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Health reform review The Massachusetts experience

Litigation stress Being sued is personal as well as professional

Need a practice management system Here's what to look for

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  Health care fraud a challenge to system reform
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  What editorial writers are saying about H1N1 vaccine shortages
• The uninsured »
  Reform bills aimed at coverage shortages could fall short, insurers warn
• Pay for performance »
  Ending unequal treatment
• Obesity epidemic »
  What editorial writers are saying about a tax on soft drinks
• Electronic medical records »
  Privacy breach rules require practices to report only harm done
• Liability crisis »
  Maryland high court to consider expert witness rule
• Medicare payment »
  Some specialists will see extra cuts in Medicare pay

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Nov. 16 issue

Disruptive behavior by doctors, nurses persists a year after crackdown
A survey of physician and nurse executives raises questions on how to implement zero-tolerance policies required by the Joint Commission.

Some specialists will see extra cuts in Medicare pay
Specialties involving heavy use of MRI and CT imaging will see particularly large reductions, prompting worry that some practices will close.

• Government »
  Health care fraud a challenge to health system reform
• Profession »
  More middle-age women having heart attacks, but survival rates are increasing
• Opinion »
  What editorial writers are saying about H1N1 vaccine shortages
• Business »
  Privacy breach rules require practices only to report harm done

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Columns and series

• Book Excerpt »
  Smallpox -- The Death of a Disease (book excerpt)
• Contract Language »
  New laws on patient security breaches mean your associate contracts probably need updating
• Ethics Forum »
  CME must be untainted -- no matter who's paying
• Geriatric Consult »
  Delirium in hospitalized patients may be preventable
• In the Courts »
  Disciplinary records relevant in liability case
• Leader Commentary »
  AMA's 7 guiding principles for health system reform
• Meetings (business) »
  'Gently' manged care (America's Health Insurance Plans annual meeting)
• Meetings (business) »
  Vendor as lender (HIMSS meeting)
• Physician Entrepreneurs »
  Okla. ob-gyn grows grapes of wine, not wrath
• Practice Management »
  Misclassifying nonexempt employees as exempt can cost you
• Practice Pointers »
  How to calculate the right staffing for a smaller practice
• Technically Speaking »
  Smartphone use pushed by hospitals

From the vault: 5 years ago

Liability premium increases slowing, yet rates remain at record highs    Nov. 15, 2004