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Index 2008: Regional coverage list - map
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The West 2008
(Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
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 Fewer physicians left a practice in 2008 than in 2006.
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The Midwest 2008
(Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
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73% of physicians who left a practice in 2008 did so voluntarily.
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The Northeast 2008
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont)
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The South 2008
(Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
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96% of practices offered relocation assistance to new physicians in 2008; 71% offered signing bonuses.
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State Roundups 2008
(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.)
- Model law banning silent PPOs could serve as draft for state legislatures - Dec. 29
- Put the tobacco settlement money in smoking cessation - Editorial Dec. 29
- Federal court dismisses New Jersey suit over SCHIP limits - Dec. 22
- State societies warn of primary care shortages - Dec. 22
- Courts in 2 states rule on reach of HIPAA in medical liability cases - Dec. 15
- Medical homes get boost in Louisiana Medicaid reform effort - Dec. 15
- Medicaid pay delays found to squeeze access - Dec. 8
- Finding the right floor: How much should insurers spend on medical care? - Nov. 24
- Rhode Island seeks Medicaid overhaul, cap on spending - Nov. 17
- When incentives lack appeal: Medicaid reform meets confusion, skepticism - Nov. 3
- Trend of Medicaid pay increases is expected to end as states struggle - Oct. 20
- Illinois court rejects plan for expanding health coverage - Oct. 20
- Certificate-of-need law in Illinois slammed by feds, AMA - Oct. 6
- Hospital loses latest fight over tax-exempt status - Sept. 22/29
- Oct. 1 deadline looms for 3 Medicaid prescription security features - Sept. 15
- CMS delays enforcing limits on SCHIP funding - Sept. 15
- Time to get tough? States increasingly offer ways to opt out of vaccine mandates - Sept. 8
- Georgia Medicaid program challenged in courts - Sept. 1
- Medicare is bad, but Medicaid has even more problems - Sept. 1
- Most states said to have good rules on pain medicines - Aug. 25
- SCHIP eligibility limits to take effect - Aug. 11
- More New Jersey parents eligible for SCHIP - Aug. 4
- Settlement proposed in Medicaid/Part D case - July 21
- Suit aims to block Hawaii's plan to shift blind, elderly, disabled on Medicaid into managed care - July 21
- 6 rules cutting Medicaid delayed until 2009 - July 21
- Teaching hospitals, residencies win reprieve on Medicaid cuts - July 14
- States rapped for lax regulation of individual insurance market - July 14
- Illinois Medicaid paid physicians too slowly, state audit says - June 16
- California doctors sue to block Medicaid cuts - June 9
- 2 California insurers agree to cover members with rescinded policies - June 2
- Doctor disciplinary actions down for 3rd year - May 12
- GAO: CMS violated law with SCHIP eligibility directive - May 5
- House panel OKs bill to delay Medicaid cuts - April 28
- Advanced-practice nurses seek wider scope in 24 states - April 21
- Court blocks broad subpoena of patient records - April 21
- Most states working toward implementing e-health programs - April 14
- Employer mandates hit legal snag, states continue to search for options - April 7
- Physicians face Medicaid's April 1 deadline for tamper-proof Rx pads - March 24/31
- States battle obesity epidemic with new laws - March 24/31
- Health reform update: Transparency hot, state mandates not - March 10
- California reverses course, adopts 10% physician Medicaid pay cut - March 10
- Survey: Patients harmed by anemia drug policy - Feb. 25
- UnitedHealth faces stiff fines in California - Feb. 18
- New plan would require D.C. drug detailers to be licensed - Feb. 11
- Court gives temporary OK to San Francisco "pay or play" law - Feb. 4
- CMS denials of state Medicaid expansions fuel confusion - Jan. 28
- Time tight in Medicare fight to defend some pay provisions, block add-ons - Jan. 21
- Congress OKs temporary reprieve on Medicare pay cut, renews SCHIP - Jan. 7
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Oncology studies written by authors with financial conflicts were twice as likely to report positive outcomes.
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