb. 14
- Insurers striking deals for "e-claims" - Feb. 7
- Grant money to fuel Internet privacy policy research - Feb. 7
- Rx-writing devices: Drug connection - Jan. 31
- Internet health care business on verge of boom - Jan. 31
- Y2K brings few problems, more planning - Jan. 24
- Internet promotions: Free lunch - Jan. 17
- More doctors are catching Web fever - Jan. 17
- Online transmission of lab tests mostly a one-way trip - Jan. 17
- This year, delegates OK income data - Jan. 3/10
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Health & Science 2000
- Genetic tests need to prove their value - Dec. 25
- Cutting the fat: CDC report targets childhood obesity - Dec. 25
- New bladder cancer tests may aid detection - Dec. 25
- Dodging danger: For pediatricians, patient education includes "anticipatory guidance" for parents - Dec. 18
- Cancer detection strides falter as mammography centers close - Dec. 18
- 3-D imaging could replace invasive tests - Dec. 18
- Study looks at stopping medication without spurring rejection of transplanted organs - Dec. 18
- Wider availability urged for emergency contraceptives - Dec. 11
- Tumor protein helps predict response to chemotherapy - Dec. 11
- Measles fading, but not completely gone - Dec. 11
- Dipping into the fountain of youth - Dec. 4
- Canvasback medical mission ships out for long journey to islands - Dec. 4
- Shortage of hemophilia medicine underscores need to untangle snags in drug delivery system - Dec. 4
- An exercise in prevention: echocardiograms for all - Nov. 27
- NIH asthma guidelines need to be streamlined - Nov. 27
- New surgical technology: Dr. Roboto - Nov. 20
- Doctors caught in middle of ADHD treatment controversy - Nov. 20
- CDC urges directing available flu shots to high-risk groups - Nov. 20
- Surgeons urge more attention to colorectal cancer screening - Nov. 13
- Flu shot strategy: elderly and ill first - Nov. 13
- Assessing psychological readiness for transplant - Nov. 13
- Physicians try new weapons in the battle against superbugs - Nov. 13
- Seeking the kindness of strangers with organ transplants - Nov. 6
- Is the world facing a hot future with global warming? - Nov. 6
- New law focuses funds on children's health and research - Nov. 6
- Poor patients do poorly after heart surgery - Nov. 6
- Obstetrician-gynecologists eager to see return of morning sickness drug Bendectin - Nov. 6
- Changing demographics in HIV infections - Oct. 23/30
- Best ways to screen, treat breast cancer still elusive - Oct. 23/30
- Cutting your patients' pain - Oct. 16
- Pain relief often proves elusive for minority patients - Oct. 16
- Herpes vaccine offers some protection - Oct. 16
- More restrictions expected on acne drug - Oct. 16
- C-sections increasing as doctors, patients re-evaluate the risks - Oct. 9
- Doctors find new way to collect old items - Oct. 9
- Group will track, insure live organ donors - Oct. 9
- Work needed to eliminate gap between genetics and public health - Oct. 9
- Genetics firms seeking wide patient base - Oct. 9
- A community of men: Project Brotherhood, a Black Men's Clinic - Oct. 2
- Genetics help predict asthma drug response - Oct. 2
- Lack of insurance, access portend Latino health crisis - Oct. 2
- Program to raise awareness of ovarian cancer - Oct. 2
- Gun makers targeted in anti-violence campaign - Sept. 25
- Chemical exposure levels fuel drive for closer tracking - Sept. 25
- Genetic test for hemochromatosis debated - Sept. 25
- New AHA CPR guidelines favor family presence - Sept. 18
- Complications of AIDS - Sept. 18
- Study proposes doing Pap smears at 3-year intervals - Sept. 18
- Success of antipsychotics shifts focus to overall health - Sept. 18
- Doctors say ADA was a good first step - Sept. 11
- Patients in clinical trials don't always follow the program - Sept. 11
- Hypertension remains poorly controlled - Sept. 11
- Genetic testing can allow precision prescribing - Sept. 4
- Genetic testing offers new way to predict drug response - Sept. 4
- FDA boosts watch over reuse of disposable devices - Sept. 4
- Rickets returning; breastfed infants at risk - Sept. 4
- When should puberty be suppressed? - Aug. 28
- Tailored plans may nip smoking - Aug. 28
- Treatment hailed as boon for pediatric asthma patients - Aug. 28
- Lab test offers new way to spot alcoholism - Aug. 28
- The herbal hype of dietary supplements - Aug. 21
- New psychotropics under development - Aug. 21
- Stroke centers touted as way to improve diagnosis, care - Aug. 21
- Autism could have bacterial connection - Aug. 14
- Media violence is harmful to kids -- and to public health - Aug. 14
- Flu vaccine lag may hit those at high risk - Aug. 14
- Testosterone therapy hype may be creating false hopes - Aug. 7
- School-based health care - Aug. 7
- FDA advisory committee vetoes OTC status for low-dose anti-cholesterol drugs - Aug. 7
- Treating smoking as a chronic disease - July 31
- Move to nonstop use of oral contraceptives stirs debate - July 31
- Federal work groups aim for better electronic health information systems - July 31
- Pediatric emergency departments provide kid-sized care - July 24
- Pregnancy rates soaring in older moms - July 24
- Gonorrhea rate up; more doctor talk about sex needed - July 24
- Group warns of unlawful Web sales of fertility drugs - July 10/17
- Doctors grapple with their role in violence intervention - July 10/17
- Defining physicians' roles in increasing organ donations - July 10/17
- Terminal diagnosis: Tendering the truth - July 3
- AMA aims to cut needlestick-spread disease - July 3
- Impact of antibiotics on pill worrisome - July 3
- Key to Alzheimer's care may be earlier treatment - June 26
- Migraine knowledge increasing, but management lags - June 26
- Internet addiction: Hooked on the Net - June 19
- ACOG: Routine prenatal care should include HIV screening - June 19
- Council weighs prostate cancer screening - June 19
- Pace picks up in pediatric studies - June 12
- New drug could shift philosophy of alcoholism treatment - June 12
- Policymakers offer strategy to curb asthma rates - June 12
- Cardiac imaging: New views into the heart - June 5
- Living donor transplants raise ethical concerns - June 5
- Study findings may change standard Parkinson's therapy - June 5
- Little consensus found on early clinical data release - May 22/29
- Pediatricians add rigor to ADHD diagnosis - May 22/29
- Defibrillators increasingly available -- and being used - May 15
- Care for those with hearing impairments: Listen up - May 15
- Art of prognosis becoming an increasingly valued skill - May 15
- Agencies join forces against possible West Nile outbreak - May 15
- New antimicrobial raises hope, concern - May 8
- Panel: Biotech crops need tighter watch - May 8
- Doctors called to front line for bio-threat preparations - May 8
- African-American health: Study in black and white - May 1
- IOM report warns of high vitamin levels - May 1
- Strong bones not just women's issue - April 24
- Transplant officials ponder next move in policy seesaw - April 24
- Outpatient commitment: Coercion or caring? - April 17
- New troops enlisted for war on drug resistance - April 17
- Men avoid physician visits, often don't know whom to see - April 10
- Anti-smoking efforts persist, even without FDA regulation - April 10
- Pig cloning advances potential for transplants - April 10
- "Household high" growing threat to teenagers' health - April 10
- Physician foundation confronting domestic violence - April 10
- Greater Southeast Community Hospital: Back from the brink - April 3
- Redirecting unused meds could save millions - April 3
- Trials to test whether NSAIDs can slow Alzheimer's - April 3
- Cancer trials reach out to physicians - March 27
- Pediatricians weigh alternative treatments - March 27
- Genetic chips: Predicting illness, planning therapy - March 20
- Combination vaccines more than a one-shot deal - March 20
- NIH Web site to boost clinical trials - March 20
- Mini-strokes far more common than doctors think - March 20
- AMA Foundation tackles health illiteracy - March 20
- New York state physicians slam rapid perinatal HIV test - March 13
- New microsurgery techniques opening up the brain stem - March 13
- New technology, smarter patients augur vast change - March 13
- Safety of anthrax vaccine debated - March 6
- Sweatshops drawing medical attention - March 6
- Estrogen may delay dementia - Feb. 28
- Porcine tissue demonstrates versatility for clinical uses - Feb. 28
- More awareness of HPV's role urged - Feb. 28
- Tissue engineering: Growing heart valves - Feb. 21
- Schools often ill-equipped for medical emergencies - Feb. 21
- FDA gives go-ahead to first digital mammogram - Feb. 21
- Study highlights gender's impact on addiction - Feb. 21
- Healthy People envisions ways to live longer, better - Feb. 14
- Retrieved implants could be source of important data - Feb. 14
- AMA pleased that fewer young people are smoking - Feb. 14
- New flu drugs raise treatment questions - Feb. 7
- Cancer crusade: Mass. mailing - Feb. 7
- Monitoring mental health with help from the computer - Feb. 7
- On the front line in the battle against TB - Jan. 31
- Monitoring infectious diseases with electronic eyes - Jan. 31
- West Nile outbreak sends wake-up call for surveillance - Jan. 24
- Underserved areas: Insuring the future - Jan. 24
- DNA test could alter reliance on Pap smear for cervical cancer - Jan. 24
- FDA specifies what supplements can claim - Jan. 24
- New Jersey insurers will pay for care in cancer clinical trials - Jan. 17
- Does sex ed focused on abstinence work? - Jan. 17
- Early screening for lung cancer gains renewed interest - Jan. 17
- CDC report warns pediatricians about widely used antibiotic - Jan. 17
- Report calls for "quiet revolution" in mental health - Jan. 3/10
- Feds block faulty HIV tests sold on the Internet - Jan. 3/10
- Muskegon, Mich.: Local notion - Jan. 3/10
- Group says "mission forgotten" at NIMH - Jan. 3/10
- AMA to explore doctors' role in curbing school violence - Jan. 3/10
- AMA votes to oppose new government rules on restraint use - Jan. 3/10
- Sex education efforts endorsed by AMA - Jan. 3/10
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Notes 2000
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