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Government & Medicine 2001
- House adopts package for Medicare regulatory relief - Dec. 24/31
- Electronic claims rule may be postponed - Dec. 24/31
- CMS keeps physician Medicare input link intact; AMA urges local presence - Dec. 24/31
- Percentage-based pay arrangements get a year's reprieve - Dec. 24/31
- AMA urges more Medicare coverage for preventive care - Dec. 24/31
- Congress scrambles to trim amount of Medicare pay cut - Dec. 17
- Physicians lobbying Congress for health law expansions - Dec. 17
- Texas Supreme Court weighs Medicaid abortion coverage - Dec. 17
- Internist group advances universal coverage proposal - Dec. 17
- Uninsured ranks are predicted to jump - Dec. 10
- Medicare+Choice option gains ground as alternative to HMOs - Dec. 10
- AMA to catalog doctors' woes on health plans - Dec. 10
- Health care top source of fraud recoveries - Dec. 10
- Big insurers getting too big, too powerful, AMA study concludes - Dec. 3
- Making Medicare color-blind: How groups are striving for equality in care - Dec. 3
- Advisory panel ponders fix for Medicare payment formula - Dec. 3
- Groups' briefs back state health plan appeal laws - Dec. 3
- House bill would rein in Medicare payments for outpatient drugs - Dec. 3
- Senate ponders payment fix - Nov. 26
- Access grants face uncertain future in Congress - Nov. 26
- Medicare Rx plan being retooled - Nov. 26
- Medicare pay squeeze: AMA calls for correction of update - Nov. 19
- Florida doctors challenge Medicare fraud convictions - Nov. 19
- Medicare relief proceeding on Capitol Hill - Nov. 19
- Senate backs expansion of mental health parity law - Nov. 19
- Community groups key in signing up children for SCHIP - Nov. 19
- La. ruling could hurt emergency care - Nov. 12
- Congress ponders coverage for unemployed - Nov. 12
- Physicians say Medicaid managed care rule ignores low doctor pay - Nov. 12
- Drug card plan raises concerns about hurting pharmacies - Nov. 12
- Drive to fix physician pay formula revs up - Nov. 5
- Consumer-directed coverage promoted by policy group - Nov. 5
- Medicare launches TV ads to draw attention to options - Nov. 5
- N.C. court derails law meant to curb frivolous malpractice suits - Nov. 5
- Supreme Court rejects challenge to Medicare HMO ruling - Nov. 5
- Medicare hassle relief getting closer, but may not be enough - Oct. 22/29
- Drugs without borders: When prescription drugs go over the line - Oct. 22/29
- Physician issues on list for inspector general's review of Medicare - Oct. 22/29
- Objections stall vote on mental health parity bill - Oct. 22/29
- Uninsured down 600,000; second consecutive drop - Oct. 15
- Medicare communications miss the mark - Oct. 15
- Fraud control efforts net gains for government - Oct. 15
- AMA major force in federal lobbying - Oct. 15
- Medicare HMOs abandoning half a million senior citizens - Oct. 8
- Medicare pays too much (for some drugs) - Oct. 8
- HHS offers more money, less red tape in attempt to help New York recover - Oct. 8
- Fla. lawyers press for constitutional right to sue HMOs - Oct. 8
- Attacks a "wake-up call" to boost emergency services - Oct. 8
- On Capitol Hill, health care bills fall back - Oct. 1
- Illegal care? Treating undocumented immigrants in Texas - Oct. 1
- Judge favors physicians in Hawaii antitrust case - Oct. 1
- Probe finds problems with Medicare doctor ID registry - Oct. 1
- Tax-credit proposal little help to low-income uninsured - Oct. 1
- GAO says bill would improve Medicare contractors' work - Oct. 1
- Okla. doctors sue state over Medicaid pay, access woes - Sept. 24
- CMS eyes physician payments but focuses on other problems - Sept. 24
- Medicare to cover preop screenings - Sept. 24
- Senate bill calls for coverage of contraceptives - Sept. 24
- Health insurance prices show highest increase since 1992 - Sept. 24
- Dismissal of fraud investigation ends five-year ordeal - Sept. 17
- Doctor Medicare pay faces cut next year - Sept. 17
- Government gives states new flexibility in designing Medicaid benefit packages - Sept. 17
- Medicare regulatory relief gaining momentum in Congress - Sept. 10
- Funding squeeze could unravel safety net - Sept. 10
- Military retirees get new secondary insurer - Sept. 10
- Medicare hospital outpatient pay rules raise access fears - Sept. 10
- California halts sales of discount doctor lists - Sept. 10
- OIG report hits PROs for putting doctors above beneficiaries - Sept. 3
- HHS delays, revises patient protections for Medicaid - Sept. 3
- Patients' rights bill could ruin doctors' HMO lawsuits - Sept. 3
- PhRMA sues Florida over Medicaid formulary - Sept. 3
- Justice Dept. defending Bush's Medicare Rx cards - Sept. 3
- Making sense of Medicare: Is it possible? - Aug. 27
- Call to replace AMA's Medicare coding system falls flat - Aug. 27
- HMO liability could jeopardize patients' bill of rights success - Aug. 20
- CMS unveils new physician fee schedule - Aug. 20
- House strike against cloning boosts scientists' concern about research - Aug. 20
- Panel boosts mental health parity law - Aug. 20
- Second group files suit over privacy rules - Aug. 20
- Genetic discrimination ban gains steam - Aug. 13
- West Nile virus hits earlier this season and expands its geographic range - Aug. 13
- Medicaid, SCHIP may expand to parents - Aug. 13
- Physicians oppose Medicare dialysis policy - Aug. 13
- E&M guidelines, emergency care rules under HHS review - Aug. 6
- HHS sued over medical privacy rules - Aug. 6
- PROs must tell patients of inquiry results - Aug. 6
- Medicare Rx card plan faces legal hurdle - Aug. 6
- GOP fund-raising strategy targets physicians - July 30
- Organizing force: Bringing doctors and unions together - July 30
- Consumer group finds hundreds of EMTALA violations - July 30
- Bush proposes prescription discount cards for seniors - July 30
- Patients' rights bill moves to House, faces veto threat - July 23
- Consultants' bad billing advice may elicit fraud investigation - July 23
- HHS clarifies medical records privacy rule - July 23
- Senate Democrats unveil Medicare prescription drug plan - July 23
- Mental health parity law nears expiration - July 23
- AMA probes emergency medicine woes - July 9/16
- Strong objections expressed over compliance guidelines - July 9/16
- AMA backs efforts to expand health coverage - July 9/16
- Individual market tough for many insurance buyers - July 9/16
- Medical interpreter rule to get further study from AMA board - July 9/16
- HCFA gets new name -- CMS -- and new structure - July 2
- Bush officials seek delay in independent medical review case - July 2
- Bill expands Medicare preventive services - July 2
- Bill banning genetic discrimination gets new push - July 2
- Opting out: Physicians exiting Medicare program - June 25
- Panel reports Medicare payment cuts could be looming - June 25
- Nevada approves bill on medical use of marijuana - June 25
- Thompson launches HHS reform task force - June 25
- Tax cut, slimmer surplus jeopardize health initiatives - June 18
- Bush budget would cut uninsured grants - June 18
- Stark II rules still need fine-tuning, doctor groups say - June 18
- Round three of West Nile virus is about to begin - June 18
- Playing a name game with HCFA - June 11
- In Senate, left's gain boosts patients' rights - June 11
- Bills aim to increase number of nation's nurses - June 11
- Ritalin foes lose two rounds against drug maker, APA - June 11
- Senators offer alternate patient protection bill - June 4
- Maine discounted drug program withstands legal challenge - June 4
- Medicare HMOs seeking extra federal funding - June 4
- Texas trial: HMO liability law - May 28
- Bills would fund technology to fight drug errors - May 28
- Past HCFA chiefs recommend administrative budget boost - May 28
- Stem-cell research's future clouded by suit, policy review - May 28
- Congressional budget plan earmarks billions to extend health insurance coverage - May 21
- Medical interpreter rule faces review, legislative challenge - May 21
- Physicians promote universal health care - May 21
- HMOs try new tactic to fight patients' rights - May 21
- California Supreme Court says patients can sue Medicare HMOs - May 21
- HMO liability adds little to insurance costs -- CBO - May 14
- HCFA removes annoying language from Medicare form - May 14
- Physicians call for excision of "sick tax" - May 14
- Bill proposes new way to fund medical education - May 14
- Physician groups balking at privacy rule's extra burdens - May 7
- Pennsylvania court rules that ERISA does not exempt health plans from liability - May 7
- Massachusetts tobacco restrictions being challenged - May 7
- Bush budget would slice family practice training funds - May 7
- The ever-expanding EMTALA - April 23/30
- Bush budget highlights health priorities - April 23/30
- Supreme Court upholds pay to Christian Science health facilities - April 23/30
- Three state medical societies join HMO racketeering lawsuit - April 16
- HCFA team targets top Medicare hassles - April 16
- Cloning hearing highlights science worries - April 16
- Pressure building to change medical records privacy rule - April 9
- Hospital lobbyist named as Bush's choice to head HCFA - April 9
- Tennessee doctors fight against economic credentialing - April 9
- Fee-for-service Medicare trying "coordinated care" - April 9
- Surplus now, but red ink looming in Medicare forecast - April 2
- Medicare regulatory relief bill gets first congressional airing - April 2
- Federal lawmakers split on when and where health plans could be sued - April 2
- California decision hits physicians for fraud against Allstate - April 2
- Child supports: Making sure kids are covered - March 26
- Bill proposes cutting Medicare red tape - March 26
- National health care spending on the rise - March 26
- Details of health care tax credit still being mulled - March 26
- Bush budget stresses health priorities - March 19
- Medicare panel wants to ax doctor spending target - March 19
- Technology approval process under fire - March 19
- Bills offer relief from medical school debt - March 19
- Physicians, lawmakers push for Medicare regulatory relief - March 12
- HCFA plans peer review pilot for Medicare claims audits - March 12
- HHS delays medical records privacy rule - March 12
- New York court ruling opens door on Medicare payment policy - March 12
- Doctors eye expanding faith-based health initiatives - March 12
- Cost major hurdle to Medicare Rx benefit - March 5
- Ruling extends EMTALA's reach to ambulance contact - March 5
- New bill, Bush tenets boost chance for patients' rights law - Feb. 26
- Patchwork coverage: Medicare's preventive services - Feb. 26
- Bush on health fraud: Physicians hope for lighter touch - Feb. 26
- Weak spots noted in health privacy rules - Feb. 26
- Doctors irked by states' tactics on Medicaid fraud - Feb. 19
- Bush's state-based Rx drug program gets cool reception - Feb. 19
- TennCare trying to win physicians back - Feb. 19
- Compromise patients' rights bill unveiled - Feb. 19
- Federal plan may change Medicaid HMO payment rates - Feb. 19
- Dr. Berenson reflects on his tenure as HCFA's top doctor - Feb. 12
- Changes necessary to alleviate EMTALA's ills, HHS Office of Inspector General says - Feb. 12
- Medicare HMOs using new funds to boost physician pay - Feb. 12
- Poll finds voters want health care problems fixed now - Feb. 12
- HCFA team has a mission: Cut Medicare hassle for physicians - Feb. 5
- States ready to tackle health care issues - Feb. 5
- HCFA lifts supervision of nurse anesthetists - Feb. 5
- Managed care plans accuse Hawaii physicians of antitrust violations - Feb. 5
- Clinton issues last-minute rules to protect patients in Medicaid HMOs - Feb. 5
- Single-payer advocates: Keeping up the fight - Jan. 29
- Medicare encourages fuller PRO disclosure - Jan. 29
- Prompt-pay bill veto may spur broader bill in Michigan - Jan. 29
- Medicaid funding drain worries doctors - Jan. 29
- Final physician self-referral rules better than expected - Jan. 22
- Bush picks health program innovator Tommy Thompson as HHS secretary - Jan. 22
- HCFA plans to change an aggravating Medicare form - Jan. 22
- AMPAC splits contributions between political parties - Jan. 22
- Medicare laboratory payments not up to date, Institute of Medicine report says - Jan. 22
- Clinton unveils final rules on privacy of medical records - Jan. 15
- Bush faces Medicare reform challenges - Jan. 15
- Odds improving for patient protection bill - Jan. 15
- Collective bargaining bill needs Senate nod - Jan. 15
- MedPAC: Outlook poor for Medicare MSAs - Jan. 15
- Wary physicians seek AMA influence on E&M guidelines - Jan. 1/8
- Congress passes compromise Medicare giveback measure - Jan. 1/8
- State innovations offer health insurance reform models - Jan. 1/8
- Rein in runaway EMTALA, physicians urge - Jan. 1/8
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Professional Issues 2001
- Paying donors for organs sparks hot ethics debate - Dec. 24/31
- Panel to help AMA leaders work together more efficiently - Dec. 24/31
- Latest embryonic cloning action seen as a baby step - Dec. 24/31
- Are med school admission policies in for a change? - Dec. 24/31
- Recovering physicians beating the odds - Dec. 24/31
- Medical Moments: Move over Dr. Quinn, here's a real pioneer - Dec. 24/31
- A little help from their friends: San Francisco Free Clinic cares for the uninsured - Dec. 17
- Doctors use CME, quality efforts to boost results - Dec. 17
- The Guyton group: Where being a doctor is all in the family - Dec. 10
- Report details reasons for Arizona physician shortage - Dec. 10
- Pa. hospital appeals fine after self-reporting error - Dec. 10
- Liability rates squeezing out specialties - Dec. 3
- AMA announces new EVP/CEO - Dec. 3
- The joy of (illegal) skating: She fought the law and the law won - Dec. 3
- Study: Best practices not always best for all - Dec. 3
- Calif. laws to address physician shortages - Dec. 3
- Medical groups tout AMA drug industry gift campaign - Dec. 3
- Study calls for more and better hospital palliative care - Dec. 3
- Chiropractors seek primary care status at Veterans Affairs Dept. - Nov. 26
- A bioethics primer: The growth of a complex field - Nov. 26
- Feds say target is assisted suicide, not pain control - Nov. 26
- Safety awards honor 2 groups - Nov. 26
- Is it ethical to bill drug reps for office visit? - Nov. 26
- Residents' schedules should have balance - Nov. 26
- Struggle goes on to improve patient safety, cut errors - Nov. 19
- California requires doctors take CME in pain management - Nov. 19
- DEA vows to stop pain med abuse, not prescribing - Nov. 19
- AMA Interim Meeting scheduled Dec. 1-5 in San Francisco - Nov. 19
- Don't shoot the messenger: Path opens for contract talks - Nov. 12
- Immunity helps good deeds go unpunished - Nov. 12
- Surgical soundtrack: Tunes to operate by - Nov. 12
- Students concerned, but still ready to head overseas - Nov. 12
- States seek to streamline credentials verification process - Nov. 12
- In the Courts: No negligence proven during penile implant surgery - Nov. 12
- Few licensing boards conduct criminal background checks - Nov. 5
- Patient safety initiative gains support, funding - Nov. 5
- Next AMA EVP could be selected by Interim Meeting - Nov. 5
- Ohio doctors sue over debt repayment responsibility - Nov. 5
- Surging demand for specialists spurs salary hikes - Oct. 22/29
- Malpractice or murder? Criminalization of medical errors is a troubling trend - Oct. 22/29
- Texas doctors sue CIGNA over service "theft" - Oct. 22/29
- Company ahead of the game on federal stem cell rules - Oct. 22/29
- Former drug rep slams off-label claims - Oct. 22/29
- Maryland examines doctors' influence - Oct. 15
- Physicians prepare for duty in military - Oct. 15
- Practice guidelines require frequent review, updating - Oct. 15
- VA cuts specialty residents, increases primary care - Oct. 15
- In the Courts: Preexisting injury relates to causation, not to damages - Oct. 15
- Suit against HMO gets class action status - Oct. 8
- All in a day's work: The harried life of a medical resident - Oct. 8
- Grants spur medical groups, hospitals to pursue perfection - Oct. 8
- Skills test moving forward; pilot studies prove effective - Oct. 8
- Ruling bans research where children are at "any risk" - Oct. 8
- Only "clear and convincing" evidence can trigger living will - Oct. 8
- Problems beset online med school application system - Oct. 8
- Physician's jackpot will benefit others - Oct. 8
- Dr. Kevorkian appeals conviction for televised death - Oct. 8
- Rural doctors often born and raised, not recruited - Oct. 1
- Federal funding restrictions fuel stem cell research debate - Oct. 1
- Journals agree on studies' rules requiring independence - Oct. 1
- British couple seek ruling allowing assisted suicide - Oct. 1
- On-site NCQA surveys of VA medical centers scheduled - Oct. 1
- Ethics Forum: Facing patients who don't pay; seeking "grateful patient" gifts - Oct. 1
- Are there holes in residency training? - Sept. 24
- Quality corps: Team effort can trim medical errors - Sept. 24
- 11 Texas physicians given green light to bargain collectively - Sept. 24
- Physicians urged to pay more attention to kids' pain - Sept. 24
- U. of Michigan suspends a top researcher - Sept. 24
- Patient survey spotlights problem areas for Calif. hospitals - Sept. 24
- Doctors team up to offset drop in free care - Sept. 17
- AMA launches education drive on drug industry gifts - Sept. 17
- Awareness of low vision problems sought - Sept. 17
- 15 Minutes: Unfair ads: Madison Avenue continues to ply the stereotype that physicians are worshiping wealth - Sept. 17
- Soaring premiums force doctors to close practice - Sept. 10
- Rural exposure: Med students practice giving care in the wild - Sept. 10
- ACCME proposes Internet CME protections - Sept. 10
- Court drafts exception to keeping peer reviews closed - Sept. 10
- California law allows doctors to sit out prison executions - Sept. 10
- AAFP pens directive against limiting pain prescriptions - Sept. 10
- Doctors look for more bang for CME buck - Sept. 3
- Minority physicians struggle to get care for their patients - Sept. 3
- N.Y. medical society sues six insurers - Sept. 3
- Calif. Supreme Court raises standard for withdrawing life support - Sept. 3
- Lack of funding squeezes federal loan repayment program - Sept. 3
- Journals aim to curb drug industry sway over studies - Sept. 3
- Dressed for success: Re-covering patients - Aug. 27
- Accreditation extends to clinical trials, offices - Aug. 27
- GME, growth priorities for new head of osteopathic group - Aug. 27
- Doctor indicted under Michigan adult abuse law for recklessness - Aug. 27
- No clear message from Supreme Court - Aug. 20
- Number of deaths caused by medical errors under dispute - Aug. 20
- Death fuels brouhaha over OxyContin prescribing practices - Aug. 20
- Iowa medical center lays off new osteopathic residents - Aug. 20
- Movement toward collaboration in clinical palliative care - Aug. 20
- New doctors prefer to practice in cities - Aug. 20
- 15 Minutes: Accidental sleuth: Fictional Dr. Beck is a physician turned detective - Aug. 20
- Debt deadbeats risk losing medical licenses - Aug. 13
- Taking a stand: Physician plaintiffs who beat the odds - Aug. 13
- Connecticut physicians win round in court against HMO - Aug. 13
- Pa., Va. latest states to offer physician data online - Aug. 13
- Stem-cell research divides doctors along with country - Aug. 6
- Rulings spell out specifics for peer review immunity - Aug. 6
- Rules governing drug firm CME sponsorship under review - Aug. 6
- Evidence-based safety practices touted by government - Aug. 6
- Dissatisfied docs may soon be singing "California, here I go" - Aug. 6
- Multiplying efforts: Expanding the health care team - July 30
- State error legislation gets mixed reviews - July 30
- Residencies successful in curbing work-hour violations - July 30
- Doctor guilty of elder abuse for undertreating pain - July 23
- Trips abroad offer more than CME credit - July 23
- Standards require hospitals to report errors to patients - July 23
- Search for AMA chief executive begins - July 23
- AMA directed to examine recertification - July 9/16
- Drawn to disaster: Doctors giving aid - July 9/16
- AMA board to study court decision limiting unions - July 9/16
- Family approval needed for training on newly deceased - July 9/16
- Resident supervisor regulations getting tightened - July 9/16
- Pain management education encouraged - July 9/16
- AMA house considers CME for nonphysicians - July 9/16
- Groups squabble over use of "enforcement" tag - July 9/16
- Collaborative effort to curb medical errors - July 9/16
- Physicians win big in states over scope-of-practice issues - July 2
- AMA EVP files lawsuit against Association - July 2
- Risk management becoming crucial focus of CME study - July 2
- AMA spearheads gift education crusade - July 2
- Appellate court ruling allows discipline over expert testimony from a neurosurgeon - July 2
- Study: Doctors want bargaining agents - July 2
- OxyContin crackdown raises physician, patient concerns - June 25
- Primary preceptor: Physicians tackle teaching what they practice - June 25
- Supreme Court decision expands definition of "supervisor" - June 25
- Human research programs under voluntary scrutiny - June 25
- Duluth school to unify with four-year school - June 25
- Resident complaint system is improved - June 25
- Suspended California physician's hearing put on hold - June 18
- Study charges underreporting in National Practitioner Data Bank - June 18
- Grants have added to number of primary care doctors - June 18
- Exposing history: A physician's photos of Natchez, Miss. - June 11
- Doctors bristle at quality Web ratings in two cities - June 11
- AAMC reviewing conflict-of-interest policies for clinical research - June 11
- In the Courts: No EMTALA violation found when patient dies after hospital transfer - June 11
- "Let the games begin" with interactive CME - June 4
- Physicians: Leave assisted suicide to doctors, patients - June 4
- Unborn child meets legal definition of "a person" - June 4
- Physician consortium stresses new performance measurements - June 4
- HCFA officials take a field trip to Kansas - June 4
- Elections for AMA board, councils slated for Chicago Annual Meeting - June 4
- Physicians, HMOs enter next phase in federal court battle - May 28
- Hands-on leader: Incoming AMA President Richard F. Corlin, MD - May 28
- Accreditation plan would guard clinical study patients - May 28
- Virginia gears up for Internet database on state's doctors - May 28
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program aims at cutting medical errors - May 28
- Consumer groups sue over tamoxifen deal - May 28
- Petition asks OSHA to limit resident work hours - May 21
- ACP-ASIM advocates exemption from antitrust laws - May 21
- Study says residents cloudy on AMA pharmaceutical gift policy - May 21
- Cornell to open branch med school in Qatar - May 21
- Higher accountability for HMO medical directors - May 14
- A quest for balance: Personal vs. professional - May 14
- Database would ease doctors' paperwork on patient safety - May 14
- AMA Annual Meeting slated for June in Chicago - May 14
- Teaching hospitals, plans bearing brunt of charity care - May 14
- Push to improve patient safety slow-going - May 7
- Groups urge federal court to reconsider anti-abortion site - May 7
- Some states take prevention tactic on doctor discipline - May 7
- California physicians upset with work force study - May 7
- Renegotiating Health Care: For every problem there is a zone of possible solutions - May 7
- Timeless lessons: Medical schools add literature to curricula - April 23/30
- Ruling favors anti-abortion Web site - April 23/30
- Is it time for U.S. to start training more physicians? - April 23/30
- Physicians retire earlier in HMO-saturated markets - April 23/30
- Lawsuits over clinical trials have doctors wary, but not quitting research yet - April 16
- N.J. court rules doctors can be sued for embellishing credentials - April 16
- United Kingdom, Canada moving to train more physicians - April 16
- New York interns, residents get NLRB nod to join union - April 16
- E-mail one of technology benefits touted at AMA forum - April 16
- Medical time out: Physicians keep the teams playing - April 9
- Patients can expect doctors, not HMOs, to decide care - April 9
- Drug testing of pregnant women quashed - April 9
- Database to offer one-stop shopping for treatment options - April 9
- Primary care matches down again; fourth year of decline worries some - April 9
- Minnesota plans unite to set "best practices" for disease management - April 2
- Physicians emphasize benefit to society in research precedence - April 2
- Records privacy extended to pharmacies - April 2
- A playwright looks at ethics in research - April 2
- New INS rule boosts paperwork for IMGs, hospitals - April 2
- Man of many missions - March 26
- Managed care accreditor takes on consumer Web sites - March 26
- AMA recognizes physicians for service - March 26
- Texas considers another medical school - March 26
- Special licensing test still under fire in Fla. - March 26
- New IOM report says doctors are trying but system needs work - March 19
- Advance directives provide comfort, not necessarily goal - March 19
- Doctors' case against HMOs remains intact - March 19
- Scope-of-practice bills plentiful this year - March 19
- Colorado center teaches doctors to be better doctors - March 19
- Growing ranks: Benefits of collaboration with nurse practitioners - March 12
- State legislatures tackle medical error reporting - March 12
- Doctors traveling less for continuing medical education - March 12
- Oregon's physician-assisted suicide deaths hold steady at 27 - March 12
- Ruling by California Supreme Court may deter experimental treatment - March 12
- California federal court upholds board certification requirements for physicians - March 12
- Malpractice awards pushing insurance premiums higher - March 5
- Buddhist center draws focus to patients' diverse beliefs - March 5
- FSMB grants public access to its physician data bank - March 5
- OTC emergency contraceptives pushed, but not imminent - March 5
- Doctors start to practice what they read in journal CME - Feb. 26
- Palliative care: Mainstream model - Feb. 26
- Clinical trial patients sue IRB members - Feb. 26
- New approach uses CME to reduce medical errors - Feb. 19
- National Bioethics Advisory Commission sets protections for clinical trial subjects - Feb. 19
- AMA panel releases ethics guidelines on patient privacy - Feb. 19
- Calif. lawsuit charges American Red Cross with unfair business practices - Feb. 19
- Seen a doctor lately? Too few physicians are getting checkups - Feb. 12
- Standards for international research still a work in progress - Feb. 12
- Michigan neurosurgeon sues specialty society over suspension - Feb. 12
- West Virginia Supreme Court upholds limits on malpractice awards - Feb. 5
- South Dakota hospitals can choose which physicians get privileges, state Supreme Court rules - Feb. 5
- Texas court overturns ruling on resuscitation of premature baby - Feb. 5
- Growing number of locum tenens doctors strive for simpler life - Jan. 29
- Break a leg: Free health care for performers - Jan. 29
- Supreme Court may rule on expanding patient protection rights - Jan. 29
- Emerging specialist shortage triggers work force review - Jan. 22
- Requests by patients can put doctors in ethical bind - Jan. 22
- Take care with patient e-mail policies - Jan. 22
- Accept no barrier: New physician finds some see only blindness - Jan. 15
- Teaching hospitals to see influx of GME funds - Jan. 15
- Midlevel practitioners playing bigger role in hospitals - Jan. 15
- Database tracks causes of hospital medication errors - Jan. 15
- Ethicists debate new use of genetic testing - Jan. 15
- AMA's Principles of Medical Ethics may be infused with new "lofty ideas" - Jan. 1/8
- AMA backs limits on scope of nonphysician practice - Jan. 1/8
- AMA weighs national guidelines for office-based surgery - Jan. 1/8
- Residents working longer hours, owing more loan money - Jan. 1/8
- AMA delegates tackle range of ethics topics, including xenotransplantation, genetics privacy - Jan. 1/8
- In painstaking process of revising WMA's Declaration of Helsinki, every word counts - Jan. 1/8
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Business 2001
- Report blasts insurer's plan to be for-profit - Dec. 24/31
- Street Smarts: Biotech stocks have nowhere to go but up - Dec. 24/31
- Don't get caught unaware if your IPA fails - Dec. 17
- HMO bashing for fun and profit: Three doctors turn making light of managed care into a market - Dec. 17
- Nev. doctors get universal authorization form - Dec. 17
- Texas doctors say restitution pay is meager - Dec. 17
- West Coast group will offer managed care alternative - Dec. 17
- N.Y. investigates leaving doctors' names on panels - Dec. 10
- WellPoint expands Blues operations into Maryland - Dec. 10
- Kan. doctors have say in Anthem merger - Dec. 10
- Power struggle: Doctors get mixed results in HMO fight - Dec. 3
- Liability bite puts Miss. physicians in the hospital - Dec. 3
- Managed care companies show strong third quarter - Dec. 3
- Sprint calls for direct contracting in Kansas City - Dec. 3
- Aetna connects with North Carolina doctors - Dec. 3
- Patients slow to return for care in New York City - Dec. 3
- Out of the rubble: One doctor's story after Sept. 11 - Nov. 26
- Losing members and money, Tennessee Blues drops HMO - Nov. 26
- Economy boosts interest in health firms - Nov. 26
- Looking for a few good RNs: Nursing shortage expands beyond hospitals - Nov. 19
- Rhode Island Blues plan to boost doctors' pay - Nov. 19
- For-profits see more profits - Nov. 19
- Anthem successful in public stock offering - Nov. 19
- Terrorism may ripple to insurance hikes - Nov. 12
- Texas doctors shouldn't expect a big check for late claims pay - Nov. 12
- Companies suggest running a credit check on your patients - Nov. 12
- Medicaid HMO company to offer stock - Nov. 12
- Street Smarts: Forget the reassurance, people want Cipro - Nov. 12
- Up to code: A way to ensure your financial health - Nov. 5
- Coalition's goal is to keep Mich. Blues healthy - Nov. 5
- WellPoint acquires its first Blues plan in the Midwest - Nov. 5
- Nonprofits turn to for-profit partnerships - Nov. 5
- Bigger doesn't necessarily pay better - Nov. 5
- How will insurers cover post-tragedy care? - Oct. 22/29
- Texas investigating pay practices in state's HMOs - Oct. 22/29
- Quick View: Is everybody happy? - Oct. 22/29
- Street Smarts: Now may be the time to buy biotech stocks - Oct. 22/29
- Just say no to HMOs: When doctors reject bad contracts - Oct. 15
- Gains in specialists' compensation outpace primary care - Oct. 15
- Hospital deals can benefit physicians, too - Oct. 15
- Quick View: Are HMOs on the down and out? - Oct. 15
- HMO alternative gives doctors and patients more freedom - Oct. 8
- Alabama HMO teeters near bankruptcy - Oct. 8
- New York-based insurer adapts, keeps working - Oct. 8
- Correct modifiers pay off with clean claims - Oct. 8
- Humana premieres its online, all-the-time health plan - Oct. 8
- Pennsylvania Blues shun closer ties, split - Oct. 8
- Old town, nuevos patients: Small-town doctors treating influx of Hispanic immigrants - Oct. 1
- Insurers increase defined-contribution plans - Oct. 1
- Doctors feel pain of health insurance hikes - Oct. 1
- CMA sues managed care agency over financial disclosure - Oct. 1
- A few drugs spark rise in prescription costs - Oct. 1
- Anthem planning IPO: Is expansion next? - Sept. 24
- Suit reveals Aetna-Wellpoint merger talks - Sept. 24
- Hospitals, staffs feeling a financial pinch - Sept. 24
- Premium practice: When patients pay top dollar for exclusive care - Sept. 17
- Consumers unhappy with their health plans -- or are they? - Sept. 17
- Doctors reject N.M. hospital's ad claim - Sept. 10
- Mich. Blues plan pushes generic drugs - Sept. 10
- "Claims pending" letters cause a stir - Sept. 10
- Street Smarts: Some drugs can fight symptoms, but not litigation - Sept. 10
- WellPoint is savvy but ... doctors are wary - Sept. 3
- Western, Midwest Blues giants drop alliance plans, stay open to other deals - Sept. 3
- Calif. county firms studying insurance woes - Sept. 3
- Expenses about even for HMOs, indemnity plans - Sept. 3
- Big plans put HMOs back in the black - Sept. 3
- Regence overpaid doctors, suit says - Sept. 3
- Former Health Net executive sues over prompt pay - Aug. 27
- Physicians get some help in fight against downcoding - Aug. 27
- More Florida physicians sue Blues for dumping them - Aug. 27
- Practice Pointers: Having a vision helps you navigate change - Aug. 27
- Ohio group tells drug reps: We'll listen -- if you pay - Aug. 20
- Slicing the pie: Rethinking the medical group's compensation scheme - Aug. 20
- Texas takes on slow-paying health plans - Aug. 20
- Doctors say goodbye to high costs of Philadelphia - Aug. 20
- "For sale" sign goes up at Wisconsin Blues - Aug. 20
- HMO hassles? Add them to the collection of complaints - Aug. 20
- Have your billing documentation at the ready - Aug. 20
- Aetna's new fee schedule bad news for Fla. doctors - Aug. 20
- How tough is life? One state has the facts and figures - Aug. 13
- Consumer-driven health plans could mean end of capitation - Aug. 13
- IPA law comes too late for some doctors - Aug. 13
- Conn. State Medical Society adds United to legal action - Aug. 13
- HMO ties bonuses to saving patients money - Aug. 13
- Modest compensation gains for most doctors - Aug. 13
- Drive time: How doctors handle commuting - Aug. 6
- New medical director optimistic Aetna's woes are fixable - Aug. 6
- Aetna reduces small-business coverage - Aug. 6
- California HMO: Doctor bonuses based on patient satisfaction - July 30
- Health network instability, contract disputes on upswing - July 30
- Tufts Health Plan contracts with claims review firm - July 30
- Arizona IPA reels as Health Net pulls contract - July 30
- Life after death: Doctors thrive after clinic closes - July 23
- AMA house goes after nursing shortage issue - July 9/16
- AMA delegates want more say over insurance coding - July 9/16
- N.C. Blues considers for-profit status after plan acquisition - July 9/16
- Common coding errors can cost your practice - July 2
- Heavy traffic: Are doctors avoiding exurbia? - July 2
- Florida doctors, Blues argue over extent of physician cuts - July 2
- Fewer physician groups accept capitation - July 2
- Importing patients' drugs may be hazardous - June 25
- Texas ensures paper-claims pathway - June 25
- Mandatory in-hospital referrals banned - June 25
- Georgia makes them mind: Making insurers pay their bills - June 18
- Anthem to buy Kansas Blues for $190 million - June 18
- Chicago businesses, doctors team up to improve diabetes care - June 18
- Practice Pointers: Document when borrowing from practice - June 18
- Better interpretation is just a phone call away - June 11
- Eastern Blues plan may turn for-profit - June 11
- Florida hospitals send SOS to doctors to help keep nurses - June 11
- Ohio judge says SummaCare illegally terminated doctor - June 11
- Rhode Island insurer must pay back co-pay overcharges - June 11
- Aetna retreats from shared risk designs - June 11
- States stiffening prompt-pay laws - June 4
- Leader of the prac: Is being the boss of your medical practice worth it? - June 4
- Not all insurers see income go up - June 4
- Blues, AMA set rules for doctor-plan contacts - June 4
- Idaho doctors settle with Regence Blues - June 4
- Fortune 500 executives grim about controlling health care costs - May 28
- After sell-off, PhyCor may be heading toward extinction - May 28
- Michigan practice refuses lump-sum deal from Wellness - May 28
- It pays to listen: The importance of doctor-patient communication - May 21
- Kentucky doctors want to know what insurers pay - May 21
- West Virginia says yes to HMO liability - May 21
- With co-pays rising, it's even more crucial to collect them - May 14
- Kaiser winning back doctors amid increasing enrollment - May 14
- Arizona plan reinstitutes preauthorization - May 14
- Physicians reconsidering TennCare role - May 14
- The P-word: Why physicians don't like being called "providers" - May 7
- Surgery center firm completes stock offering - May 7
- Humana offers new PPO for small businesses - May 7
- Nashville doctors wield clout over Aetna - May 7
- California begins asking physician groups about finances - April 23/30
- Texas bill puts spotlight on pay for women's procedures - April 23/30
- N.J. hospital drops length-of-stay plan - April 23/30
- PacifiCare hopes to regroup financially in Colorado - April 23/30
- Alabama firm plans all-digital hospital - April 16
- Welcoming or wary? Drug reps increasing - April 16
- Your practice is closing. Where will the medical records go? - April 16
- New York medical society takes insurers to task - April 16
- Florida plan stops paying for fertility tests, treatment - April 16
- States look at cutting costs with drug purchasing pools - April 16
- New faces, yet same old story at Aetna - April 16
- HMOs pledge to be doctor-friendly - April 9
- How many physicians does it take to make a practice? - April 9
- Doctors question whether Oxford has really transformed - April 9
- Embezzled: When it happens to you - April 2
- Physicians scoff at WellPoint as "most admired" - April 2
- In Arizona, multispecialty groups are facing extinction - April 2
- Insurers test direct-deposit pay for claims - March 26
- What Bush tax cut plan could mean to physicians - March 26
- Practice Pointers: Cuts or not, there will be changes for 2001 income taxes - March 26
- Size matters: Doctors leery of small HMOs - March 19
- Unhappy patients will leave their physicians - March 19
- Some insurers embracing defined contribution plans - March 12
- Despite first failure, new IPA launched in Texas - March 12
- States get tough on retroactive denials - March 12
- Earnings up for some major insurers despite rising costs - March 12
- PPOs overtaking HMOs, at least for now - March 5
- Capitation at the crossroads: The trend back to fee for service - March 5
- Connecticut medical society sues six managed care plans - March 5
- Anthem announces plans to convert to a for-profit - Feb. 26
- Use of physician extenders poses coding problems for practices - Feb. 26
- Doctors find hospitalists save time, money - Feb. 19
- Marketing protocol: A well-planned campaign is essential to your practice's success - Feb. 19
- Georgia fines Cigna for not paying promptly - Feb. 19
- New York mulls IPA reserve requirement - Feb. 19
- New Jersey requires health plans to cover annual physicals - Feb. 19
- Patients bypassing primary doctors for emergency care - Feb. 12
- Physicians finding it hard to drop Aetna's all-products clause - Feb. 12
- Allied forces: Hospital alliances benefit both sides - Feb. 5
- New Jersey loosens HMO drug formularies - Feb. 5
- Physicians, Southwest Texas HMO sue to force Texas IPA into bankruptcy - Feb. 5
- Same-day appointments catching on with doctors - Jan. 29
- Merck-Medco moves generics into drug sampling plan - Jan. 29
- When your HMO or IPA goes bankrupt - Jan. 22
- Physician practices struggling to stay profitable - Jan. 22
- Employers bracing for steep jump in health benefits costs - Jan. 22
- Aetna cuts all-or-nothing arrangements - Jan. 15
- Group of traditional medical practices bucks HMO trend - Jan. 15
- Physicians fight to keep names off premature HMO provider lists - Jan. 15
- Five questions for your future: Control issues - Jan. 1/8
- Florida doctors charge racial discrimination by Humana after being dropped from panel - Jan. 1/8
- California insurer WellPoint boosts bid to seal merger with Georgia Blues - Jan. 1/8
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42% of U.S. adults with complex medical problems had cost-related access issues in the last year.
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Health & Science 2001
- Changes sought to combat drug, vaccine shortages - Dec. 24/31
- Public health: A victim of its own success? - Dec. 24/31
- Studies show pharmaceutical ads piquing patient interest - Dec. 24/31
- Dispatch from the front lines: From Pakistani refugee to APHA chief - Dec. 17
- CDC offers strategy to contain smallpox - Dec. 17
- Number of syphilis cases hits all-time low - Dec. 17
- Doctors warn of Cipro resistance - Dec. 10
- Progress and setbacks in 30 years' war on cancer - Dec. 10
- Statins found to work better in studies than in practice - Dec. 10
- Applying the science: Identifying victims after Sept. 11 - Dec. 3
- FDA to address impairment from OTC, prescription drugs - Dec. 3
- Doctors and patients learning about CF test - Dec. 3
- Physicians focus on hepatitis among African-Americans - Dec. 3
- Unhealthy aftereffects for rescuers and New Yorkers - Nov. 26
- Pharmaceutical fakes, knockoffs a growing problem - Nov. 26
- Researchers look for quicker ways to identify anthrax - Nov. 26
- Shortage feared as flu vaccine strained by anthrax worry - Nov. 19
- Soothing the wounds of war: One physician's journey - Nov. 19
- Problems prompt closer scrutiny of human research - Nov. 19
- How genetic testing is changing medicine - Nov. 19
- Are leaner times ahead for charities? - Nov. 12
- Smallpox vaccine: Balancing the benefits and the risks - Nov. 12
- Researchers say mammography doesn't cut mortality - Nov. 12
- Doctors, health system facing new challenges from anthrax - Nov. 5
- Evolutionary healing: A new -- but old -- approach to care - Nov. 5
- Negating the stigma associated with certain diseases - Nov. 5
- Certification of vitamins seen as way to fill regulatory void - Nov. 5
- FDA vacancy: Is top slot getting too hot? - Oct. 22/29
- Emergency responders assess how the system worked - Oct. 22/29
- Physicians are early warning system against bioterrorism - Oct. 15
- Headaches: A spectrum of pain presents a dilemma for doctors - Oct. 15
- Spirited patriotism boosts blood donations - Oct. 15
- Hawaii reports outbreak of dengue fever - Oct. 15
- Autoimmune diseases could share common genetic etiology - Oct. 8
- Technology triggers debate about uterine fibroid treatment - Oct. 8
- Better follow-up for brain trauma urged - Oct. 8
- A question of male maturation: boys to men too soon? - Oct. 8
- Aftermath of attack on America: Doctors ready; few to save - Oct. 1
- Cardiovascular disease: The heart of the family - Oct. 1
- Health of rural, urban residents lags behind suburbanites, HHS study says - Oct. 1
- WHO plan seeks to stanch global antimicrobial resistance - Oct. 1
- Quick action key to reducing heart attack toll - Oct. 1
- The honeymoon may be over for Viagra - Oct. 1
- Athletes needing asthma drugs face extra hurdles - Sept. 24
- Advances rated by value to patients - Sept. 24
- Institute of Medicine panel wrestles with racial, ethnic disparities in care - Sept. 24
- The invisible caregiver: How can doctors care for them, too? - Sept. 17
- Scientists strive to spare diabetics from the needle - Sept. 17
- Study advances insight into autism's genetic hot spots - Sept. 17
- Orders for flu vaccine maxed out already - Sept. 10
- Promising melanoma predictor studied - Sept. 10
- Antidepressants may ease insomnia in some patients - Sept. 10
- Medical truths are no strangers to fiction - Sept. 10
- Annual screening day focuses on depression - Sept. 10
- Full-body scans: Buying peace of mind - Sept. 3
- Ob-gyns take prenatal care into fast lane - Sept. 3
- Early testing of new drugs remains mostly a guy's game - Sept. 3
- Stem-cell research decision: Some funding, many questions - Aug. 27
- Battling the bulge: Philadelphia trims the fat - Aug. 27
- Hunting for ovarian cancer test - Aug. 27
- Public health urges earlier HIV detection - Aug. 27
- Meningitis: Still a health concern on college campuses - Aug. 27
- Diet and exercise best medicine in preventing diabetes - Aug. 27
- Target prevention: Researching the epidemiology of gun violence - Aug. 20
- Nation's blood supply failing to meet demand - Aug. 20
- Anti-doping efforts look at sports doctors - Aug. 20
- New markers get to the heart of MI screening, diagnosis - Aug. 20
- Time to inject booster of vaccine awareness - Aug. 20
- Texas researchers regroup after Tropical Storm Allison - Aug. 13
- Stem-cell research potential tempered by ethical issues - Aug. 13
- Club drugs more agony than ecstasy for young patients - Aug. 13
- Cultural competency critical in elder care - Aug. 6
- A weighty matter: Obesity, leptin and beyond - Aug. 6
- Education key to safety in substituting diabetes supplies - Aug. 6
- Treatment breaks common in AIDS/HIV care - Aug. 6
- Project seeks osteoarthritis biomarkers - Aug. 6
- Artificial heart still years away for most - July 30
- Recent tragedies focus attention on postpartum depression - July 30
- Puzzling malaise: Unlocking the clues - July 23
- Struggling to seal cracks in the immunization system - July 23
- Heart disease linked to societal disparities - July 23
- Questions swirl around drug ads for patients - July 9/16
- AMA recognizes bullying as public health problem - July 9/16
- Scientists find new directions in cancer battle - July 9/16
- Dr. Corlin takes aim at gun violence - July 9/16
- Changing times: AIDS 20 years later - July 2
- Teacher scores singing songs of sickness - July 2
- Debate flares over family's place in emergency department - July 2
- Return to sender: FDA takes on issue of imported drugs - June 25
- Proteomics: The next frontier in personalized medicine - June 25
- Report targets best practices for postpolio syndrome - June 25
- CDC: Order flu vaccine now for 2001-2002 - June 18
- Where's the nurse? Staffs stretched too thin - June 18
- Beyond cholesterol: New uses for statins - June 18
- Study challenges WHO anemia definition - June 18
- Rough season leads to allergy crunch - June 11
- Gene remedy success brings hope to restore human sight - June 11
- E-health surfers should proceed with caution - June 11
- Managing asthma takes physician diligence - June 11
- Cystic fibrosis: Clearing pathways - June 4
- Supreme Court ruling undermines medical use of marijuana - June 4
- Specialists seek medical answers to organ shortage - June 4
- Extension expected for pediatric drug law - June 4
- Guiding new patients from other countries through the health care labyrinth - May 28
- Ob-gyns address pressure to lower cesarean section rates - May 28
- Cancer drug wins speedy FDA approval - May 28
- Doctors get tips on patient falls prevention - May 28
- Olympic effort: Getting medical care ready for the Games - May 21
- Great minds: Mapping genomes - May 21
- Surgeon general unveils strategy for preventing suicides - May 21
- Advance prescriptions for emergency contraception? - May 21
- Baby boomers need to get, or stay active - May 21
- Potentially addictive medication can present prescribing puzzle - May 14
- Doubt cast on causal link between MMR vaccine and autism - May 14
- Chemotherapy at home improves outcomes - May 14
- Activists want Marlboro Man to ride off into the sunset - May 14
- Looking within: The brain as art - May 7
- CDC's elite investigating corps marks 50th anniversary - May 7
- Federal organ donation initiative is officially launched - May 7
- Census undercount hampers health efforts - May 7
- Doctors play key role in new genetic age - April 23/30
- Mad cow disease could trigger patient concerns - April 23/30
- HPV strain linked to increased mortality from cervical cancer - April 23/30
- New vaccine may boost allergy treatment - April 23/30
- Standardized patients: Uniform medical treatment - April 16
- TB declines in United States, but fight escalates globally - April 16
- Patients respond to good bedside manners - April 16
- Gaps persist in knowledge about women and heart disease - April 16
- Extra medications for sex partners one approach in public health struggle to curb Chlamydia - April 9
- New antiviral drug shows promise in fighting the common cold - April 9
- Pregnancy-related deaths more frequent than reported - April 9
- Is your patient (or child) abusing inhalants? - April 9
- Alzheimer's disease: Mind mysteries - April 2
- Research moves toward malaria vaccine - April 2
- Teens with HIV aren't taking their meds - April 2
- Film mammography still the foundation - April 2
- Bill advances efforts toward FDA regulation of tobacco - April 2
- Pharmaceutical shortfalls trigger treatment dilemmas - March 26
- Pediatricians Reach Out and Read to young patients - March 26
- IOM panel to focus on safety of vaccines - March 26
- FDA may approve new heart drug for blacks - March 26
- Patient orders: When patients ask for specific drugs - March 19
- Tetanus vaccine shortage leads to rationing - March 19
- Feds develop plan in war against antibiotic resistance - March 19
- Effective drug sequencing preserves HIV treatment options - March 19
- Closing the gap on supply and demand for organ donation - March 12
- CDC funds four-year inner-city asthma intervention project - March 12
- Coalition seeks to advance autism research - March 12
- Guidelines may boost cholesterol intervention for more patients - March 12
- Code green: Seeing the side effects of alternative supplements - March 5
- Human genome draft sequence offers clues to health - March 5
- Needles used at home need a place to go - Feb. 26
- California doctors jolted by power crisis - Feb. 26
- Panel urges HHS to require filtering of donated blood - Feb. 26
- Miles to go before I sleep: America is becoming a culture of sleeplessness - Feb. 19
- New care model needed for hip fractures - Feb. 19
- Likelihood of schizophrenia test debated - Feb. 19
- Killing draws public health focus to STDs - Feb. 12
- Diet's role in healing often overlooked - Feb. 12
- AMA, CDC leading the fight against foodborne illness - Feb. 12
- Research challenges theory that weight has a set point - Feb. 12
- Addictive cocktail: Alcoholism and genetics - Feb. 5
- New FDA regulations heighten oversight of tissue banks - Feb. 5
- Links between primary care, addiction services may help treatment - Jan. 29
- Review of popular diets finds many aren't very healthy - Jan. 29
- Health education from television: Patients may bring something from "ER" to exam room - Jan. 29
- Eat your veggies - and lots more of them - Jan. 29
- Air Force physician faces court-martial over refusal to get anthrax vaccine - Jan. 29
- FDA calls for changes in drug labeling - Jan. 22
- A new cardiovascular approach: Eating for life - Jan. 22
- Salmonella showing more resistance to antibiotics - Jan. 22
- Bioimaging research to be focus of new institute at NIH - Jan. 22
- Hospital emergency department capacity may be reaching its limits - Jan. 15
- Health care coalition begins push to end smoking during pregnancy - Jan. 15
- FDA calls for extra labeling for antibacterial drugs - Jan. 15
- New HIV mutation shows resistance to nucleoside analogs - Jan. 15
- Physicians say no to automatic therapeutic drug substitutions - Jan. 1/8
- Flu vaccine: Enough to go around? - Jan. 1/8
- Health disciplines join to curb youth violence - Jan. 1/8
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In a small office, everyone knows each other personally but must work together professionally. How can physicians make sure staff relations are appropriate?
The Medicare physician quality reporting system will use participation in 2013 to determine who will be penalized starting in 2015.
Physicians who provide medical care for themselves or family risk losing objectivity and letting their personal feelings interfere with what is best for the patient.
By enlisting tools that patients can use, a medical practice can become more efficient -- and increase patient satisfaction
Medical staff membership and employment are separate roles. But the worlds can collide in ways that impinge on physicians' rights and privileges if caught unaware.
With expenses rising faster than revenues, how do physicians tighten spending without affecting care? By focusing on little things that end up costing a lot.
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