SUBJ: Oct. 6: Doctors decry payment delays after Medicare overhauls carrier system
Monday Oct. 6, 2008  -  American Medical News  -  www.amednews.com   
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Doctors decry payment delays after Medicare overhauls carrier system
Low-bidding contractors taking over from the old carriers are ill-equipped for the task, physicians say.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/gvl11013.htm


Flu shots plentiful, doctors urged to get as well as give
Experts predict this year's vaccine formulation will be more protective than last season's.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/hll21013.htm




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GOVERNMENT & MEDICINE
Baucus previews uninsured debate for next Congress
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/gvsa1013.htm

Premiums for job-offered health insurance up 5% this year
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/gvsb1013.htm

Court dismisses Arkansas specialty hospital's lawsuit
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/gvsc1013.htm


PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
Other nations, other answers: In search of a solution to the organ shortage
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/prsa1013.htm

California court rejects how hospital applied privileges rule
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/prsb1013.htm

In the Courts - Case pits anti-bias law against doctors' rights
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/prca1013.htm


BUSINESS
Is your EMR legal? A document can look like a medical record, but not meet the legal definition.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/bisa1013.htm

Tenn. Blues reboots physician rating program
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/bisb1013.htm

Technically Speaking - "Smart" technology moving to clinics, physician offices
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/bica1013.htm


OPINION
Lawnwood ruling preserves medical staff role
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/edsa1013.htm

Letters - Patients do benefit from DTC ads; and others
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/edlt1013.htm

HEALTH & SCIENCE
Data from drug trials often not published
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/hlsa1013.htm

Common osteoarthritis treatment questioned
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/10/13/hlsb1013.htm



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