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The West 2003
(Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
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 3.42 billion prescriptions were written in 2006.
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The Midwest 2003
(Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
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74% of patients said they would like to communicate by e-mail with their doctors but only 4% had such access.
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The Northeast 2003
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)
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65% of revenue for the biggest chain pharmacies comes from prescription drug sales.
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The South 2003
(Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
- Chuck E. Ped: Practice at the fun park - Dec. 22/29
- Family doctor finds house calls a good fit for Florida island - Dec. 15
- Judge lowers loss from HealthSouth fraud - Dec. 15
- Maryland governor aims to boost insurance access - Dec. 8
- North Carolina physician earns rural doctor award - Dec. 8
- Managing multiple conditions: A challenge for Medicare - Dec. 1
- Agreement on catheterizations leaves out some cardiologists - Dec. 1
- Physician recounts D.C. sniper attack - Dec. 1
- Ousted CEO faces 85 counts, remains defiant - Nov. 24
- Family physician elected Kentucky's governor - Nov. 24
- North Carolina sues stores over drug reimportation from Canada - Nov. 17
- Doctor turns passion for bike touring into business - Nov. 17
- Texas court dismisses battery charge in resuscitation case - Nov. 10
- Texas doctors say facility can meet emerging needs - Nov. 10
- Tennessee Blues offers $67 million payback - Nov. 10
- Flu season gets early start; public health pushes vaccine - Nov. 10
- Georgia PPO to use claims database to assess quality - Nov. 3
- Ousted HealthSouth chief invokes the Fifth - Nov. 3
- Doctor redefines visits with phone, e-mail - Oct. 20
- Kentucky doctors may face more scrutiny on prescription habits - Oct. 20
- North Carolina doctor apologizes for identifying jurors in malpractice case - Oct. 20
- A rallying cry from Texas: Remember Proposition 12! - Oct. 20
- The weight of obesity: Lessons from the fattest state - Oct. 20
- Florida physician finally gets to face her attacker - Oct. 13
- Texas tort reform vote signals lower liability rates - Oct. 6
- North Carolina Blues may face huge fine - Oct. 6
- Florida IPA makes bonuses its business for doctors, insurers - Oct. 6
- Texans facing referendum on legality of lawsuit cap - Sept. 15
- Kentucky radiologists object to hospital project - Sept. 15
- Feds looking into Maryland Blues conversion bid - Sept. 8
- Florida enacts tort reform; medicine disappointed with $500,000 cap - Sept. 1
- HealthSouth starts paying off debts - Sept. 1
- Doctors say Medicaid should face lawsuit in girl's death - Aug. 18
- Mountain-loving doctor climbs to great heights - Aug. 18
- Doctor gets tax breaks for settling in rural community - Aug. 18
- Florida tells doctors: Print clearly or else - Aug. 4
- Heart clinic offers patient records to go - Aug. 4
- Green light for digital hospital - Aug. 4
- Green light for digital hospital - Aug. 4
- HealthSouth working to avoid bankruptcy - July 28
- Blues conversions hitting speed bumps - July 28
- Vaccine-exempt law expands - July 28
- Texas medical board funding will help root out bad doctors - July 21
- Texas IPA offers discount cards - July 21
- North Carolina physicians promote open scheduling - Practice Management June 30
- Physicians win award cap as Texas passes tort reform - June 23
- Screening business reaches out to doctors - June 23
- Maryland insurer gets Blues license back - June 23
- Car crash takes life of Mississippi physician - June 16
- South Carolina abortion clinic ruling opens up HIPAA concerns - In the Courts June 16
- North Carolina judge reverses doctor discipline license case - June 2/9
- Bankruptcy might not be all bad news - June 2/9
- Georgia liability bill falls short in doctors' eyes - May 19
- Assisted-suicide bills falter in 4 states - May 19
- Groups protect themselves from HealthSouth woes - May 12
- HMOs liable for actions of their network doctors - May 5
- Bill may jeopardize CareFirst's Blues license - May 5
- HealthSouth's flagship hospital confronting an uncertain future - May 5
- To track benefit statements, Texas group calls the bank - May 5
- Texas physician launches firm securing the airwaves - May 5
- School offers nursing program for IMGs - April 28
- Texas mulls policy for organ donation by presumed consent - April 28
- High court punches another hole in the federal law shielding HMOs - April 21
- SEC investigates HealthSouth, former CEO Scrushy - April 21
- Kentucky IPA joins forces with consulting firm - April 21
- Virginia law on doctor discipline casts wider net - April 14
- Prescription monitoring on tap in Florida - April 7
- Georgia doctors wait for CPT code bundling info - April 7
- Physician input helps hospital-owned group make money - April 7
- Maryland bucks national trend, blocks Blues for-profit conversion - March 24/31
- DIR latest to exit medical liability market? - Feb. 24
- Sounding the charge: Coalition opposes insurer's conversion - Feb. 24
- Patients in liability hot spots asked to arbitrate, not litigate - Feb. 10
- Money woes solved with cash-only practice - Feb. 10
- Confusion rules with Internet prescribing - Feb. 10
- Doctor wins $30 million from hospital in slander lawsuit - Jan. 27
- Liability insurance crisis hits breaking point in W.Va., Pa. - Jan. 20
- West Virginia doctor kept practicing, even while a patient - Jan. 20
- Florida judge puts brakes on CIGNA settlement in class action - Jan. 6
Last year's index - Back to top.
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5% to 10% of patients diagnosed with MS don't have the disease.
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State Roundups 2003
(Our coverage of trends in state legislatures and regulatory bodies is also a good source of information about developments in different parts of the country.)
- Tort crisis spreads, few signs of abating - Dec. 8
- Maryland governor aims to boost insurance access - Dec. 8
- Managing multiple conditions: A challenge for Medicare - Dec. 1
- California lawsuit challenges Medicaid reimbursement cuts - Dec. 1
- Internet site covers disciplinary data from 49 states - Dec. 1
- U.S. Supreme Court to decide if patients can sue health plans - Nov. 24
- Mental health system needs major therapy, Congress told - Nov. 24
- Medicaid reform is waiting on Medicare pact - Nov. 10
- Mending the safety net: How doctors in some states are aiding those without care - Nov. 3
- Physician sues Massachusetts over prior authorization rule - Oct. 27
- Push for drug reimportation gains steam - Oct. 13
- Bush, states considering tort reforms - Oct. 6
- Minnesota, Pennsylvania to launch error-reporting systems - Oct. 6
- Pennsylvania hospitals agree to provide sign language interpreters - Sept. 15
- Medicaid formula flawed; produces funding inequities - Sept. 8
- HIPAA scramble may delay Medicaid pay - Aug. 25
- Success of SCHIP is incomplete - Aug. 18
- Doctors say Medicaid should face lawsuit in girl's death - Aug. 18
- SCHIP headed for dive in funding, access - July 28
- State damage caps linked to boost in physician supply - July 28
- Illinois set to take doctors out of executions - July 28
- Vaccine-exempt law expands - July 28
- Running on empty: How physicians cope with Medicaid - July 7
- AMA calls for tax credits for Medicaid patients, uninsured - July 7
- States may offer medical liability solutions - July 7
- Tort crisis spawns carriers selling questionable coverage - June 30
- States take action on cloning, embryonic research - June 30
- Surgeons push for federal funding for trauma care - June 23
- Federal fund increase may mean fewer Medicaid cuts - June 16
- Doctor-backed bill seeks to help uninsured - May 26
- Better Medicaid benefits sought for sickle cell patients - May 19
- Assisted-suicide bills falter in 4 states - May 19
- Medicaid crisis socks doctors - May 12
- A tale of two states: Different approaches to tort reform - May 12
- Slow start for smallpox vaccine plan - May 5
- Doctors resigned to public Web profiles - May 5
- Tort reform rallies draw thousands - May 5
- Federal court upholds Michigan Medicaid drug formulary plan - April 28
- Tort reform clears House, moves forward in states - April 7
- Medicaid reform may be a long time coming - April 7
- Wisconsin governor proposes raiding patient compensation fund - April 7
- Maryland bucks national trend, blocks Blues for-profit conversion - March 24/31
- 18 states now in deep liability crisis - Quick View March 17
- States eye tougher stance on doctor discipline, competency testing - March 3
- Doctors rally against rising liability insurance rates - March 3
- New Jersey physicians stop work in biggest liability protest yet - Feb. 17
- Bush budget focuses on variety of health reforms - Feb. 17
- States may get Medicaid money now, but pay for it later - Feb. 17
- Frustration abounds over tobacco settlement spending - Feb. 17
- H. pylori vaccine research shows promise - Feb. 10
- Doctors to feel squeeze of Medicaid budget shortfalls - Jan. 27
- Mistaken translations can cause trouble - Jan. 27
- Mexican doctors to staff California clinics - Jan. 20
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38% of employers offer consumer-directed health plans.
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