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Index 2003: News in brief

Government - Profession - Business - Health - 2002 - 2004

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Government & Medicine briefs 2003

• HMO reform back on the menu - Dec. 22/29
• States cut Medicaid - Dec. 22/29
• Pediatric drug testing becomes law - Dec. 22/29
• Medicare bill lifts therapy caps - Dec. 22/29
• Pa. doctors asked to make liability fund payments - Dec. 15
• Federal government netted nearly $2 billion in fraud settlements - Dec. 8
• FTC says MGMA survey isn't price-fixing - Dec. 8
• Global AIDS funding in foreign aid package - Dec. 8
• CMS sets disease management demo - Dec. 1
• Medicare claims-error rate drops - Dec. 1
• Group urges scrutiny of drug program - Dec. 1
• Uninsured to have their day - Dec. 1
• Medicare drug rule on hold - Nov. 24
• Rx Depot ordered to close shop - Nov. 24
• Illinois hospitals investigated - Nov. 24
• High Court to hear right-to-sue cases - Nov. 17
• Abortion ban fight moves to court - Nov. 17
• Senate diet plan - Nov. 17
• Physician numbers growing - Nov. 17
• Wyo. governor pushes tort reform idea - Nov. 17
• NIH creates rare-diseases network - Nov. 17
• Doctors asked to help cure system - Nov. 10
• Medicare "balloons" in 2003 - Nov. 10
• Pressing for mental health parity - Nov. 10
• Senate passes late-term abortion ban - Nov. 3
• Mass. doctors back tort reform bill - Nov. 3
• HHS sets Medicare premiums - Nov. 3
• Drug reimportation savings - Nov. 3
• Medicare offers mediation for complaints about care - Oct. 27
• Medicare to cover LVAD therapy - Oct. 27
• Cash-strapped states shifting Medicaid costs - Oct. 27
• Health insurance tax credit expansion proposed - Oct. 27
• Deadline set in drug reimportation case - Oct. 27
• Calif. Medicaid fraud bill adopted - Oct. 20
• AMA continues tort reform push - Oct. 20
• Calif. employer mandate becomes law - Oct. 20
• Wis. lawmakers vote to preserve injury compensation funds - Oct. 20
• Oregon group proposes tort reform ballot measures - Oct. 20
• U.S. joins suit over Medco's handling of mail-order prescriptions - Oct. 20
• Minnesota charges Glaxo with blocking drug reimportation - Oct. 20
• Insurance mandates increase premiums slightly - Oct. 20
• Health plans weigh in on HIPAA compliance - Oct. 13
• AAHP, HIAA may unify - Oct. 13
• FTC files complaint against Texas doctor group - Oct. 13
• Abortion bill set for conference committee - Oct. 6
• Fewer beneficiaries will lose Medicare health plan in 2004 - Oct. 6
• State court says doctor can be sued for fetus' death - Sept. 22/29
• CMS targets fraud in power wheelchair industry - Sept. 22/29
• NIH seeking applicants for loan repayment programs - Sept. 22/29
• Health insurance premiums up in 2003 - Sept. 22/29
• FMA says patients should keep more of lawsuit awards - Sept. 22/29
• Medicare makes changes to EMTALA - Sept. 15
• CMS provides online automated edits - Sept. 15
• Calif. physician pleads guilty to Medicare fraud - Sept. 15
• Medicare OKs emphysema treatment - Sept. 8
• Court rules in favor of Fla. patients' right-to-sue law - Sept. 8
• Medical centers must file electronic cost reports - Sept. 8
• Medicare plans to boost payments for pneumonia shots - Sept. 1
• Texas HMO case gets new attention - Sept. 1
• Federal tort reform shouldn't override state laws, group says - Sept. 1
• CMS issues interim HIPAA rule on Medicare paper claims - Sept. 1
• Freed-up SCHIP funds will help Medicaid, CBO says - Sept. 1
• Government announces Alzheimer's disease grants - Sept. 1
• Doctors call for national health plan - Aug. 25
• Medicare revises payments for new outpatient drugs and technology - Aug. 25
• Medicare coverage boosts access to preventive services - Aug. 25
• Medicare expands lipids testing coverage - Briefs Aug. 18
• Bill offers lawsuit alternatives - Briefs Aug. 18
• Patient safety materials available - Briefs Aug. 18
• Alaska project makes medication available in remote towns - Briefs Aug. 18
• Bill would protect Medicare coverage for disabled workers - Briefs Aug. 18
• Lawmakers agree on red-tape reduction in Medicare bill - Aug. 11
• Congress flooded with Medicare prescription drug studies - Aug. 11
• States pass a flurry of tort reform legislation - Aug. 11
• Pa. bill would give judges more say - Aug. 4
• Bill aims to shield food industry from obesity suits - Aug. 4
• Congress wrangling over drug importation bill - Aug. 4
• CBO takes another look at association health plans - Aug. 4
• Fund calls for immediate Medicare eligibility for disabled - July 28
• Ad war going on over drug reimportation - July 28
• State law determines application of damage award cap - July 28
• Justice Dept. joins Medicare fraud suit against Cleveland hospitals - July 21
• Medicaid drug costs investigated - July 14
• HHS backs electronic records system - July 14
• Government funds awarded for HIV/AIDS care - July 14
• Physicians worry about legal consequences of medical privacy law - July 7
• Doctors call for HIPAA extension - July 7
• AMA asked to study HMO act's impact - July 7
• AMA to help in efforts to rebuild Iraqi health infrastructure - July 7
• Doctors seek change to allow free care for Medicare, Medicaid patients - July 7
• House passes association health plan bill - July 7
• Medicare widens ICD coverage - July 7
• Bill would bar boutique practices from billing Medicare - July 7
• Pa. house acts on malpractice award cap - June 30
• Texas physician group settles FTC charges - June 30
• Medicare drug bill to include geographic payment equity - June 23
• House passes abortion bill - June 23
• The cost of universal insurance - June 23
• Nebraska high court upholds malpractice award caps - June 23
• Health coverage bill offered in House - June 23
• Judge gives class-action status to Oklahoma Medicaid lawsuit - June 23
• Lawmakers call for Medicare physician formula changes - June 16
• Medicare recoups more fraud dollars than Medicaid - June 16
• Physicians plead for Medicare carrier funding - June 16
• Medicare rules bad for the uninsured - June 16
• Congress drops Medicare rural payment fairness - June 16
• Pa. liability premium plan does not fit all - June 2/9
• Supreme Court gives go-ahead to Maine drug program - June 2/9
• Web sites warned against claims of SARS cures - May 26
• Obesity costs nation billions - May 26
• Senators call for Medicaid help - May 26
• Taxol maker settles charges of blocking generic alternative - May 26
• Court upholds HIPAA privacy rules - May 19
• Bill would give self-employed a tax break on insurance - May 19
• Money for global HIV efforts - May 19
• Medicare broadens PET coverage - May 12
• First verdict under Texas HMO liability law is upheld - May 12
• Physician named to CMS medical post - May 12
• U.S. government renovates women's hospital in Afghanistan - May 5
• HHS looks to boost preventive health measures - May 5
• Drugmakers settle Medicaid drug pricing lawsuit - May 5
• Smallpox compensation plan OK'd - April 28
• HIPAA help for researchers - April 28
• Federal court upholds Michigan Medicaid drug program - April 21
• CMS names deputy chief medical officer - April 21
• Medicare drug benefit offers savings for Medicaid - April 21
• Calif. Sen. Feinstein drops tort reform bill, for now - April 14
• Oklahoma pediatricians' Medicaid lawsuit sent to mediation - April 14
• Lawmakers seek to expand self-referral ban - April 14
• Paperwork burden bill advances - April 7
• Advocate for physician issues answers call to duty - April 7
• Bill aims to boost colorectal screening - April 7
• Tax credit bill introduced - April 7
• Florida medical center settles fraud charges - April 7
• HEALTH Act heads toward House floor - March 24/31
• Rehnquist resigns as HHS IG - March 24/31
• CMS plans disease-management demo - March 24/31
• Movie ad to call attention to uninsured - March 24/31
• Medicare participation deadline extended - March 17
• Mental health parity makes a comeback - March 17
• Government hearings explore competition in health care - March 17
• House hears arguments on medical liability bill - March 17
• Government issues guidelines for HIV/AIDS palliative care - March 10
• Kaiser study takes aim at Mich. Medicaid drug program - March 10
• Quality clearinghouse established - March 10
• Calif. single-payer bill offered - March 10
• HIPAA security rule finalized - March 3
• Inadequate access for poor children - March 3
• Settlement in Cardizem lawsuit - March 3
• N.J. lawmakers offer liability reform bill - Feb. 24
• OIG calls for equal payments for outpatient, ASC services - Feb. 24
• Kansas mulls tax on drugs - Feb. 24
• Medicare tells carriers to change claims payment rates in July - Feb. 17
• CMS awards contract to upgrade claims-processing technology - Feb. 17
• Blues assail association health plans - Feb. 17
• Voters want health reform details from presidential candidates - Feb. 17
• Brochure offers help on advance beneficiary notices - Feb. 10
• Supreme Court to rule on legality of Maine prescription drug program - Feb. 10
• Out-of-pocket Medicare costs vary - Feb. 10
• Bush budget would boost funding for generic drug approvals - Feb. 10
• Ohio tort reform signed into law - Feb. 3
• Pa. mulls bill on lawsuit award caps - Feb. 3
• VA freezes some health enrollment - Feb. 3
• Stark: Hospital oversight plan flawed - Feb. 3
• Calif. sues pharmaceutical makers over Medicaid drug pricing - Feb. 3
• West Virginia governor proposes tort reforms to help doctors - Jan. 27
• More federal Medicaid funds proposed - Jan. 27
• Appeals court upholds Texas independent review law - Jan. 27
• Maine drug assistance program struck down by appeals court - Jan. 27
• HCA tentatively agrees to multimillion fraud settlement - Jan. 27
• Medicare OKs covering oxygen therapy for diabetes-related leg wounds - Jan. 27
• CMS delays cap on physical therapy - Jan. 27
• CMS extends grandfathering of independent pathology labs - Jan. 27
• Medicare cut to hit claims processed after March 1 - Jan. 20
• Medicare now covers anticoagulation monitoring - Jan. 20
• Justice Dept. orders N.C. IPO to dissolve - Jan. 20
• Governors give states advice for dealing with the liability crisis - Jan. 13
• Mich. pediatricians, advocates can move ahead with Medicaid suit - Jan. 13
• Physician groups to appeal ruling against drug testing in children - Jan. 13
• AMA delegates seek to protect prompt-pay laws from ERISA challenge - Jan. 6
• Patients or insurers should pay for interpreters, AMA house says - Jan. 6
• Doctors want more HIPAA changes - Jan. 6
• Signature drive forces Nevada tort reform vote - Jan. 6
• Employers eye cuts in retiree benefits - Jan. 6
• Rules proposed for religious organizations accepting HHS funds - Jan. 6

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Professional Issues briefs 2003

• Group's guidelines part of workers' compensation reform - Dec. 22/29
• Vermont Medical Society council settles assisted-suicide controversy - Dec. 22/29
• Better reporting brings more reports - Dec. 15
• New guide helps physicians treat psychiatric conditions - Dec. 15
• AMA Foundation awards scholarships - Dec. 15
• ATRA releases report on judicial "hellholes" - Dec. 15
• No action on organ donation bill - Dec. 8
• JCAHO approves strengthened infection-control standards - Dec. 8
• N.H. parental notification law challenged - Dec. 8
• NIH increases number of student loan repayment awards - Dec. 1
• Fla. doctors still likely to see increase in liability premiums - Dec. 1
• Family medicine journal to expand - Dec. 1
• Interest in living wills booming - Dec. 1
• Hospital staff lawsuit OK'd - Nov. 24
• Government to retry pain specialist - Nov. 24
• O'Neill named new CEO of PRHI - Nov. 24
• Physicians, Humana settle lawsuit - Nov. 17
• Alliance, med students to put on fun run - Nov. 17
• Human stem cell trials might be 5 years away, but some doubt - Nov. 17
• California resident program given breathing room - Nov. 17
• Missouri physicians take "flight" - Nov. 10
• Surgeons are volunteering - Nov. 10
• Harvard takes pains to avoid OxyContin controversy - Nov. 10
• CME group seeks international ties - Nov. 10
• Web site on resident class-action lawsuit debuts - Nov. 10
• European Union seeks to stop "transplant tourism" - Nov. 10
• Surgeons install new president - Nov. 10
• Student group wins dollars for leadership - Nov. 10
• Teaching hospitals to report quality measures - Nov. 3
• Study supports Pa. liability cap - Nov. 3
• Bioethics council releases biotech report - Nov. 3
• Emergency physicians group selects new leaders - Nov. 3
• Nev. wait-time lawsuit settled - Oct. 27
• Beleaguered Calif. hospital exec resigns - Oct. 27
• Federal government investigates medical student survey - Oct. 27
• 18 types of hospital injuries lead to almost 33,000 deaths - Oct. 27
• Minnesota surgeon, teacher elected president of otolaryngology group - Oct. 27
• Quality improvement seen as more promising than breakthroughs - Oct. 27
• Eisenberg Award winners named - Oct. 20
• RWJ releases medical liability study - Oct. 20
• NIH has ideas for spurring research - Oct. 20
• NIH awards grants for stem cell research - Oct. 20
• Georgia physician gets award from family physician group - Oct. 20
• Wis. physician does well in pageant - Oct. 13
• Another liability carrier exits market - Oct. 13
• Harvard to open new department - Oct. 13
• Michigan makes donor decision final - Oct. 13
• Another five OxyContin cases dismissed - Oct. 13
• Doctor's verdict victory tossed out - Oct. 6
• Court decision brings tax relief to Mayo's medical residents - Oct. 6
• Drug companies still going all out with free meals - Oct. 6
• Arizona board selects new leaders - Oct. 6
• Man who killed physician executed - Sept. 22/29
• Family physicians name quality leader - Sept. 22/29
• AMA offers pain-management CME - Sept. 22/29
• Medical students have longer lives - Sept. 15
• Florida board applauds internist - Sept. 15
• New liability insurer emerges - Sept. 15
• Group gives thumbs-down to survey - Sept. 15
• Dr. Palmisano's inaugural address published in Vital Speeches - Sept. 8
• CMA says Healthcare Partners should get MICRA protection - Sept. 8
• Palliative care centers get funds to teach others - Sept. 8
• Osteopathic physicians group installs president - Sept. 8
• More OxyContin lawsuits dismissed - Sept. 8
• Virginia creates online donor registry - Sept. 8
• AMA crisis map goes interactive - Sept. 1
• Survey says residents could use more technology to trim paperwork time - Sept. 1
• National Medical Assn. selects new physician leader - Sept. 1
• British scientists create country's first embryonic stem cell line - Sept. 1
• Osteopathic group launches quality assessment program - Aug. 25
• Calif. offers loan repayment program - Aug. 25
• State Dept. puts students first in line - Aug. 25
• Quality is good, if someone else pays - Aug. 25
• Six cases against Purdue Pharma dropped - Aug. 25
• AMA, CMA weigh in on staff governance - Briefs Aug. 18
• Pa. Medical Society calls for end to lawsuit abuse - Briefs Aug. 18
• Commission proposes rule to protect medical staff self-governance - Briefs Aug. 18
• Illinois bill takes doctors out of executions - Briefs Aug. 18
• Universal protocol could prevent wrong surgeries - Briefs Aug. 18
• AHA gives recognition for creating culture of patient safety - Briefs Aug. 18
• Aetna class-action notice in the mail - Aug. 11
• Survey shows journals better source of drug information than drug reps - Aug. 11
• Citizen group says medical schools' survey is unethical - Aug. 11
• "Right-to-die" group changes name - Aug. 11
• Damage cap gets public support in Fla. - Aug. 4
• AMA spearheads professionalism effort in medical schools - Aug. 4
• AHRQ budget may freeze at 2003 level - Aug. 4
• Texas Medical Assn. Foundation picks new leadership - Aug. 4
• CIGNA on track to settlement - July 28
• Wyoming added to medical-liability crisis list - July 28
• ACGME allows some specialty-related changes to duty-hour rules - July 28
• Family physicians to distribute new waiting room publication - July 28
• Illinois medical liability fight to be reenergized - July 28
• New FSU medical school gets provisional accreditation - July 21
• West Virginia launches liability cap - July 21
• UNOS acts to aid living organ donors - July 21
• Guidelines set on gifts from patients - July 14
• Genetic counseling guidelines amended - July 14
• Consent required for filming - July 14
• AMA opposes plan for Mexican doctors - July 14
• Visa waiver program reopens - July 14
• Internal medicine board selects new president - July 14
• Lawsuit against insurer settled - July 14
• Safety foundation calls for more action, fewer mandates - July 14
• Florida cracks down on unlicensed health care - July 14
• New Florida State University medical school moves forward - July 14
• AMA elects new leaders - July 7
• Foundation presents Dr. Davis awards - July 7
• AMA wants no doctor harassment over pain medication - July 7
• House panel hears arguments on organ donation incentives - June 30
• S.C. doctor took his life 3 months after guilty plea - June 30
• Liability fees spur more locum tenens - June 30
• Urologists paying more in liability insurance - June 30
• Wisconsin malpractice compensation fund to stay intact - June 23
• Columbia group and PRN join forces - June 23
• Washington doctors rally for reform - June 23
• New damage caps study released - June 23
• Florida OKs organ donation law - June 23
• California family physicians pick new leaders - June 23
• Toronto medical students cope with SARS - June 23
• N.Y. physicians rally for tort reform - June 16
• More OxyContin lawsuits dismissed - June 16
• One-quarter of residents regret choosing medicine - June 16
• New medical school set for Ontario - June 16
• Award to recognize end-of-life care - June 16
• 10% of carotid endarterectomies deemed inappropriate - June 2/9
• Study helps predict suit-prone traits - June 2/9
• Massachusetts Medical Society picks new leaders - June 2/9
• AMA offers CME on physician gifts - June 2/9
• Michigan Medical Society names new president - June 2/9
• Rx-monitoring bill fails in Florida - June 2/9
• Commission focuses on diversity among health care workers - May 26
• ACCME alters accreditation policy - May 26
• New group offers accreditation for human research programs - May 26
• Calif. medical board begins collecting physician data - May 26
• Number of incisions at issue in N.Y. payment lawsuit - May 26
• Mich. abortion law language clarified - May 26
• Some medical problems appear global - May 26
• Physician-owned insurer to raise rates - May 19
• Medicine pushes national tort reform - May 19
• Health corps opens to chiropractors - May 19
• Federation of State Medical Boards elects new officers - May 19
• HHS Secretary Thompson wants hospitals to boost organ donations - May 19
• Beauty queen joins tort reform push - May 12
• Tort reform battle moves to television - May 12
• Texas society installs new president - May 12
• ACGME seeks nominations for "Courage to Teach" award - May 12
• Specter urges changes to federal stem cell research policy - May 12
• Leapfrog revises standards - May 5
• Many Texas doctors changing practice - May 5
• Accreditation group will begin unannounced surveys in 2006 - May 5
• Dolly's remains put on display - May 5
• AAMC sues test-prep company - April 28
• Pa. liability task force makes recommendations - April 28
• ACP officers installed - April 28
• CMA taps new leaders - April 21
• Texas House supports liability caps - April 21
• On-call coverage problem in Calif. - April 21
• Most hospitals disclose harm - April 21
• Anesthesiologists ask Colorado court to intervene - April 14
• Survey says rural areas short on surgeons - April 14
• Singers and musicians wanted for VA musical group - April 14
• Texans support liability cap - April 7
• Anti-abortion activist found guilty of killing doctor - April 7
• DeVry buys Ross University - April 7
• Pennsylvania MCARE relief guaranteed through June - March 24/31
• Delta Regional Authority to seek J-1 visa waivers - March 24/31
• New Hampshire Medical Society has new president - March 24/31
• Doctors trusted to write right prescription - March 24/31
• Rallies for tort reform continue in Illinois, Florida - March 17
• Ohio judge OKs lawsuit against health plans - March 17
• N.C. physician legislators sponsor anti-assisted-suicide bill - March 17
• N.C. medical society wins kudos for charity care project - March 17
• Alliance for CME adds research arm - March 17
• Johns Hopkins pays $800,000 after Medicare audit - March 10
• Med schools support Michigan's diversity policy - March 10
• Calif. doctors donate day for child surgeries - March 10
• No affidavit necessary in N.J. case - March 10
• Temple to start 2nd year of probation - March 10
• AMA honors public officials with Nathan Davis Awards - March 3
• Clinical skills test moves forward - March 3
• Physicians Who Care dissolves - March 3
• Fla. task force issues liability recommendations - Feb. 24
• Pa. plaintiffs need certificate of merit - Feb. 24
• Loan program consolidates medical school debt - Feb. 24
• Patient Safety Awareness Week approaching - Feb. 24
• Minn. medical society names new leader - Feb. 24
• Minn. plan for statewide medical database faces opposition - Feb. 24
• Nevada still has medical liability problems - Feb. 17
• California Physician Corps opens for applicants - Feb. 17
• Proposed law could limit prisoners' access to donated organs - Feb. 17
• Access hurt in liability crisis states - Feb. 10
• Bioethics council discusses organ donation incentives - Feb. 10
• Oregon surgeon honored for advocacy on transportation safety - Feb. 10
• CMA looks at liability concerns - Feb. 3
• Joint Commission to honor quality care improvements - Feb. 3
• ACGME names award winners - Feb. 3
• Former Treasury secretary rejoins patient safety group - Feb. 3
• N.M. doctors to cut patient hours - Jan. 27
• Australian doctor pledges to produce suicide machines - Jan. 27
• Tyson Foods sued for misleading consumers - Jan. 27
• OxyContin lawsuit dismissed - Jan. 27
• Two Florida physicians win award - Jan. 27
• Panel will decide which court hears CIGNA settlement - Jan. 20
• Haiku winners ponder work hours - Jan. 20
• Ophthalmologists to fight subpoena - Jan. 20
• New Hampshire physician to get trial - Jan. 20
• AAMC launches medical education institute - Jan. 13
• Joint Commission names chair - Jan. 13
• AMA to develop model office-based surgery regulation - Jan. 13
• AMA to increase physician role and awareness of organ donation - Jan. 13
• Medical college group names chair-elect - Jan. 13
• AMA wants new immunity legislation - Jan. 6
• AMA concerned about effect of law on medical education - Jan. 6
• Minnesota makes organ donor decisions binding - Jan. 6
• Ore. governor apologizes for eugenics - Jan. 6
• Dr. Eisenberg posthumously honored by Joint Commission - Jan. 6
• Australia passes law allowing embryonic stem cell research - Jan. 6

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Business briefs 2003

• HealthSouth board members to be replaced - Dec. 22/29
• Poll: More favor nonprofit plans - Dec. 22/29
• Tenet completes sale of 4 Ark. hospitals - Dec. 22/29
• Quality group hands out first checks - Dec. 15
• Portable EMR closer to reality - Dec. 15
• Tenet affiliates subpoenaed - Dec. 15
• Pay up for physician executives - Dec. 8
• MedCath Corp. reports loss - Dec. 8
• Guidant, GE Medical form alliance - Dec. 8
• Symbion refiles IPO - Dec. 8
• Anthem-WellPoint deal attracts suit - Dec. 1
• ID theft clearinghouse created - Dec. 1
• Boston hospitals set up $3 million challenge - Dec. 1
• GE Healthcare buys HPSC - Dec. 1
• Physician-owned MSO acquires EMR - Dec. 1
• Health venture capital up - Nov. 24
• Epic, Philips strike integration deal - Nov. 24
• Online pharmacy targets rogues - Nov. 24
• Insurers give breaks to members - Nov. 24
• Heart hospital pulls ads - Nov. 24
• Minnesota Blues lays off workers - Nov. 24
• Business groups fight insurance law - Nov. 24
• Earnings, income up for Select Medical - Nov. 17
• U.S. Oncology income grows - Nov. 17
• SureScript certifies software - Nov. 17
• Medco income goes up - Nov. 10
• Former McKesson official pleads guilty - Nov. 10
• WebMD acquires Medifax-EDI - Nov. 10
• MGMA, ACC forge partnership - Nov. 10
• Magellan reorg plan approved - Nov. 3
• Tenet receives another subpoena - Nov. 3
• Big gains for small-group administrators - Nov. 3
• WebMD issues profit warning - Nov. 3
• New stent helps Johnson & Johnson - Nov. 3
• Physician appraisals not common - Oct. 27
• Board member leaves HealthSouth - Oct. 27
• MarketRx secures financing - Oct. 27
• Study tracks online prescriptions - Oct. 20
• 2 more HealthSouth executives resign - Oct. 20
• Tenet counsel resigns - Oct. 20
• OrthoNeuro changes name, focus - Oct. 20
• HealthGate to buy EBM Solutions - Oct. 20
• Blues association launches new site - Oct. 13
• URAC rolls out site service - Oct. 13
• MedPlus, RxHub form alliance - Oct. 13
• Tech group rejects EMR standard - Oct. 13
• N.C. group makes up with Blues - Oct. 6
• HealthSouth draws more scrutiny - Oct. 6
• More consider consumer-driven plans - Oct. 6
• Fetter stays as Tenet CEO - Oct. 6
• Plans less restrictive, more profitable - Oct. 6
• Alabama Blues target uninsured - Oct. 6
• Wound care market expected to slow - Oct. 6
• Disease management vendor sold - Oct. 6
• Money given for e-health projects - Oct. 6
• Tenet hospital may be excluded from Medicare - Sept. 22/29
• New exec pay rules in place - Sept. 22/29
• Federal authorities investigate WebMD - Sept. 22/29
• Caremark acquires AdvancePCS - Sept. 22/29
• Zix buys maker of antispam software - Sept. 22/29
• HealthSouth executive resigns - Sept. 15
• Venture capital investment up - Sept. 15
• New name for Palm - Sept. 15
• Ex-NCFE exec pleads guilty to fraud - Sept. 8
• More claims filed against Tenet - Sept. 8
• Study claims ED boon, not bane - Sept. 1
• Fla. seeks info on Tenet - Sept. 1
• Wis. businesses set fees for physicians - Sept. 1
• Pain management practice sold - Sept. 1
• Heart drug market set to grow - Sept. 1
• Patient monitoring equipment industry growing rapidly, analysts say - Aug. 25
• MedCath reports drop in net income - Aug. 25
• More guilty pleas from former HealthSouth executives - Aug. 25
• Impath probes possible accounting irregularities - Aug. 25
• Successful debut for Netgear - Aug. 25
• Tufts steps up e-prescribing - Briefs Aug. 18
• Tenet names new leader - Briefs Aug. 18
• Tech spending increase predicted - Briefs Aug. 18
• RelayHealth secures venture capital - Briefs Aug. 18
• Mass. Blues pays physician bonuses - Aug. 11
• AAFP EMR project targets small practices - Aug. 11
• HMO rates keep going up - Aug. 11
• Mich. passes small business insurance bill - Aug. 11
• HMOs given no-confidence vote - Aug. 4
• Allscripts makes two acquisitions - Aug. 4
• CareFirst, leaders face fines - July 28
• SEC investigates Tenet - July 28
• Study: Emergency physicians' pay up - July 28
• GE Medical adds to product line - July 28
• CalPERS rate hike at 18% - July 21
• Legislation brings insurer back to N.H. - July 21
• Blues administrative expenses up - July 21
• Calif. proposes patient rights signs - July 21
• HCA cuts staff at headquarters - July 21
• Baxter plans to cut 2,500 jobs - July 21
• DMS acquires medical supplier - July 21
• Tenet issues earnings warning - July 14
• Analysts see booming migraine market - July 14
• Maryland starts contract help service - July 14
• MDeverywhere acquires Med e-Manager - July 14
• HealthSouth's Scrushy wants immunity - July 7
• Physicians deluged with drug queries - July 7
• Misys buys Per-Se line - July 7
• WebMD buys outsourcing vendor - July 7
• MyDoc.com sold - June 30
• HealthSouth keeps Alabama hospital - June 23
• Charge results in loss for Calif. IPA - June 23
• Canadian company wants Magellan - June 16
• Investors in NCFE sue its bankers - June 16
• Urologix CEO steps down - June 16
• Nephrology company names new head - June 16
• U.S. Oncology reports dramatic gain in first quarter results - June 2/9
• Tenet records losses - June 2/9
• NDCHealth buys TechRX - June 2/9
• Justice Dept. OKs HCA fraud fine - May 26
• Louisiana proposes hospital bill - May 26
• Smaller loss for WebMD - May 26
• Study says EMR worth cost - May 26
• N.M. IPA settles price-fixing charge - May 26
• United Surgical posts income gain - May 26
• Illinois Blues offers quality pay - May 19
• Report details drug marketing costs - May 19
• Study: Calif. review not working - May 19
• Health Net sues over sex-change case - May 19
• Internet fraud soars - May 12
• Palm heads into Wi-Fi market - May 12
• Sales up, earnings down for Edwards - May 12
• MedImmune completes turnaround - May 12
• Laserscope makes gain in first quarter - May 12
• Hospitalist company expands further into Texas - May 5
• Stanford sells Internet-based service - May 5
• Vascular Solutions reports sales gain, overall loss in first quarter - May 5
• HCA Inc. cuts jobs - May 5
• Florida allows RxNetwork to continue operating - May 5
• Quintiles accepts buyout offer - May 5
• Surveys: Online pharmacies lacking - April 28
• IDX sells transcription subsidiary - April 28
• New HIPAA site for physicians - April 28
• Growth still expected in CABG - April 28
• MedCath issues profit warning - April 28
• Doctors' real-dollar income falls - April 21
• HCA-Health Midwest deal completed - April 21
• Cerner stock hammered - April 21
• HealthSouth CEO ousted - April 14
• Mass. Blues wants corporate change - April 14
• Cholesterol drug clogs sales time - April 14
• Mass. Blues pay for online consult - April 7
• Interventional cardiology poised for growth - April 7
• Hospitals feel sick in the wallet - April 7
• Quadramed delisted - April 7
• HCA expands charity care - April 7
• Adam in the red - April 7
• Big market for anti-obesity drugs - March 24/31
• Atlanta hospital holds recruitment Webcast - March 24/31
• Kaiser posts smaller profit - March 24/31
• Medix cancels merger with PocketScript - March 24/31
• PacifiCare releases hospital index - March 24/31
• R.I. proposes reimportation bill - March 17
• IMS, Harris form alliance - March 17
• Calif. EDs hit on uncompensated care - March 17
• N.C. Blues deal may be delayed - March 10
• Medical REIT buys rival - March 10
• Study: Doctors save with computers - March 10
• Justice Dept. joins Highmark case - March 3
• Workers want balance - March 3
• Wash. HMO relents on alternative health - March 3
• PT, x-ray boost orthopedic revenue - Feb. 24
• MedCath reports lower net income - Feb. 24
• GE sells PocketChart - Feb. 24
• Merger volume up in 4th quarter - Feb. 17
• Market growing for equipment leasing - Feb. 17
• Tenet settles with patients - Feb. 17
• ADAM transfers stock listing - Feb. 17
• Cerner issues earnings - Feb. 17
• Group offers HIPAA accreditation - Feb. 17
• Consumers rate their health plans - Feb. 10
• Kaiser puts guidelines online - Feb. 10
• Missouri, Kansas at odds over HCA deal - Feb. 10
• Two Calif. internists sue online health firm - Feb. 3
• Health care second to tax reform in small business owner concerns - Feb. 3
• Pfizer to add bar codes to medications - Feb. 3
• IDX, Misys sign with WebMD - Jan. 27
• GE unions walk out over benefits - Jan. 27
• eBay health insurance a go - Jan. 27
• CareScience transfers stock - Jan. 27
• Paradigm acquires Paidos - Jan. 27
• HCA taps head of Midwest division - Jan. 27
• Poll: Americans see higher health costs - Jan. 20
• More patients check out practice Web sites - Jan. 13
• Md. group offers plan for uninsured - Jan. 6
• Biotech fund raises $900 million - Jan. 6
• Health info firm makes acquisition - Jan. 6
• Net equipment sellers merge - Jan. 6
• N.C. opens managed care agency - Jan. 6

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Health & Science briefs 2003

• Virtual colonoscopy as polyp detector - Dec. 22/29
• Legislation could aid transplant access - Dec. 22/29
• West Nile: The conquering virus - Dec. 22/29
• JFK's neurosurgeon offers new information about assassination - Dec. 15
• Ebola vaccine trials under way - Dec. 15
• Overscreening in older women - Dec. 15
• Wyeth announces delays in pneumococcal vaccine delivery - Dec. 8
• Young breast cancer survivors more likely to face problems - Dec. 8
• Hepatitis A outbreak - Dec. 1
• Substance abusers more likely to have other disorders - Dec. 1
• Hepatitis C vaccine study announced - Dec. 1
• AIDS vaccine fails in phase III trials - Dec. 1
• Diabetes hits all-time high - Dec. 1
• Most women have symptoms other than chest pain before heart attacks - Nov. 24
• Troubles of American teens - Nov. 24
• A doctor's conflict of interest does not keep patients from clinical trials - Nov. 24
• Infants who are comforted cry less during shots - Nov. 24
• Hypertension study targets younger black men - Nov. 17
• Ipecac is out for poisons - Nov. 17
• Diet, exercise can reduce cancer risk - Nov. 17
• FDR may not have had polio - Nov. 17
• Slowing Alzheimer's - Nov. 10
• Vaccine rumors - Nov. 10
• Tri-monthly contraceptive may be cost-effective - Nov. 10
• Medical societies release obesity, overweight treatment guides - Nov. 10
• Lung cancer screening associated with smoking cessation - Nov. 3
• Public health response to anthrax was good; clinicians hard to reach - Nov. 3
• HHS awards millions for primary care AIDS/HIV prevention and treatment - Nov. 3
• Flu vaccines for the youngest kids - Nov. 3
• No link between flu vaccine and MS relapses, report finds - Oct. 27
• Education campaign improves stroke treatment - Oct. 27
• NHGRI launches hunt for functional genes - Oct. 27
• Neurologists issue guideline for Guillain-Barré - Oct. 20
• New organ donation campaign launched - Oct. 20
• SARS virus capable of quick change - Oct. 20
• Hands-on exam key to care of hospitalized patients - Oct. 20
• Killers of American doctor in Yemen sentenced to death - Oct. 13
• Half-hour of recreation reduces risk of diabetes at any weight - Oct. 13
• Investment in tobacco-control programs rubs out cigarette sales - Oct. 13
• Grants to support research on drug-resistant bacteria - Oct. 13
• FDA approves first drug in new class of antibiotics - Oct. 6
• Stressful life events, infections worsen MS symptoms - Oct. 6
• Posttreatment ulcer-prevention therapy may not be necessary - Oct. 6
• One more reason to get a flu shot - Sept. 22/29
• Opiate-addiction treatments prove successful - Sept. 22/29
• Health disparities in managing blood pressure, cholesterol - Sept. 15
• Pneumonia in the military - Sept. 15
• CDC releases vaccine storage guidelines for power outages - Sept. 15
• ED admissions for drug use increase - Sept. 15
• High coronary calcium score increases risk of death - Sept. 8
• Depression doubles risk of death after bypass surgery - Sept. 8
• Aging boomers seeking more care - Sept. 1
• Simplified migraine screening - Sept. 1
• GAO lists federal programs to address health disparities - Aug. 25
• Ebola vaccine effective in monkeys - Aug. 25
• Bioterror preparedness might detract from core public health goals - Aug. 25
• Physician handbook on older driver safety available - Briefs Aug. 18
• NIH reorganization suggested - Briefs Aug. 18
• Guidelines needed for body scan businesses - Briefs Aug. 18
• SARS could still pose challenges - Briefs Aug. 18
• HIV diagnoses rise - Aug. 11
• Teens find ways around anti-smoking laws - Aug. 11
• Accelerated head growth might suggest autism - Aug. 4
• Vitamins as cancer prevention questioned - Aug. 4
• Smallpox vaccine studies fill some information gaps - July 28
• Little benefit from red clover - July 28
• Gene abnormality found in colon cancer patients - July 28
• Dementia delayed in those with more learning - July 28
• JAMA study describes depression treatment in minority women - July 21
• CDC tips on hot pool fun in the summertime - July 21
• Cesarean deliveries at all-time high - July 14
• FDA approves nasal flu vaccine - July 14
• Walking and diabetes - July 14
• Safety issues for older drivers - July 7
• Study to look at incidence of autism - July 7
• Reducing adolescent hormone abuse - July 7
• Fewer EDs, more visits - June 30
• Men's breast cancer detected later than women's - June 30
• CDC notes high costs of intimate partner violence - June 30
• Hypertension and eye disease linked - June 23
• Breast cancer survivors may have lower heart attack risk - June 23
• Bacteria-eating virus, not germs, spread disease in day-care setting - June 23
• Counterfeit Lipitor alert - June 16
• Season's first human West Nile cases reported - June 16
• AMA questions health claims on food labels - June 16
• Birthing matters: When a car becomes a "family" car - June 16
• IOM recommends CDC halt smallpox vaccination program - June 16
• Head injuries and Parkinson's disease connection - June 2/9
• Antibiotic effective treatment for TB - June 2/9
• Adverse cardiac events connected to smallpox vaccine increase - June 2/9
• NIH funds six new autism centers - June 2/9
• Most Americans are active - June 2/9
• New arthritis drugs not as cost-effective as old standards - June 2/9
• More smallpox funds from HHS - May 26
• Few people know TIA symptoms - May 26
• Smoking cessation for parents reduces chance kids will use tobacco - May 26
• Many people with joint problems never see a doctor - May 26
• Low-income African-Americans recover more slowly from stroke - May 26
• Florence Nightingale bipolar? - May 19
• Prevnar hailed as a success - May 19
• Stroke centers help rural physicians - May 19
• HHS marks 50th anniversary - May 19
• Intimate partner violence costs billions, says CDC - May 19
• CDC expands groups targeted for early flu vaccinations - May 12
• Mammography decreases breast cancer deaths - May 12
• Baby teeth a haven for stem cells - May 12
• High fiber means low cancer - May 12
• Drug spurs diabetes prevention - May 12
• Progeria gene found - May 5
• Newborn screening varies by state - May 5
• Flu shots do double-duty for seniors - May 5
• Risk factors prevalent in women who have fatal heart attacks - May 5
• Snoring and chronic headaches linked - May 5
• Little-understood receptor may play key role in obesity - May 5
• Human genome fully sequenced - April 28
• Antidepressant use by new mothers does not affect infant weight gain - April 28
• Prescribing exercise to patients can increase physical activity, well-being - April 28
• Keep potassium iodide handy if a nuclear plant is nearby - April 28
• Men get depressed, too, NIMH reports - April 21
• Increased use of broad-spectrum antibiotics adds to resistance risk - April 21
• Forced reporting of seizures bad for doctor-patient relationship - April 21
• Botulinum toxin improves quality of life for kids with cerebral palsy - April 21
• Smallpox vaccine deferrals - April 14
• Government seeks billions from tobacco companies - April 14
• TB rates hit all-time low, but pockets of infection remain - April 14
• Childbirth morbidity more frequent than expected - April 14
• AMA's child auto safety brochure starts third print run - April 7
• HRT has no beneficial effect on general health, study finds - April 7
• Race and pain - April 7
• Scientists to sequence cow genome - March 24/31
• More tummies getting tucked - March 24/31
• Aerobic exercise safe, beneficial for heart failure patients - March 24/31
• Aspirin a day may keep polyps away - March 24/31
• Mummy has modern maladies - March 17
• Rapid test for West Nile in humans due soon - March 17
• Few deaths are linked to oxycodone abuse by itself - March 17
• HHS contracting for safer smallpox vaccines - March 17
• OxyContin ads pulled - March 10
• Colds cost $40 billion annually - March 10
• Smallpox vaccinations uneventful - March 10
• Majority of physicians oppose widespread smallpox shots - March 10
• Blood test would rule out heart attack - March 10
• HIV drugs, vascular disease connection dispelled - March 10
• New nicotine gum gets good reviews - March 10
• Military reports on first wave of smallpox shots - March 3
• Stroke test identifies symptoms - March 3
• Ibuprofen could reduce cardiac benefits of aspirin - March 3
• Preventing hip fractures - Feb. 24
• Prudent antibiotic labeling - Feb. 24
• Scientists assess data lost with Space Shuttle Columbia - Feb. 24
• Antidote to dirty bombs? - Feb. 24
• Children's lead levels, passive-smoke exposure down - Feb. 24
• Fighting AIDS abroad - Feb. 17
• Task force speaks on cervical cancer screening - Feb. 17
• Director of Stop TB program named head of WHO - Feb. 17
• Experts recommend against widespread CRP testing - Feb. 17
• Smallpox vaccines on schedule - Feb. 10
• Pediatric drug tests ordered for 12 commonly prescribed drugs - Feb. 10
• Anthrax-plague vaccine in the making - Feb. 10
• Child's first seizure should not be routinely treated with epilepsy drugs - Feb. 10
• Most nurses support smallpox vaccinations, but lack knowledge - Feb. 10
• Scans for lung cancer questioned - Feb. 3
• Hemochromatosis genes linked to colon cancer risk - Feb. 3
• Half of women who quit smoking during pregnancy return to the habit - Feb. 3
• Drinking boosts heart health - Jan. 27
• Pediatricians called on to treat and diagnose eating disorders early - Jan. 27
• Extra weight means extra costs - Jan. 27
• CRP may cause blood clot formation - Jan. 27
• Several reasons for backpack injuries - Jan. 27
• Placebo effect evaluated - Jan. 20
• Gun injuries pose financial burden - Jan. 20
• Cocaine on the brain - Jan. 20
• Cancer screenings increase - Jan. 20
• Menthol cigarette byproducts last longer in the blood stream - Jan. 20
• Fighting bioterrorism in North Carolina - Jan. 20
• Teen drug use down - Jan. 20
• Targeting breast cancer treatments - Jan. 13
• Second HIV infections - Jan. 13
• Exercise and leg pain - Jan. 13
• Pentavalent vaccine approved - Jan. 6
• Addressing teen drinking - Jan. 6

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