Index 2008: Content by issue date

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May 19

vol. 51 no. 19 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Health plans say they'll risk losing members to protect profit margins - After 13 years, Congress OKs genetic bias ban
Government & Medicine EMR deadline does not compute: Falling short of 2014 goals - Quick View - Medicare health plan pay headed up
Professional Issues Heart surgeon pioneer wins highest civilian honor - AMA to help monitor Blues settlement - Hospitalized kids found at risk for drug errors
Business Relative risk: Keeping financial enterprise all in the family - Ohio hospital pays patients for bills from competing facilities
Opinion Improvements on patient safety rules - AMA Leader Commentary - Addressing the epidemic of video game overuse - Letters - Physicians should be more realistic on national health insurance -- they have already experienced Medicare and others
Health & Science Seeking the best path (American College of Cardiology scientific session) - Address mental health needs of returning troops, study says
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May 12

vol. 51 no. 18 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories NPI deadline: Insurers won't pay claims with old IDs after May 23 - Doctor disciplinary actions down for 3rd year
Government & Medicine Rulings limit patients' ability to sue device firms, drugmakers - CMS seeks to add 9 hospital-acquired conditions to no-pay list
Professional Issues Oregon still stands alone: Ten years of physician-assisted suicide - Harvard offers discount on med school tuition - In the Courts - Transplant surgeon faces criminal charge for donor's quick death
Business Calculate your ideal patient load: How to strike the correct balance - Kentucky measure calls for clearer contracts for doctors, plans - Smokers' suspensions spotlight incentive plans
Opinion Readying for the senior surge - Letters - 5 things needed to make EMRs practical
Health & Science Studies suggest drugmaker skewed clinical trial reports - Author equates alternative treatments with placebo effect
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May 5

vol. 51 no. 17 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Baby boomer time bomb: Too many aging patients, too few geriatricians - Lawyers' misconduct triggers new liability trials
Government & Medicine MedPAC advises raising primary care pay - GAO: CMS violated law with SCHIP eligibility directive - State-by-state analysis ties lack of insurance to earlier death - AMA urges more safeguards in federal patient safety rules - Quick View - Practice trends influencing charity care
Professional Issues Public pleas for organs fuel ethical qualms - Physicians examine the role of annual checkups in prevention - Texas court finds board exceeded its authority and podiatrists' scope - Quick View - Part-time doctors - Ethics Forum - Ambiguously ill pose challenge for doctors
Business EMR success stories: Practices that are thriving after the changeover - Colorado moves to regulate tiered networks - Contract Language - Use your practice contract to ease into retirement
Opinion Ohio lifts the veil on insurer contracts - AMA Leader Commentary - Convenient care clinics merit a closer look by physicians - Letters - Number doesn't tell whole story of how psychiatrists view health plans and others
Health & Science Starving for perfection: The changing face of anorexia - Hip, knee replacement surgery rates skyrocket over 7 years - Quest for new antibiotics leads to novel sources - Food safety falls short of national goals
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April 28

vol. 51 no. 16 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Part D standards aim to encourage e-prescribing - U.S. report finds sluggish increases in quality of care
Government & Medicine House panel OKs bill to delay Medicaid cuts - Medicare disease-management pilot faces closure over costs - New York awards $105 million in health IT projects
Professional Issues Foiling a fake (book excerpt: Charlatan) - Hospital told to check bylaws on exclusive deals
Business Boomer loyalty: Insurers draw on a little help from their friends to market pre-Medicare coverage - Walgreens enters work-site clinic market - Doctor-staffed retail clinics to open - Walk-ins welcome, but only if they're healthy
Opinion House call on Congress - Letters - There is a strong case to be made for postpartum depression screening and others
Health & Science Post-outbreak study: Mumps immunity waning - Alzheimer's rates expected to climb among minority elderly
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April 21

vol. 51 no. 15 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Insurers reach accord on P4P principles; standards still to be worked out - Advanced-practice nurses seek wider scope in 24 states
Government & Medicine Physicians press lawmakers to stop Medicare pay cuts - More physicians backing national coverage -- study - Court blocks broad subpoena of patient records - Stolen laptop compromises privacy of NIH study subjects
Professional Issues Patients generally pleased with hospital care - Minnesota physician can sue doctors critical of courtroom testimony - Schools urged to police financial ties - Quick View - Resident work-hour violations are up
Business Crimeproof your practice: How to improve office safety - Online feedback site adds doctor category - United has dropped some doctors in retainer practices - Practice Pointers - Simple steps can maximize efficient use of office space
Opinion Legal muscle in the doctor's corner - Letters - To get more empathy, focus more on character of med school applicants and others
Health & Science Health risks heating up? Global warming could affect patient symptoms - Flu cases on the downswing - Dementia doesn't always signal Alzheimer's
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April 14

vol. 51 no. 14 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Latest Medicare projections renew alarm on long-term sustainability - Ohio mandates clarity in health plan contracts
Government & Medicine Federal court rejects challenge of abortion-refusal law - Pennsylvania House bill expands subsidized plans, phases out liability fund - ACOG may redo abortion conscience policy
Professional Issues Fighting spirit: AMNews interviews Ron Davis, MD - Similar drug-name pairs nearly double 2004 tally - Quick View - Reportable events often go unreported - In the Courts - Expert who changed mind claims immunity, but plaintiffs still sue
Business Motivating the mediocre: Getting the maximum out of someone who's giving you the minimum - Online tool allows Minnesota patients to weigh cost, perks - Most states working toward implementing e-health programs
Opinion Breathing room on Medicare payment - Letters - ADA: There can be even more collaboration between dentists and physicians and others
Health & Science Plans sought to curb teen girls' high STD rate - WHO finds global rise in drug-resistant TB - Quick View - Who gets the pneumococcal vaccine?
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April 7

vol. 51 no. 13 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Medicare pay bill: Raises to replace cuts through 2009 - FDA pledges better communication on drug safety: AMNews interviews Andrew von Eschenbach, MD
Government & Medicine Employer mandates hit legal snag, states continue to search for options - Florida Supreme Court lifts past peer review confidentiality - Uniform IT definitions proposed to promote understanding - Massachusetts hikes premiums for state-subsidized health plans by 10%
Professional Issues Resident Match breaks records for applicants and couples - Missouri Supreme Court: Doctors can sue if hospitals ignore bylaws in privileging issues - Ethics Forum - Ask questions before working at retail clinics
Business Selling the bitter EMR pill (HIMSS meeting) - Aetna launches personalized health search engine - United panned in survey of hospital execs - Contract Language - Review medical office lease before signing
Opinion Keeping an eye on United - AMA Leader Commentary - Consider e-prescribing as one step in climb to health IT - Letters - Amid debate on prostate cancer care, one physician relates his experience
Health & Science Sweetener scrutiny: Are sugar substitutes a helpful tool or an ineffective crutch? - Vaccine court's ruling adds to confusion over autism link - Ibuprofen may lessen benefit of daily aspirin
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March 24/31

vol. 51 no. 12 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Physicians face Medicaid's April 1 deadline for tamper-proof Rx pads - New Web site on imaging safety draws criticism
Government & Medicine House passes mental health parity bill - Colorado Senate OKs increase, changes to state's liability cap
Professional Issues Is their integrity on the line when doctors pitch products? - Students lose empathy for patients during medical school
Business Getting paid for prevention: Physicians facing coding challenges - Subpoenas issued to insurers in New York rate-setting probe - Practice Pointers - How to manage without micromanaging
Opinion Question for patients: What's in your medicine chest? - AMA Leader Commentary - Looking for service opportunities? Focus on global health - Letters - Predominance of hospitalists has quality assurance implications and others
Health & Science States battle obesity epidemic with new laws - Sleep times drop during workweek - Heparin recall has doctors watching supply - Poor awareness of cardiac, stroke symptoms can delay care
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March 17

vol. 51 no. 11 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories MedPAC report adds momentum to push for 2009 Medicare pay hike - Insurers feel backlash over policy cancellations
Government & Medicine Medicare quality reporting called a promising start - Senate hearing questions doctors' ties to medical device makers - Physicians can become entangled in DME fraud
Professional Issues Older physicians trim hours in lieu of retiring - CMS metric may prompt excessive antibiotic use - California medical students to get court-ordered tuition refunds - Quick View - To err is human, to report is hard
Business Rumor control: How to battle online misinformation - United-Sierra merger in Nevada approved -- with conditions - Google lifts veil on its personal health record - Aetna will continue paying for colonoscopy anesthesia -- for now
Opinion Making the case for caps in tort reform - Letters - Address patient safety with pay levels that cover time needed for good care and others
Health & Science Dangerous diversions: Specter of prescription drug abuse creates tough balancing act for doctors - FDA plans to ease rules for reprinting off-label use info - Flu vaccine recommended for all kids, teens - Tool offers improved method for calculating fracture risks
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March 10

vol. 51 no. 10 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Rules aim for better patient safety through confidential error reports - Insurer finds EMRs won't pay off for its doctors
Government & Medicine Health reform update: Transparency hot, state mandates not - California reverses course, adopts 10% physician Medicaid pay cut - House passes partial forgiveness for medical student loans
Professional Issues Jinx of the J-1 visa: IMGs finding other paths to residency - Michigan patient safety study gets HHS approval to resume - More schools teaching spirituality in medicine - Depressed residents make more drug errors - In the Courts - Informed consent at heart of New York lawsuit
Business Politics in practice: How to keep it professional when staff gets partisan - Illinois bill says stores can't have both clinics and tobacco - Contract Language - Essential provisions of retainer contracts
Opinion Cuomo's reasonable investigation into health plan pricing - Letters - Insurers are using an overly broad definition of "preexisting condition" and others
Health & Science "Watchful waiting" may be best approach for prostate cancer - New effort enlists businesses to correct health care disparities - Meningococcal bug develops quinolone resistance
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March 3

vol. 51 no. 9 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories New York takes on United over tactics as industry arbiter of physician pay - Bush eyes EMRs, P4P to slow Medicare spending
Government & Medicine HIT budget plan criticized as insufficient - Lawsuit hits medical access post-Katrina - Washington state doctors, physical therapists battle over referrals
Professional Issues AMA analysis reaffirms: Tort reforms work - Program helps Hispanic IMGs qualify for U.S. residencies - Medical identity theft is often an "inside job" - More heart transplants done, better outcomes - Ethics Forum - How to handle a prejudiced patient
Business Are you recession-proof? How the credit crunch affects medicine - Blues stops asking doctors for rescission help - Web site helps doctors find office mates
Opinion Growing pains for UnitedHealth Group - AMA Leader Commentary - Close-up look at carrying and caring for wounded warriors - Letters - How high is the stack of rules and regulations that apply to physicians? and others
Health & Science Tooth or consequences: The costs of poor dental fitness - Study says table salt may not have as much iodine as labeled - Flu activity up; vaccine not as protective as hoped - Data on glycemic control differ in 2 trials
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Feb. 25

vol. 51 no. 8 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Wal-Mart partners with hospitals to rapidly expand in-store clinics - Medicare Advantage sales tactics draw fire as Senate panel investigates
Government & Medicine Parity, genetic privacy bills face snags - Survey: Patients harmed by anemia drug policy
Professional Issues Finding one's place (book excerpt: Intern: A Doctor's Initiation) - Dual-doctor family in progress: Son follows mom to med school - Medical staff members help end problems at California hospital
Business Charting your patients' insurance: It's all in a simple grid - California regulatory actions shadow United's pursuit of Sierra - Analysts focus on insurers' health outlays
Opinion Matters of the heart - Letters - Less work for ethics committees as consensus replaced controversies and others
Health & Science Down syndrome is the target of ambitious NIH research initiatives - Diabetes trial stops treatment arm in wake of death risk - Alcohol hand rubs not enough to curb hospital infections
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Feb. 18

vol. 51 no. 7 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Bush budget cuts hospital funding but silent on Medicare doctor pay - Study questions impact of quality report cards
Government & Medicine Health system reform stumbles in California - OIG approves hospital plans to share cost savings with doctors - Senate to act on Indian Health Service funding - Wellness programs cannot discriminate based on health
Professional Issues Georgia Blues plan sued under any-willing-provider law - Going to extremes: Doctoring desert runners - IOM panel seeks program to evaluate research, guidelines - Michigan law bars some IMGs from driving
Business Picking the right process: Deciding the best way to submit claims - UnitedHealth faces stiff fines in California - Practice Pointers - Closing your practice: What to do and when to do it
Opinion Path to better relations between medical staffs and hospitals - AMA Leader Commentary - Carrying the torch for physicians and patients: What are the key ingredients of leadership? - Letters - Consumer-directed health care just the latest risk-shifting scheme and others
Health & Science Beyond the baby blues: A spectrum of postdelivery conditions - Study focuses on publication bias in journals - Doctors take another look at safety of hormone therapy
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Feb. 11

vol. 51 no. 6 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Can the Massachusetts Blues revive capitation? New twist includes quality bonus - Adults proving a tough target for shingles shot
Government & Medicine State of the Union message: Bush seeks insurance tax deduction - Massachusetts health system reform feeling the pinch
Professional Issues Bulletproof bylaws: Maintaining the right to protect doctors -- and patients - New plan would require D.C. drug detailers to be licensed - California appeals court rules against insurer's rescission practices
Business Making room for faith: Handling religious expression at the office - Massachusetts society evaluates health plans' doctor-rating programs - Quick clinics and health kiosks are taking off at airports
Opinion AMA campaigns for the uninsured - Letters - It's understandable that a practice would drop a litigious patient and others
Health & Science Break it down: Drop guns, wear condoms - Targeting infection seen as prevention, treatment for schizophrenia
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Feb. 4

vol. 51 no. 5 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Senate Finance panel developing 18-month Medicare pay package - Study's solution to no-shows: overbooking
Government & Medicine AMA takes uninsured campaign nationwide - Court gives temporary OK to San Francisco "pay or play" law - Georgia exempts general surgery centers from CON rules
Professional Issues Court allows suit against doctor over drug effects - HHS shuts down Michigan patient safety study - ED wait times increasing, even for AMIs, other emergent cases - Ethics Forum - Research in hospice possible, even helpful
Business Is Txting 4 U? Doctors let fingers to the talking - Aetna to stop paying for anesthesiologists during colonoscopies - Contract Language - Take care when firing a patient
Opinion Stronger action needed against tobacco - AMA Leader Commentary - AMPAC: A voice for America's patients and physicians - Letters - If FSMB wants better care, it should raise doctor morale and lower hassles
Health & Science Vaccines get a boost: Global market increases profitability of making vaccine - FDA warns against OTC cold meds for kids younger than 2 - Promising trial on statin add-in falls flat; studies continue - ACLU stresses public health's role in pandemics
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Jan. 28

vol. 51 no. 4 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Health spending outlay tops $2 trillion, but spending growth on doctors declines - Insurers' online forums invite patients to vent
Government & Medicine Many physicians will still be hit by AMT - HHS: Specialty hospitals violated Medicare rule - CMS denials of state Medicaid expansions fuel confusion
Professional Issues Willing, but waiting: Hospital ethics committees - Economists' study says paying for organs would cut wait lists - Doctors use placebos but don't tell patients - Study ties hospitalist care to shorter patient stays - Quick View - Who stays in-state after training?
Business Private plans, public money: Insurers target federal funds - Massachusetts sets new rules for health clinics in retail stores - Practice Pointers - Analyze payer mix before deciding how to change it - Quick View - Rural practice: Perceptions and experience
Opinion The health literacy deficit - Letters - Medicine is not well served when it is blurred with religion and others
Health & Science Some autism cases linked to genetic mutation - Rapid MRSA test gets FDA OK - FDA issues MedWatch alert on pain risks of bisphosphonates
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Jan. 21

vol. 51 no. 3 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Time tight in Medicare fight to defend some pay provisions, block add-ons - Diabetes guidelines: Screen more people earlier
Government & Medicine 2008 NIH budget nearly flat -- again - Suit opposes Medicare denials of off-label, non-compendia drugs - Bill aims to improve health literacy - Quick View - Big firms less receptive to health reforms
Professional Issues California court rules against insurer over policy cancellations - Call these doctors by their calling - New ACOG position on abortion refusal drawing fire - Flood of new medical schools filling accreditation pipeline
Business Giving credit to get what's due: How doctors can help patients pay the bill - Maryland to issue report cards on PPO plans - Health plan looks to doctors to steer patients' imaging business
Opinion Looking beyond the Medicare pay patch - AMA Leader Commentary - Extinguishing inequities in health care - Letters - Reliance on primary care may explain early cancer diagnosis in rural areas
Health & Science Scratching the surface: The challenges of treating itching - Pact aims to ensure safety of Chinese drug imports
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Jan. 14

vol. 51 no. 2 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Medicare to require physicians to use new ID numbers on March 1 - Enrollment drop has United vowing to be nicer
Government & Medicine It's doctor vs. doctor in race to represent Florida in U.S. House - Pennsylvania liability fund may be used to cover uninsured - New Jersey court sends blow to doctor-owned surgery centers - Quick View - High medical costs signal underlying problems
Professional Issues Pfizer donates "Great Moments in Medicine" art series to Michigan medical school - California law extends whistle-blower protections - California medical schools tailor programs for diverse populations - Med schools adjusting to millennial students - Aerospace medicine gearing up for tourists in space
Business Physicians fight Aetna over caps on out-of-network pay - Neurosurgeon automates answering service - Leapfrog Group updates P4P Web site - Contract Language - Don't just sign whatever the EMR vendor provides - Quick View - Where patients get their information
Opinion Time to pinch off the salt - Letters - Balance billing will come too late for this doctor but may save others
Health & Science Extending flu shot season not simple - Questioning kids' over-the-counter cold medicines: AMNews interviews Joshua Sharfstein, MD, MPH - New approaches aimed at healing wounds - Women with coronary calcium found at risk for heart attack
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Jan. 7

vol. 51 no. 1 [detailed table of contents]
Top stories Congress OKs temporary reprieve on Medicare pay cut, renews SCHIP - High case rates make D.C. the nation's HIV/AIDS capital
Government & Medicine Seen from the extremes: Uninsureds' effect on medicine - Congress considers mandate for Medicare e-prescribing
Professional Issues CT scans implicated in 2% of cancers - Doctor to oversee hospital experience - No pay for "never event" errors becoming standard - Ethics Forum - Tell patients about gifts? Or just say no?
Business Click to play: YouTube and similar sites have more doctors getting ready for their close-ups - Former United CEO settles in case charging stock backdating - Quick View - Regional exchanges slow to get going
Opinion Spreading the risk - AMA Leader Commentary - Embrace your team: Small efforts can yield big results - Letters - "Primary care physicians do not have a corner on the market of altruism"
Health & Science More to know about COPD: Disputing the myths about an underdiagnosed disease - Health experts seek more awareness about Chagas
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